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Elliott Broidy Warns Of Alarming 21% Surge In Global Antisemitism As Jewish High Holy Days Approach

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BOCA RATON, FL, September 10, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ — As Jewish communities worldwide prepare to observe the High Holy Days, Elliott Broidy, Co-Chairman of the Fund to End Antisemitism, Extremism, and Hate, is sounding the alarm about an alarming 21.2% surge in global antisemitic incidents, citing new data that reveals the oldest hatred is metastasizing beyond college campuses into healthcare, entertainment, and other critical sectors of society.

According to the latest report from Combat Antisemitism Movement’s Antisemitism Research Center, 554 antisemitic incidents were recorded worldwide in July 2025 alone—an average of nearly 18 incidents per day. This represents a dramatic increase from the 457 incidents documented in July 2024, underscoring what Broidy calls “a crisis that demands immediate, coordinated action from government, institutions, and civil society.”

“These numbers demonstrate a clear and present danger to Jewish communities and democratic values worldwide,” said Broidy, Chairman and CEO of Broidy Capital Holdings and a longtime advocate for combating extremism. “What we’re witnessing is not random hatred but a systematic campaign to demonize Israel and, by extension, Jewish people everywhere.”

Campus Crisis Spreading Beyond Universities

While U.S. campus incidents temporarily decreased during July’s summer break—recording only nine incidents compared to record-high levels during the 2024-2025 academic year—Broidy warns that the toxic ideologies incubated in university settings are now spreading into other professional spheres.

“The battle to save institutions like Harvard from themselves is far from over,” Broidy stated, referencing his recent commentary on Harvard University’s ongoing legal battle with the Trump administration over frozen federal research funding. “Harvard’s own commissioned report documented how the university ‘mainstreamed and normalized’ antisemitism, allowed ‘politicized instruction’ that made opposition to Israel a requirement for classroom participation, and created an environment where Jewish students face institutional bias.”

Broidy noted that Harvard’s refusal to implement meaningful reforms—despite receiving billions in federal funding—illustrates the depth of the problem. “When elite institutions tolerate materials equating opposition to BDS with ‘coded genocide’ and allow medical students to ‘discourage Zionist students from coming here,’ we shouldn’t be surprised when this hatred appears in professional healthcare settings,” he said.

Healthcare Sector Shows Disturbing Antisemitic Trends

In a stark illustration of how campus-bred antisemitism is infiltrating critical sectors, Elliott Broidy highlighted recent shocking incidents in healthcare settings. In Italy, hospital staff in Tuscany were captured on video proudly discarding life-saving Israeli-made medicine, while in Australia, nurses made headlines for declaring they wouldn’t treat Israeli patients—with one boasting of killing Israeli patients and making throat-slitting gestures.

“These healthcare professionals would rather risk patients’ lives than accept lifesaving treatment from Israel,” Broidy observed in his recent op-ed, “The Demonization of Israel: The Newest Form of the Oldest Hatred.” “This is pathological hatred that has overpowered all reason and professional ethics.”

A Pattern of Systematic Dehumanization

Elliott Broidy argues that these incidents reflect a broader pattern of systematic dehumanization that extends across multiple sectors—from healthcare and academia to entertainment and international law.

“What we’re seeing is not political disagreement but something approaching the theological in its intensity,” Broidy explained. “To these individuals, Israelis are not human beings deserving of compassion or medical care—they are demons to be destroyed. This mindset drove the hate-fests disguised as ‘protests’ immediately after October 7th, before Israeli victims’ bodies had turned cold.”

Private Sector Initiative: The Auschwitz Research Center

Elliott Broidy emphasized that government action alone cannot address this crisis – combatting antisemitism will require continued support from private initiatives designed to combat extremism and educate future generations:

“We need cultural change driven by private initiatives to instruct the next generation about the historic dangers of ideologies based on racial hatred,” Broidy stated. “This is why I am proud to support and fundraise for the Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism, and Radicalization (ARCHER) at House 88.”

ARCHER aims to expose and shut down the inciters of antisemitism, recruiters to violence, perpetrators of terrorism, and the networks that finance this activity. The initiative represents what Broidy sees as essential private sector leadership in combating hate when institutions fail to act.

Call for Immediate Action

As Jewish communities prepare for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—the holiest days of the Jewish calendar focused on reflection, repentance, and renewal—Elliott Broidy called for urgent action from multiple sectors:

Educational Institutions: Universities must implement meaningful reforms to restore academic freedom and eliminate discriminatory environments. “Federal funding should be contingent on compliance with civil rights law,” Broidy stated.

Healthcare Systems: Medical institutions must enforce professional standards that prohibit discrimination based on patient nationality or the origin of medical treatments.

Technology Platforms: Social media companies must address the sophisticated disinformation campaigns that fuel antisemitic sentiment, particularly those originating from state actors like Iran.

Government Action: Continued enforcement of civil rights protections and adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism by more jurisdictions.

“The battle for truth is being fought on platforms we use daily, in classrooms that shape future leaders, and in hospitals where lives hang in the balance,” Broidy concluded. “Unless we fight back with everything we can muster, this hatred will continue to corrode the very professions meant to uphold life, truth, culture, and justice.”

About Elliott Broidy

Elliott Broidy is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist with a career spanning four decades. As Chairman and CEO of Broidy Capital Holdings, he has invested in over 160 companies across multiple industries. Since 9/11, his investments have focused on companies in the public safety and national security sectors. Through his philanthropic efforts, he has supported numerous organizations dedicated to countering hate and extremism, including ARCHER at House 88, The Simon Wiesenthal Center-Museum of Tolerance, The Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL), the George Washington University Program on Extremism, and StandWithUs.

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Make American cities safe again

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President Donald Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Washington, D.C., should be welcomed not just as an essential step to fight crime in our nation’s capital, but also as a salvo against the social malaise that afflicts urban America.

Many of our cities now face an existential crisis. Declining tax bases, overwhelmed social services, rampant homelessness and drug use, soaring crime, and shrinking populations have pushed them to the brink. The massive influx of immigrants — in which the Biden administration was deeply complicit — has only worsened the crisis.

The reaction of many in the Republican base to our cities’ plight could be summed up by a pithy phrase: “It serves them right.” These liberal Democrat-ruled metropolises, goes this argument, have reaped what they sowed. As for the remaining residents and businesses caught in the downward spiral, they should leave for friendlier climes, such as Florida or Texas, if they know what’s good for them.

But any strategy to make America great again must also make our cities great again. Places like New York and Chicago are central to our national story and development, and to what it means to be American. Despite a woke and inept urban political class that seems unable to address public safety, we can’t consign our enormous urban population — a population that yearns to be productive and dynamic — to endemic violent crime and permanent decline.

To their credit, President Trump and a few GOP members of Congress seem to recognize this. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced a bill in February repealing the District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973 and returning the governance of our nation’s capital to Congress.

“Washington is now known for its homicides, rapes, drug overdoses, violence, theft, and homelessness,” said Rep. Ogles on introducing the measure, dubbed the BOWSER Act after the incumbent mayor. “It seems appropriate for Congress to reclaim its Constitutional authority and restore the nation’s Capital.”

Trump clearly agreed and told assembled press at the time that the federal government should run the city because Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council “are not doing the job.” He argued that Washington has “too much crime” and “too many tents on the lawns,” suggesting that “we should run [the city] strong, run it with law and order.” The measure was met with howls of outrage from the bien-pensant ruling class that’s responsible for the city’s descent into hell since 2019. And the same people, it would seem, are up in arms against the deployment of the National Guard.

Between 2010 and 2019, D.C. experienced a real boom, with the city’s population growing from 605,000 to more than 700,000, reversing decades of demographic decline. Once-blighted neighborhoods became hipster destinations as trendy new restaurants and businesses blossomed in areas that were once no-go zones. Housing prices exploded and young families began to consider living in the city as a viable alternative to an increasingly arduous and unappealing commute from the suburbs.

All that progress was scuttled in 2020, first with the pandemic-related shutdowns of businesses, then with the Black Lives Matter demonstrations and resulting civil unrest in May. Like many cities, Washington defunded its police department and “reformed” the criminal code, leading directly to a collapse in police-force numbers (staffing fell to a half-century low) and a consequent explosion in crime. The demographic boom went bust, and D.C. suffered one of the biggest outflows of population per capita in the country in 2021 and 2022. Out-migration was more than 2% each year.

In 2023, a year in which many cities experienced a slight decline in homicides, Washington recorded the highest number in a quarter-century, making it among the deadliest cities in the First World. Carjackings were out of control, with nearly 1,000 in 2023 alone, up from 148 in 2018. Homelessness, which had reduced in the years before the pandemic, once again surged.

Mayor Bowser and her all-Democratic city Council are now scrambling to deal with the fallout of a fleeing tax base and the prospect of a federal takeover, pointing to recent declines in violent crime (still above 2019 levels after coming off its 2023 peak). But there appears to be more consensus than ever before among residents that the city government is not addressing public safety adequately.

By calling the bluff of the dysfunctional D.C. government, Congress could impose sweeping reform policies, while demonstrating to the rest of the nation that the death spiral of American cities is a policy choice, not an inevitable outcome. Congress should make the nation’s capital the laboratory of every good policy idea for reviving our great cities — from creating jobs and business investment with enterprise zones, to implementing a model school-choice program to address the utter failure of D.C.’s atrocious public education system, to fully funding innovative law enforcement policies (akin to the revival of New York City in the 1990s).

If the BOWSER Act stalls in Congress, the president should federalize law enforcement in the nation’s capital, expanding the jurisdiction of the U.S. Capitol Police to the entire city, while demanding the replacement of U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves with someone who will actually prosecute those arrested. A comprehensive approach to crime could ensure the safety of D.C.’s schools and neighborhoods by deploying new AI technology that has already prevented school shootings and suicides in forward-thinking districts.

The dramatic reversal of Washington’s fortunes (using the playbook with which Mayor Giuliani revived New York 30 years ago) would not only demonstrate that the decline of our great cities can be reversed. It would also illustrate the effectiveness of long-standing policy ideas — Republican, to be sure — that have never been implemented in Democrat-dominated cities. A dramatic policy success like this on the national stage could lead to an unprecedented political realignment. Urban Americans will witness what they haven’t seen in decades: a city actually fixing problems instead of explaining why everyone must just shut up and live with them.

Mr. Elliott Broidy is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Broidy Capital Management.

Originally published at https://www.washingtonexaminer.com on August 19, 2025.

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Inside the Mind of an Investor: Elliott Broidy on Spotting the Next Big Opportunity

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This interview was originally published in ABC Money on July 19, 2025:

Inside the Mind of an Investor: Elliott Broidy on Spotting the Next Big Opportunity

Elliott Broidy is an entrepreneur who has used his extensive experience and talent to found, invest in, and in some cases, manage as CEO, more than 160 companies over his four-decade career. Since 2014, he has focused on technology businesses (including, more recently, AI) in the defense intelligence, homeland security, public safety, and law enforcement sectors. He is the Chairman and CEO of Broidy Capital Holdings, LLC, founded in 2022 in Boca Raton, FL, and its predecessor, Broidy Capital Management, headquartered in Los Angeles from 1991 to 2022.

Q: Your investment career spans more than four decades. How has your approach to evaluating opportunities evolved over time?

Elliott Broidy: My evaluation process has evolved significantly over the years. When I first started, I was primarily focused on traditional metrics like market size and growth potential. Those elements still matter, of course, but experience has taught me to look more deeply at three critical factors.

First, I examine whether the technology meaningfully enhances human capabilities rather than trying to replace them entirely. Second, I assess how flexible the solution is—can it adapt to emerging threats and changing operational needs? And third, perhaps most importantly, I analyze whether the team understands both the technical and operational aspects of their solution.

I’ve found that the most successful investments come from teams that deeply understand the day-to-day realities of their end users, not just the technology they’re developing.

Q: Since 2014, you’ve focused primarily on technology businesses in defense, intelligence, and public safety. What drew you to these sectors specifically?

Elliott Broidy: The catalyst was 9/11. That event fundamentally changed my priorities, my interests, and where I felt I had to direct my businesses and attention. I felt a calling to dedicate all of my skills, resources, and energy toward the public safety, defense, and security industries.

I found myself profoundly motivated in those dark days to protect not only the United States but our allies. Since that time, that has been my professional focus. I believe these sectors represent not just business opportunities but areas where investment can make a meaningful difference in protecting lives and strengthening our communities.

Q: How do you balance innovation with practical implementation when evaluating security solutions?

Elliott Broidy: The truth is, the most innovative solution isn’t always the most effective one. I’ve learned that successful implementation often comes down to understanding the operational environment where the technology will be used.

I always tell my teams that a slightly less sophisticated solution that works seamlessly within existing systems is far more valuable than a cutting-edge technology that creates operational friction. It’s about finding the sweet spot between pushing technological boundaries and ensuring practical, day-to-day usability.

Q: What role do you see AI playing in investment opportunities, particularly in defense and public safety?

Elliott Broidy: AI’s potential in defense and public safety goes far beyond what most people imagine. The real power lies not in replacing human judgment, but in enhancing our ability to process and understand vast amounts of information in real time.

For instance, when analyzing large datasets, AI can quickly identify patterns and anomalies that would take human analysts weeks or months to discover. But the key is maintaining the right balance—AI should augment human expertise, not attempt to replace it. This means developing systems that provide actionable insights while leaving critical decision-making in human hands.

Q: How do you determine if a founding team has what it takes to succeed?

Elliott Broidy: I look for teams that combine technical innovators with people who have deep operational experience in the field. The most successful ventures I’ve seen have founders who understand both the technology and the real-world environment in which it will be deployed.

I also assess their resilience. Success doesn’t come without setbacks, for anybody, in any field. But it’s about the mindset with which you confront it. Do you let the setbacks define you, or do you perceive them as opportunities to grow and to thrive?

It’s also important to evaluate whether founders can delegate effectively. Highly ambitious and highly driven people often have difficulty doing this. They want to do it all. But you can’t, it’s simply not possible, and you will burn out if you try. Assembling a team that you can trust, and then delegating to that team, is essential for long-term success.

Q: Looking ahead, which emerging technologies or trends do you find most promising for investment?

Elliott Broidy: We’re entering an incredibly dynamic period in defense technology investment. The pace of technological change continues to accelerate, and we’re seeing new threats emerge that require innovative solutions.

Generative AI is moving fast—and it’s reshaping industries at every level. Quantum computing is transitioning from theory to real-world use cases. We’re on the edge of breakthroughs that could unlock processing power beyond anything we’ve seen.

But regardless of the specific technology, the key to success will be maintaining focus on real-world impact rather than just technological advancement. The most effective investments will be those that enhance existing capabilities while enabling new ones, always with an eye toward actual operational needs. The companies that succeed will be those that can adapt quickly to emerging threats while maintaining the reliability and integration capabilities that this sector demands.

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Elliott Broidy Reflects on the One-Year Anniversary of October 7 Attacks, Calls for Awareness and Remembrance

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Los Angeles, CA – October 7, 2024 – Elliott Broidy, founder and CEO, and long-time advocate for U.S. and allied security, has released a statement on the one-year anniversary of the horrific attacks by Hamas on October 7, 2023. In his recent blog post, Broidy shares his reflections on the tragedy, the ongoing impact of that day, and the importance of global remembrance and vigilance against rising antisemitism.

“October 7 should have been a day of joy,” Broidy recalls. “It was Shabbat and Simchat Torah, a day of celebration in the Jewish calendar. Tragically, it turned into one of unimaginable horror. We remember the innocent lives lost, the brutal actions inflicted by Hamas, and the courage shown by those who tried to protect others in the face of unspeakable violence.” Among the hardest-hit was the Nova music festival, an event centered on peace, where 364 innocent people were murdered, while more than 40 others were abducted.

Broidy recently attended The Nova Music Festival Exhibition: October 7th 06:29 AM – the Moment Music Stood Still in Los Angeles, an immersive recreation of the tragic scene. “Walking through the exhibit brought everything back—burned cars, abandoned shoes—all haunting reminders of the day’s brutality. The shoes especially reminded me of similar displays in Holocaust museums, evoking a profound sense of loss and the darkness humanity can inflict.”

Reflecting on the aftermath, Broidy shared his anger at the distressing responses he observed, from individuals celebrating the attacks to protests that glorified the atrocities of October 7. He expressed deep concern over the surge in antisemitic hate crimes in the U.S., which reached record highs in 2023, as well as his dismay that Israel did not receive global solidarity in the wake of such violence.

“As we mark one year since that dark day, I urge people everywhere to remember the victims and to stand resolutely against hatred in all its forms. It’s a time for collective reflection and commitment to fostering peace, not division,” Broidy emphasizes. “This anniversary reminds us of the critical importance of supporting those who work to protect and serve against such threats.”

Elliott Broidy continues to advocate for security and public safety, stressing the importance of vigilance and remembrance as crucial steps toward a future free of such atrocities.