What’s an Anti-Semite? It Depends on Which Politician You Ask

Lingua Franca 2018-07-25

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Dame Margaret Hodge defends her stance on the definition. (Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

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...

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http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2018/07/25/whats-an-anti-semite-it-depends-on-which-politician-you-ask/

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Geoffrey Pullum

Date tagged:

07/25/2018, 19:36

Date published:

07/25/2018, 18:40