History of AntiSemitism Final

1. Antisemitism

Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, racial, or cultural group. It adapts over time, shifting from religious accusations to racial, political, and conspiratorial forms.

2. Deicide

The charge that Jews were collectively responsible for the death of Jesus. This accusation fueled centuries of Christian antisemitism despite lacking theological and historical basis.

3. Blood Libel

A false medieval accusation claiming Jews murdered Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals. This myth led to violence, expulsions, and pogroms.

4. Globalist / Globalism

In antisemitic rhetoric, “globalist” is often used as a coded term implying Jews secretly control global finance, politics, or media. It modernizes older conspiracy theories.

5. Greed

A stereotype portraying Jews as inherently money-obsessed or exploitative. This myth emerged from historical restrictions that forced Jews into moneylending roles.

6. Wilhelm Marr

A 19th-century German thinker who coined the term antisemitism. He reframed hatred of Jews as racial and biological rather than religious.

7. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

A fabricated document claiming Jews plotted world domination. Despite being proven fake, it became one of the most influential antisemitic texts in history.

8. Tish B’Av

A Jewish day of mourning commemorating disasters including the destruction of the First and Second Temples and later expulsions and persecutions.

9. Pogrom

A violent, organized attack against Jewish communities, especially in Eastern Europe, often encouraged or tolerated by authorities.

10. Diaspora

The dispersion of Jews outside their ancestral homeland. Life in the Diaspora often placed Jews as religious and cultural minorities.

11. Holocaust

The Nazi genocide of six million Jews between 1933–1945 through ghettos, mass shootings, labor camps, and extermination camps.

12. Shoah

Hebrew term meaning “catastrophe,” preferred by many Jews because it emphasizes Jewish experience without sacrificial connotations.

14. Dr. Deborah Lipstadt

Holocaust historian who defended historical truth against denial in her trial against David Irving.

15. Maud Dahme

Holocaust survivor whose testimony emphasizes memory, education, and moral responsibility.

Visited Class multiple times.

16. Kristallnacht

The “Night of Broken Glass” (Nov. 9–10, 1938), when Nazis destroyed synagogues, Jewish businesses, and homes across Germany and Austria.

17. Alfred Dreyfus

A Jewish French army officer falsely convicted of treason due to antisemitism.

18. The Dreyfus Affair

A political scandal revealing deep antisemitism in French society and institutions.

19. Hebrew Patriarch Abraham

Founder of Judaism, representing monotheism and covenant with God.

20. Canaan

The land promised to Abraham and his descendants; central to Jewish identity and history.

serving as the Israelites' destination after the Exodus and retaining profound religious significance.

21. Antisemitism in Elephantine (410 BCE)

Destruction of a Jewish temple in Egypt, showing early religious and cultural hostility toward Jews.

22. Antisemitism in Alexandria (38 CE)

Violent attacks against Jews in a multicultural Roman city, driven by political and ethnic tensions.

23. Martin Blaser – Passover and Plague

Explores how disease outbreaks historically triggered antisemitic scapegoating.

accusing Jews of causing or spreading illness, leading to persecution and violence.

24. Anti-Semitism in France (Documentary)

Shows how antisemitism persists in modern France through political extremism and social tensions.

25. Utilitarian vs. Ideological Antisemite

Utilitarian: Uses antisemitism for personal or political gain.

Ideological: Genuinely believes antisemitic ideas as truth.

26. Elastic Antisemitism

The idea that antisemitism adapts to different times, blaming Jews for contradictory things depending on context.

27. Nazi Town, USA

Documentary exposing American Nazi sympathizers in the 1930s.

Nazi Hate groups across the US.

28. A Night at the Garden

Film showing a 1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden, revealing American antisemitism in NYC US.

2nd Gen or 2G

Children of survivors who inherit trauma, memory, and responsibility for remembrance.

30. Dr. Alex Kor & Eva and Mickey Kor

Eva Kor survived Auschwitz medical experiments; her story emphasizes resilience and forgiveness.

31. Dr. Victor Borden

Shares a family Holocaust survival story emphasizing remembrance and education. Arctic Slave Camps and experiments.

32. Righteous Among the Nations

Non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

33. Dr. Dienke Hondius

Scholar studying racism, memory, and Holocaust education in Europe.

34. Anne Frank & NYC Exhibition

Highlights the personal impact of antisemitism and genocide through Anne’s diary.

35. David Wisnia

Holocaust survivor who used music to survive Auschwitz.

36. How Saba Kept Singing

PBS film emphasizing survival, music, and memory.