(Jewish Group) CNN is airing a special on antisemitism. Here's your guide to what it will cover.

[Behind the Aegis]

The incidents, data and experiences that have many American Jews on edge are getting a prime-time treatment this weekend as CNN premieres an hourlong special about antisemitism.

“Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America,” is hosted by Dana Bash, the CNN anchor and political correspondent who is herself Jewish. On Friday, Bash, whose first husband was the son of a Conservative rabbi and who briefly was a trustee of the nonprofit Jewish Women’s International, published an essay about her 10-year-old son’s request for a Jewish star necklace and the concerns it awakened in her.

“We got the Jewish star and a chain to go with it,” Bash wrote. “What I did not say – what I was ashamed to even admit to myself – was that my young son showing the world that he is Jewish made me nervous.”

Bash’s reporting for the special came in the months afterwards. The result is a tour through some of the low points of recent American Jewish history — as well as an analysis of why watchdog groups and law enforcement agencies are reporting record numbers of antisemitic incidents.

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Airs Sunday, August 21st at 9pmET on CNN

[Karadeniz]

1. I hope it covers everything the Christian church has done in the past.

[Jade Fox]

2. Thanks!

[JudyM]

3. The discussion about antisemitism on the left is very interesting.

Too much a share of the show, though maybe it will open some audience eyes.

[Behind the Aegis]

4. It was supposed to be on at 8pm here and it got bumped, so I haven't seen it yet.

Sounds promising, especially if they had the "temerity" to even address anti-Semitism on the left.

[JudyM]

5. It did a decent job on that, IMO. Also a chilling segment on the dark side of the web and gaming.

Here’s another article about it, gives a better idea what it’s about: https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-715249