variants
or less commonly antisemitism
: hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group
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The targeting of Columbia University, where $400 million in federal grants and contracts have been canceled in retribution for its failure to address campus anti-Semitism and unruly protests against the war in Gaza, has inspired particular distress.
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
The vile memes, violence, anti-Semitism, homophobia and anti-trans hate that were so commonplace in the Proud Boys were all really just a big joke — trolling, Rehl said.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
But the announcement itself, made in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to Washington, is sure to inflame anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism in the region.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
At the same time, Ukraine’s historical anti-Semitism and the legacy of the Holocaust in that country allowed Putin, at least until February 2022, to occupy the moral high ground in the eyes of many Israelis.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
The vile memes, violence, anti-Semitism, homophobia and anti-trans hate that were so commonplace in the Proud Boys were all really just a big joke — trolling, Rehl said.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
But the announcement itself, made in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to Washington, is sure to inflame anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism in the region.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
At the same time, Ukraine’s historical anti-Semitism and the legacy of the Holocaust in that country allowed Putin, at least until February 2022, to occupy the moral high ground in the eyes of many Israelis.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Anti-Semitism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitism. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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