"There is now a #Jewish debate about fighting #antisemitism. And we need to consider what exactly we are arguing about when we argue about it.

[Brett] #Stephens’s thesis might seem provocative now, but it wouldn’t shock medieval #Jews. #AvrahamGrossman points out that #Rashi often depicts the nations of the world as “lying in wait to attack and devour the #Jewish people.” #Grossman writes that this is not surprising, considering that the renowned medieval commentator’s community was massacred during the #FirstCrusade, and endured multiple #antiJewish edicts.

In his commentary on the #Torah, Rashi quotes the phrase from the #Midrash saying that “it is a rule that #Esau hates #Jacob.” This means that antisemitism is a metaphysical reality; the spiritual heirs of Esau will always hate the descendants of Jacob. Antisemitism will never end.

Rashi’s attitude to antisemitism remains influential today."

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-887432

"#CST recorded 3,700 #antisemitic incidents in the #UK in 2025, the second-highest total ever reported to CST in a single calendar year. This is an increase of 4% from the 3,556 anti-#Jewish hate incidents recorded by CST in 2024, and 14% lower than the highest ever annual total of 4,298 antisemitic incidents reported in 2023. CST recorded 1,662 antisemitic incidents in 2022, and 2,261 in 2021.1

The increase from the total recorded in 2024 reflects that antisemitic incident levels remain at a significantly higher rate than was the case prior to #Hamas’ terror attack on #Israel on 7 October 2023. There was an immediate and significant spike in recorded cases of #antiJewish hate in the UK in the aftermath of that attack. The subsequent war, and its grip of public and media attention even during periods of ceasefire, has continued to impact the amount and nature of anti-Jewish hate reported in the 27 months since that date."

https://cst.org.uk/research/cst-publications/antisemitic-incidents-report-2025

#SPLC Urges #Policymakers to #Prevent #Hate-Fueled #Crimes During #HateCrimesAwarenessMonth

Latest #FBI #report shows significant increases in #antiJewish, #antiMuslim, and #antiLGBTQ #hatecrimes

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Media #MoralPanic #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/splc-urges-policymakers-prevent-hate-fueled-crimes-during-hate-crimes-awareness-month