• Global surge in antisemitic incidents following the conflict between Hamas and Israel, affecting Jewish communities in various countries.
  • Antisemitic acts range from verbal abuse to physical assaults, often justified by anger over the Gaza conflict.
  • In areas like the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, and South Africa, antisemitic incidents have increased several hundred percent compared to the same period last year.
  • Official responses vary, with Western authorities generally quick to support Jewish communities, while some countries like China have not taken steps to curtail antisemitic content online.

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          It is varied and complicated throughout history-

          1. Pre-Christian anti-Judaism in Ancient Greece and Rome which was primarily ethnic in nature

          2. Christian antisemitism in antiquity and the Middle Ages which was religious in nature and has extended into modern times

          3. Muslim antisemitism which was—at least in its classical form—nuanced, in that Jews were a protected class

          4. Political, social and economic antisemitism during the Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment Europe which laid the groundwork for racial antisemitism

          5. Racial antisemitism that arose in the 19th century and culminated in Nazism

          6. Contemporary antisemitism which has been labeled by some as the new antisemitism

          Christians have some historical antisemitism because the Jews are blamed for crucifying Jesus.

          Muslims i have less knowledge, but i know in modern times they hate the founding of Israel among other reasons pertaining to “conflicting sky daddy”

          Also for some other context, many practicing Jews kept traditions that made them stand out in the past. Leading to negative (and often false) stereotypes.

          Lastly, it doesn’t help that they proclaim themselves God’s chosen people in the eyes of outsiders.

          Edit: corrected mistake

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        Jews are one of the least religious ethnic groups worldwide (something like 75% are agnostic or atheist iirc) though

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              If u believe the Bible it’s not a lie. The Jews could have saved Jesus. They chose barrabus instead iirc.

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              I don’t have the answer to that one. Maybe the same reason that lies like ‘Asian men have small penises’ and ‘all black people are good dancers’ perpetuate. It sounds good to a bigot and they just assume it’s true.

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                That tells me there’s some other undelying reason for the bigotry.

                I’ve felt this for a long time, but the more I watch politics play out, the more justified I feel it is: I think bigotry is a kind of mental illness, a severe one, and it might be connected with other conditions that case paranoia and manic episodes like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

                It’s the only way it makes any sense.