: characterized by or expressing hostility or discrimination toward Jewish people or the Jewish faith : anti-semitic
anti-Jewish rhetoric
His letters to his mother in 1939 and 1940 are filled with his revulsion for Hitler's policies, including his anti-Jewish policies and atrocities.—
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The majority of anti-Jewish attacks over the past two years have been explicitly tied to Israel by the perpetrators themselves.
—Moshe Davis, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
The way to combat anti-Jewish prejudice, many German Jews thought, would be to do something about them.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
The move is in stark contrast to New York City, where new mayor Zohran Mamdani watered down the Big Apple's definition of anti-Jewish hate.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
Kirk sought to construct a conservative populism that did not get mired in the morass of anti-Jewish conspiracism.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
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Moshe Davis, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
The way to combat anti-Jewish prejudice, many German Jews thought, would be to do something about them.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
The move is in stark contrast to New York City, where new mayor Zohran Mamdani watered down the Big Apple's definition of anti-Jewish hate.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
Kirk sought to construct a conservative populism that did not get mired in the morass of anti-Jewish conspiracism.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Anti-Jewish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Jewish. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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