On April 11, 1944, Holocaust victim Anne Frank wrote, "Who knows -- it might even be our religion from which the world and all peoples learn good, and for that reason and that reason alone do we now suffer.”
Antisemitism is the discrimination of Jewish people. The earliest recorded act of antisemitism dates back to the 3rd century B.C.E. when the Greco-Egyptian historian Manetho said that Jews were expelled from Egypt. Throughout the years, Jews have been driven out of more than 80 countries including Arabia, France, Spain, Sicily, Lithuania, Portugal, Italy, Bavaria, Naples, Vienna, Poland, Germany, and Russia. The most prominent act of antisemitism most people know of today is the Holocaust that started from 1933 and ended 12 years later. However, anti-Semitic attacks haven’t stopped and are continuing to increase throughout the world. From as early as the 3rd century B.C.E., Jewish people have been constant targets of countless hate crimes and victims of violence and aggression.
There are many reasons for antisemitism, yet most of them are simply excuses. Of all the different kinds of discrimination, the discrimination against Jewish people has been around for one of the longest times and has spread across the globe. In many …show more content…
During the 2000’s, France’s Society for the Protection of the Jewish Community found that it has increased seven times since the 1990’s. In 2012, the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency surveyed around six thousand Jews living in eight different European countries. Of the participants, 66% said that antisemitism has increased, while 76% said that it has increased over the past five years in their respective country. Last year, the Jewish Agency for Israel discovered that the number of people moving to Israel increased by 72%. And as if antisemitism wasn’t enough in Europe, the Anti-Defamation League noticed a 21% increase in America last
Antisemitism is the discrimination of Jewish people. The earliest recorded act of antisemitism dates back to the 3rd century B.C.E. when the Greco-Egyptian historian Manetho said that Jews were expelled from Egypt. Throughout the years, Jews have been driven out of more than 80 countries including Arabia, France, Spain, Sicily, Lithuania, Portugal, Italy, Bavaria, Naples, Vienna, Poland, Germany, and Russia. The most prominent act of antisemitism most people know of today is the Holocaust that started from 1933 and ended 12 years later. However, anti-Semitic attacks haven’t stopped and are continuing to increase throughout the world. From as early as the 3rd century B.C.E., Jewish people have been constant targets of countless hate crimes and victims of violence and aggression.
There are many reasons for antisemitism, yet most of them are simply excuses. Of all the different kinds of discrimination, the discrimination against Jewish people has been around for one of the longest times and has spread across the globe. In many …show more content…
During the 2000’s, France’s Society for the Protection of the Jewish Community found that it has increased seven times since the 1990’s. In 2012, the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency surveyed around six thousand Jews living in eight different European countries. Of the participants, 66% said that antisemitism has increased, while 76% said that it has increased over the past five years in their respective country. Last year, the Jewish Agency for Israel discovered that the number of people moving to Israel increased by 72%. And as if antisemitism wasn’t enough in Europe, the Anti-Defamation League noticed a 21% increase in America last