Anti-
Semitism

Anti-Semitism is Jew hatred.

There are three reasons why anti-Semites hate Jews: 1) they are Jews; 2) they aren’t Jews but the anti-Semite thinks they are Jews; and 3) the anti-Semite knows that one sure way to gain a following willing to oppose those the anti-Semite opposes is to call them Jews.

What is a good definition of anti-Semitism?

The best definition of anti-Semitism I know comes from professor Helen Fein of City University of New York. Dr, Fein defines anti-Semitism as “a persisting latent structure of hostile beliefs towards Jews as a collective manifested in individuals as attitudes, and in culture as myth, ideology, folklore and imagery, and in actions – social or legal discrimination, political mobilization against the Jews, and collective or state violence – which results in and/or is designed to distance, displace, or destroy Jews as Jews.”

If this is too much, try this one: anti-Semitism is the hatred of Jews and all things Jewish.

Can you give me a good definition of anti-Semitism?

The best definition of anti-Semitism I know comes from professor Helen Fein of City University of New York. Dr, Fein defines anti-Semitism as “a persisting latent structure of hostile beliefs towards Jews as a collective manifested in individuals as attitudes, and in culture as myth, ideology, folklore and imagery, and in actions – social or legal discrimination, political mobilization against the Jews, and collective or state violence – which results in and/or is designed to distance, displace, or destroy Jews as Jews.”

If this is too much, try this one: anti-Semitism is the hatred of Jews and all things Jewish.

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