People across much of North Africa were subject to racist laws and suffering at the hands of European powers during the Second World War.
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Many conspiracy theories and disinformation are rooted in antisemitic tropes which spread harm and undermine our democratic institutions.
Many Americans know a simple version of Holocaust history, in which their country played the savior. The reality isn’t so comfortable, a historian writes.
During the Cold War, Russia’s refusal to allow Jews to leave the country reflected its political aims. The same is likely true today, a Jewish studies scholar explains.
Antisemitism today does not always appear in the form of traditional hate speech. It manifests in GIFs, memes, vlogs, comments and reactions on social media platforms.
Antisemitism has been used as a weapon against leading Jewish politicians in Europe for over a century – no matter how assimilated they were. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy is no exception.
White supremacist groups seek to solidify their control over the US by changing the government, sometimes by violence.
Social psychology researchers found that people commonly exaggerate the presence of certain groups – including ethnic and sexual minorities – because they perceive them as ideologically threatening.
Easter and Passover begin on the same weekend this year. This is an opportunity to revisit misconceptions about Jesus’s ministry and to address anti-Jewish uses of Christian scripture.
Latest figures show antisemitism in the UK is on the rise, with new expressions of anti-Jewish hatred merely reviving older ones.
In the absence of meaningful national dialogue about race, the American public often turns to entertainers to unpack complicated social issues.
Less than half of the respondents to a UK survey knew that six million Jewish people were killed.
Alton Levy may not be a household name today, but his court-martial put a spotlight on unequal treatment in the military.
The French commentator’s heritage is providing a useful patina for extreme views.
The increased prominence of antisemitic incidents may have you wondering: has antisemitism always been part of the Australian social fabric, or are we facing a newer, more sinister trend?
Spain has made it a punishable offence to praise the regime of General Franco.
The Church of England’s apology for medieval antisemitism is welcome. But there is something missing.
During the Cold War, the FBI boasted a ‘Judeo-Christian’ heritage in the US but also demonstrated anti-Jewish prejudice.
Canadian Jewish scholars have released a statement to express alarm at attempts to intervene in campus activities relating to Israel and Palestine.
Our research tried to identify patterns linking antisemitic incidents to particular dates, local trends or global events. The aim was to be better prepared to counter them.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Tackling Hate Lab, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and English, MacEwan University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Criminology, City St George's, University of London
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Associate Professor in Modern European History and Jewish History, UNSW
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Faculty, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Gratz College
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Professor Emerita in Hebrew, Biblical & Jewish Studies, University of Sydney
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Director of Research and Policy at The Dor Foundation and Associate Professor of Politics at Deakin University, Deakin University
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Professor and Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women's & Gender History and Director of the Jewish Studies Program, American University
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James Parkes Professor of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in International History, Aberystwyth University
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University