The harmful belief that Christianity ‘replaced’ Judaism is partly rooted in the erroneous view that
Jesus told his followers that rules regarding ritual purity were outdated.
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Easter and Passover begin on the same weekend this year. This is an opportunity to revisit misconceptions about Jesus’s ministry and to address anti-Jewish uses of Christian scripture.
Recent protests draw attention to antisemitic memes and tropes that persist on social media.
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Less than half of the respondents to a UK survey knew that six million Jewish people were killed.
French officer Alfred Dreyfus spent five years as a prisoner on Devil’s Island, off the coast of South America.
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The increased prominence of antisemitic incidents may have you wondering: has antisemitism always been part of the Australian social fabric, or are we facing a newer, more sinister trend?
Supporters of the late Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco, during a gathering of far right wing supporters in Madrid, March 2021.
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Our research tried to identify patterns linking antisemitic incidents to particular dates, local trends or global events. The aim was to be better prepared to counter them.
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