“Racial prejudice, antisemitism, or hatred of anyone with different beliefs has no place in the human mind or heart,” stated Baptist minister, Billy Graham. Although the words in the quote are true, throughout history Jews have found that antisemitism has crept into their lives in one way or another. Antisemitism is “prejudice and/or discrimination against Jews, individually or collectively, that can be based on hatred against Jews because of their religion, their ethnicity, ancestry, or group membership,” according to a scholarly report from Trinity College (Kosmin). Jews have often been scapegoats for many problems in the world, and all of them had to do with antisemitism. Antisemitic acts have caused problems in the Jewish communities from Biblical and medieval times, to the Holocaust, and even to modern times (although there have been countless times where antisemitism has caused problems for Jews).
Antisemitism can date back to Biblical and medieval times. Hatred of the …show more content…
Although many people do not do want to admit it, there are still many stereotypes and outward acts of discrimination against Jews. Some of the stereotypes that people hold about Jews include the following: Jews are greedy, they have big noses, they all wear kippahs, etc. A lot of stereotypes of the Jews derive from the same ones from the past. They are seen as greedy, because they ran the banks in Europe for a long time (Cohen). Since the stereotypes are still in place, acts of discrimination and antisemitism are still present in the modern world. One example of modern antisemitism can be found in a recent soccer game in the netherlands. Some of the fans began chanting “Hamas, hamas, Jews to the gas”, “Jews burn the best”, and “Kill the Jews”. In the 1980s, these chants were mainly incited by neo-Nazis, but today they have expanded to other people with antisemitic thoughts
Antisemitism can date back to Biblical and medieval times. Hatred of the …show more content…
Although many people do not do want to admit it, there are still many stereotypes and outward acts of discrimination against Jews. Some of the stereotypes that people hold about Jews include the following: Jews are greedy, they have big noses, they all wear kippahs, etc. A lot of stereotypes of the Jews derive from the same ones from the past. They are seen as greedy, because they ran the banks in Europe for a long time (Cohen). Since the stereotypes are still in place, acts of discrimination and antisemitism are still present in the modern world. One example of modern antisemitism can be found in a recent soccer game in the netherlands. Some of the fans began chanting “Hamas, hamas, Jews to the gas”, “Jews burn the best”, and “Kill the Jews”. In the 1980s, these chants were mainly incited by neo-Nazis, but today they have expanded to other people with antisemitic thoughts