Why do I use the word antisemitism instead of simply saying Jew-hatred?

Many people say that "Jew-hatred" is clearer and more straightforward, but there's a reason I choose antisemitism instead.

The term antisemitism was popularized in the 19th century and later embraced by the Nazis because it sounded academic and allowed hatred to pass itself off as science.

I use the term antisemitism because it reminds me that Jew-hatred rarely appears honestly; it uses coded language, conspiracy theories, and the cover of "critique" or "debate."

The word antisemitism contains a warning that Jew hatred takes on the appearance of virtue and social justice of its day and we must learn to recognize it even when it changes its name.

#Antisemitism #JewHatred

Bigotry, Jew Hatred Take Center Stage in #GOP Mainstream

https://world-outlook.com/2025/11/16/bigotry-jew-hatred-take-center-stage-in-gop-mainstream/

from #WorldOutlook
Nov. 16, 2025
updated: November 17 at 12:55 p.m. EST

A string of incidents over the last month has revealed the extent to which bigotry and #JewHatred have taken center stage in the #RepublicanParty and the Make America Great Again (#MAGA) movement, which ushered Donald Trump to a second term in the White House.

These events show how deep anti-Black #racism and #antisemitism are within the ultra-right. This political current has the wind in its sails with #Trump’s electoral victory last year and the actions of his administration since January — especially sweeping arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrant workers and attacks on democratic rights.

#OpposeAntisemitism
#DefendDemocraticRights

#NeoNazi #Neofascism
#news #politics #USpol

“At a time when #antisemitic #hatecrimes are rising across #Chicago, this hearing should have been an opportunity to confront that reality head-on.”

Instead, the city representatives state, Brandon Johnson, the city mayor, and the commission “excluded most major #Jewish organizations from participating in planning the hearing and invited only two actual victims of #antiJewish hate to testify, out of nearly 30 speakers.”

The aldermen said that they hear from victims of #Jewhatred “daily.”

“We interact with Jewish #Chicagoans who are being harassed, assaulted and targeted. Jewish Chicagoans who were not offered a voice at today’s hearing,” they said.

https://www.jns.org/deeply-disappointed-chicago-office-excluded-jewish-groups-from-hearing-18-aldermen-say/

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DAVID DRAIMAN & KNEECAP In Explosive War Of Words Over Gaza, Signing Bombs & 'Jew Hatred'

https://metalinjection.net/news/david-draiman-kneecap-in-explosive-war-of-words-over-gaza-signing-bombs-jew-hatred

#DavidDraiman #Kneecap #Gaza #Disturbed #JewHatred #Israel #Palestine #MetalNews #PoliticalConflict #WarOfWords

Emboldened, the ugly reality of these protestors who hide behind the cause of Palestinian liberation to hide their hatred for Jews becomes more blatant.

Now they're openly attacking Jewish institutions on campuses directly, demanding de-funding Jewish religious institutions, disallowing Jews who have taken trips to Israel, and even going after Jewish dining halls.

The situation at Columbia is just an example, as it's happening at many US and Canadian institutions, and has been going on for years before October 7th and the war. I remember calls at Rutgers to defund Hillel in 2021 (link below to that as well).

https://jewishinsider.com/2024/11/anti-israel-activists-hillel-columbia-university-barak-ravid-kraft-robert-kraft/
https://archive.is/UiyYP

https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/07/30/jewish-groups-slam-outrageous-activist-statement-delegitimizing-rutgers-hillel/

#antisemitism #JewHatred #ProPalestinianProtestss #CampusProtests #StudentsForJusticeInPalestine

Yesterday, as I was walking in downtown Vancouver, I saw some people outside an Indigo bookstore holding signs saying that shopping at Indigo was supporting genocide. This is the same kind of crap that I see all the time online, so I confronted them about why exactly we should avoid Jewish owned businesses, and what other Jewish owned businesses they were targeting.

I decided to record the interaction for my own safety.

I spoke with on of them for a few minutes, and as I began to dismantle his claims, he became more intense, demanding I answer his questions, then cutting me off when I tried to do so.

After a few minutes of this, and them getting closer to me recording me as well (which is fair, I was recording them), I realized the conversation was pointless, put my phone down and walked away. As I did, they (all of them) yelled "You kill babies!", which is a reference to Blood Libel, a well known antisemitic trope.

#antisemitism #Canada #Vancouver #JewHatred

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The union representing the Vancouver Public Library has voted to public ally support the BDS movement, a movement that has the destruction of the state of Israel as a goal according to its leadership, and has been linked to terrorist activity both in Israel and in the US.

This should be unacceptable and unions who vote to align themselves with terrorist organizations, especially those related to the public sector, should face government oversight and scrutiny.

In addition, the union is putting on workshops around investment.

https://www.cupe.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-Convention-Draft-Resolutions-Book.pdf

They also support anti-Jewish action including stripping Jews from being able to define our own marginalization.

This is straight out of an antisemitic handbook.

#Libraries #Vancouver #Union #antisemitism #JewHatred #Canada #CanadianAntisemitism #BritishColumbia

American Jews should be terrified.

This article outlines how American teachers, by the tens of thousands, are working to indoctrinate public school children against "Zionists" (a dog whistle often used against Jews), working together to figure out how do stay "in the lines" , while we see the curriculum being changed in many jurisdiction to distort the truth and allow for antisemitic lessons to be taught in the open (something not mentioned in this article but I've reported before).

While I don't agree with the reporter on the concern about "Gender ideology", the content of the reporting is concerning enough that we need to take this seriously, while Jews still have any home at all.

https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-the-kinderfada-revolution

If you are Jewish, or care about Jews at all, please read, and spread the word.

#America
#Schools
#Education
#Jews
#Zionists
#Discrimination
#antisemitism
#JewHatred