Sixth-century mosaic depicting Jesus before Roman governor Pontius Pilate washing his hands, at Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy.
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The expression to “wash one’s hands of responsibility” comes from Christian scripture and has been part of a toxic legacy of blaming Jews for Jesus’s death.
Ontario’s recent order-in-council adopting the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism has been lauded by some. However, critics fear that it could be used to curtail criticism of the Israeli government.
Dangers to academic freedom: Many see a shift to equate criticism of Israeli state policies with antisemitism.
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Grime artist is among many who don’t seem to see anti-Jewish views as racism.
How a conspiracy theory about the origins of the French Revolution became steeped in antisemitism.
Nine émigrés executed by guillotine, from La Guillotine in 1793 by H. Fleischmann/Wikimedia
Survivors voices are central to Holocaust education, but as their numbers dwindle educators must work to preserve their testimonies and bring in the second generation.
A task force has been assembled in the US Senate to fight anti-Semitism. A specialist in Jewish-American history says the group has a big job ahead of it. Anti-Semitism has a long history in the US.
Even though the Holocaust is one of the best documented genocides in history, there’s limited quantitative data available. A new study investigates the number of deaths per day.
A memorial outside Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue on Oct. 29, 2018, erected after a gunman killed 11 worshippers at the temple.
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American anti-Semitism took an organized form in the 20th century. The German American Bund and the Silver Legion developed a unique culture of hatred for Jews that persists today in alt-right groups.
German citizens in Magdeburg the morning after Kristallnacht.
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Eight decades on, the thought of the state encouraging people to attack groups of citizens is hard to believe. Here are some books that might help.
Passengers aboard the MS St. Louis from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives.
Courtesy of Dr. Liane Reif-Lehrer. Copyright of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
We can learn a lot about our past from fictional stories. In ‘What is Left the Daughter,’ author Howard Norman presents a cautionary tale from the Second World War of xenophobia and prejudice.
Online hate still rages, often in plain sight.
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The shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue joins a list of more than 200 other ideologically motivated attacks by far-right extremists since 1990.
Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn – accused of antisemitism – addresses the crowd in Trafalgar Square during protests against the UK visit of US President Donald Trump, July 13, 2018.
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Simon Dawes, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) – Université Paris-Saclay
Charging the leader of the UK Labour Party with antisemitism is a narrative that went mainstream – but it’s one that omits pertinent information and opposing views.