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antisemitism

Bias, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews

Entityhostility bigotry discriminationQ22649

Also known as anti-semitism · antisemites · Jew-hatred

Instance of: hostility
, bigotry
, discrimination
+3 more
Subclass of: racism
, xenophobia

Overview

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Antisemitism, or Jew-hatred, is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who harbours it is called an antisemite. Whether antisemitism is considered a form of racism depends on the school of thought. Antisemitic tendencies may be motivated primarily by negative sentiment towards Jews as a people or negative sentiment towards Jews with regard to Judaism. In the former case, usually known as racial antisemitism, a person's hostility is driven by the belief that Jews constitute a distinct race with inherent traits or characteristics that are repulsive or inferior to the preferred traits or characteristics within that person's society. In the latter case, known as religious antisemitism, a person's hostility is driven by their religion's perception of Jews and Judaism, typically encompassing doctrines of supersession that expect or demand that Jews turn away from Judaism and submit to the religion presenting itself as Judaism's successor faith—this is a common theme within the other Abrahamic religions. The development of racial and religious antisemitism has historically been encouraged by anti-Judaism, which is distinct from antisemitism itself.

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135 statements · 13% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Practiced by: antisemite
Facet of: social exclusion
Has effect: hatred
pogrom
persecution of Jews
genocide
Significant event: Rhineland massacres
Edict of Expulsion
Black Death Jewish persecutions
Spanish Inquisition
Alhambra Decree
Khmelnytsky pogroms
Anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire
Dreyfus affair
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The Holocaust
Named by: Moritz Steinschneider
Members / parts: religious antisemitism
racial antisemitism
economic antisemitism
new antisemitism
Different from: anti-Zionism statement disputed by: Zionism · statement supported by: Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism
Said to be the same as: anti-Zionism statement supported by: Zionism, United States House of Representatives · statement disputed by: Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism, anti-Zionism
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Sources
1.timesofisrael.com/us-house-okays-resolution-by-jewish-republicans-equating-antisemitism-to-anti-zionism/Retrieved 2023-12-07
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13%

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