variants
or less commonly antisemitism
: hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group
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As the Biden administration tried to tailor a peace deal, protests on US campuses and on the streets were paralleled with a deplorable rise in anti-Semitism around the Western world.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
With the passage of the Immigration Restriction Act, anti-Semitism and xenophobia became law of the land.
—Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
Drowned out by hysterical concerns about campus safety and anti-Semitism—terms that the mainstream media is largely (and irresponsibly) allowing the opposition to the movement to define—are the protesters’ voices and specific demands.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
During his NewsNation tenure, Cuomo has hosted town halls on topics including trade, jobs, anti-Semitism, crime in America and the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2024
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
With the passage of the Immigration Restriction Act, anti-Semitism and xenophobia became law of the land.
—Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
Drowned out by hysterical concerns about campus safety and anti-Semitism—terms that the mainstream media is largely (and irresponsibly) allowing the opposition to the movement to define—are the protesters’ voices and specific demands.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
During his NewsNation tenure, Cuomo has hosted town halls on topics including trade, jobs, anti-Semitism, crime in America and the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Anti-Semitism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitism. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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