Here are eight antisemitic terms, tropes, and themes that pervaded anti-Israel protests in May 2021 and again in the Israel-Hamas War in October 2023 that have made life more dangerous for Jews in America.
Paul Burstein, UW Professor Emeritus, Departments of Sociology and Political Science; former Chair of Jewish Studies Program: Today’s Antisemitism: Who the Antisemites Are, What They’re Doing, Why They’re Doing So Well, and How Jews Might Respond.
Comedian Amy Schumer’s recent Instagram post about the troubling finding in the recently-released 2020 FBI hate crime statistics has garnered more than 4,800 comments that reflect even more alarming trends about the spread of Jew-hatred, the motives behind it, and the impact it has on Jews around the world.