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How does antisemitism differ from racism?
The easy answer is the same reason that any language has a word: it serves a useful function. English had a lot of words for rain because it rains a lot in England, and the words used differentiate ...
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Why are so many on the left in western countries so passionate about supporting Palestine (and being anti-Israel)?
This simplest explanation here is that people on the Left (Progressives and/or social liberals) tend not to classify human beings into undifferentiated groups representing competing power blocks. Or ...
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Is this expression displayed by protestors antisemitic?
It's a taunt, based on the chant "Jews will not replace us" famous for being used by far right groups at Charlottesville. The intent is almost certainly to incite a reaction, not to make an ...
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What are the conclusions of the leaked Labour antisemitism report?
You can read (all 850 pages) yourself!
The conclusions as stated in the report are:
Labour party structures were not equipped to deal with [anti-semitism]
An abnormal intensity of factional ...
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Why were MIT, Harvard, UPenn specifically questioned over antisemitism?
According to Inside Higher Ed Presidents of Harvard, Penn and MIT Face Grilling on Capitol Hill:
It’s not entirely clear why these three particular presidents were called to Capitol Hill, considering ...
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Is the conspiracy theory of "Cultural Marxism" inherently tied to antisemitism?
Meaning of the New York Times quote
This New York Times opinion piece says that antisemitism and cultural Marxism are "inseparable".
What that claim in question means is not that "...
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The paradox of Russian Nazis
The cornerstones of the ideology of Russian Neo-Nazis is Antisemitism and anti-Americanism. They are better traced to the Black Hundreds far-right antisemitic organization of Russian Empire rather ...
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What are some examples of antisemitism in the Labour Party?
The Wikipedia article on Anisemitism in Labour has a good overview (the following list is not complete):
Corbyn was the chair of an organization that participated in the antisemitic Quds Day.
Corbyn ...
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Why were MIT, Harvard, UPenn specifically questioned over antisemitism?
Why these academic institutions?
There are some concerns about rising antisemitism on the campuses of the invited schools
Harvard - From The Harvard Crimson, there was a largely supported statement ...
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Did Palestinian leaders publicly condemn October 7th atrocities as immoral?
Hamas, obviously, won't condemn itself. Fatah (Palestinian Authority ruling party), as an organization, felt the actions were justified
Jibril Rajoub, secretary general of Fatah’s Central Committee, ...
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Is this expression displayed by protestors antisemitic?
For what's worth it, the (counter) phrase has been used with the ironic meaning by civil rights advocate
Lateefah Simon, as quoted by ADL here:
In accepting this Award, I want to send a message to ...
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Did Palestinian leaders publicly condemn October 7th atrocities as immoral?
Hamas ARE the Palestinian leaders. They won a parliamentary majority in Gaza's last election. The only other Palestinian leaders besides Hamas are Fatah, the former PLO. Fatah is the de facto ...
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Has the Labour party always had this level of problems with anti-semitism?
Has the Labour party always had this level of problems with anti-semitism?
No. The current problems are a direct result of the changes brought about by Jeremy Corbyn. This is not, however, to suggest ...
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What anti-semitic slur did Rashida Tlaib use?
The exact language that is accused of being anti-Semitic is:
"They [Senators pushing a bill to deter US companies from boycotting Israel] forgot what country they represent. This is the U.S. where ...
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Is there (anti-)correlation between antisemitic and islamphobic attitudes?
There is some correlation, but not as high as implied in the other anwer (due to ecological fallacy). Here's e.g. a study in Norway, which still a bit of a potential for that by using brackets for the ...
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How does antisemitism differ from racism?
Many ethnic and religious groups have a unique term used to describe prejudice, discrimination and hatred toward them. These have developed over time because they are more descriptive than simply ...
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Has Labour failed to deal with antisemitism within their party?
Since 2015 when Jeremy Corbyn took over the leadership of the Labour party, it has been beset by accusations of antisemitism. The instances are detailed in multiple articles and questions on the site.
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Why are Jewish related places being targeted?
Israel calls itself a Jewish state, and so its identity is strongly intertwined with it. This is quite unlike Russia and Orthodox Christianity there - though Pussy Riot do make this link. The Buddhist ...
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Has the Labour party always had this level of problems with anti-semitism?
TL;DR: defining when criticism of Israel becomes anti-Semitism
First things first, please do note that generalizations are that, generalizations. The point that I am going to disagree with the idea ...
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Did the Nazi regime resort to any nationalizations?
One of my side hobbies is antique tin toys, specifically the elaborate live steam models made in the Nuremberg area from 1880 to the late 1930's. Most of those companies were Jewish owned, which has ...
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Why are so many on the left in western countries so passionate about supporting Palestine (and being anti-Israel)?
One possible reason is the fact that the USA has been one of Israel's strongest economic supporters throughout the years, in terms of both trade and foreign aid. Indeed, usually Israel has been in the ...
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Why are so many on the left in western countries so passionate about supporting Palestine (and being anti-Israel)?
First, Historically Western countries have been much more supportive of Israel than of Palestine. Even recently, many Western countries passed or tried to pass anti-BDS laws in order to defend Israel ...
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Is the conspiracy theory of "Cultural Marxism" inherently tied to antisemitism?
TLDR: Generally weak connection, but could be made
1) Antisemitism... Quite wide phenomena, spanning for centuries and existing too outside of Western culture (ex. Arabs from formation of state of ...
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Is the conspiracy theory of "Cultural Marxism" inherently tied to antisemitism?
Short answer: No.
Long answer:
Antisemitism is a category of hate. Essentially a sub-category of racism in general. That leads to this statement: All antisemitic people are racist, not all racist ...
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Are Jews fleeing France able to flee to any countries other than Israel?
French Jews are not able to emigrate to Israel on the basis of being under threat of hate crime. They are able to Emigrate as Jewish People. Israel has a law which allows for most Jewish people to ...
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Are Jews fleeing France able to flee to any countries other than Israel?
First of all, many countries have open or semi-open immigration policies.
My answer here lists countries with most open policies. You merely need a small (by Western standards) guaranteed income to ...
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What has been AfD's take on Soros (if any)?
Individual elected AfD representatives and local AfD groups have referenced Soros, usually accompanied with classical antisemitism stereotypes (shify, puppeteer, financier of the great replacement, in ...
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