What’s an Anti-Semite? It Depends on Which Politician You Ask
Lingua Franca 2018-07-25
Summary:
You might have thought that for a definition of anti-Semitism you could just turn to a dictionary. Merriam-Webster defines it as “hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group.” That does the job, doesn’t it?
Not in the modern political context. Things aren’t so simple. Right-wing nationalists querying the loyalty of Jewish fellow citizens: anti-Semitism? Leftist Palestini...