and it reveals itself. Very worrying.

Haters gotta hate.

As we've seen the massive rise in hate groups.
There are literal Nazi's standing in front of Disney waving a Nazi flag & holding DeSantis 2024 signs.

This country is losing it fast....

We're going down a very dark path in this country

Probably the oldest bigotry out there.

seems to be failing throughout the Western world--as it has long been elsewhere. Nationalist populist movements and politicians have certainly added to the problem.

Most persecutors are wimps so they attack a group that does not have strength in numbers. I mean Jews did ot colonize Africa/Asia/South America and make war in Europe, Christians did. They only did that on land they had an historical claim to.

as deranged. Evil. and all the rest.

That wasn't just misinformation. It was a direct appeal to the tired old bigoted idea that Jews run the media.

(To be clear, I'm not saying that those on DU who believed it knew that. But the roots of this kind of conspiratorial thinking are unmistakeable.)

I guess at some point the pervasive antisemitism overwhelmed my ability to discern the dogwhistles.

blacks, browns, gays, trans, religions, “others”, and many more. The fight to be on top of the hill may never end.

We all know how bad hate is in this country. Hell, in many states now trans folks can't even get the healthcare they need. Gay and black civil rights can't be taught in many schools. The Holocaust is being denied. We have to all band together to fight the right in this country. It has to stop!

Probably several.

It is horrible and it’s everywhere

are Semites as well. Perhaps you mean anti-Judaism.

Really.

Perhaps every person here, who has professed their love for children, really would be OK with being labeled as a pedophile. Or not.

"Homophobia" is not the fear of sameness either.

But non-Jewish folks are not the targets of the word "anti-semitism" by definition.

specifically as white Christian nazis being anti Jewish.

As blatant hate of Jews? Or are you including more subtle concepts that people may perpetrate without knowing it is antisemitic?

antisemitism has fueled many a pogrom, razzia and massacre. Scapegoating is a common practice. It dehumanizes the target group, ascribes blame for imaginary crimes and seeks retributive vengeance as a form of dangerous "justice". It flares up in times of war but is lurking in many hearts all the time. I can say without any irony or comedy intended, some of my dearest friends are Jewish and they have been true, kind and decent all the years I have had them as a blessing in my life. I know this is not what was meant by "the chosen people"...Peace on everyone. STOP THE WARS!

Is it possible to criticize policies of the Israeli government without being prejudiced against Jews or their religion, while supporting the right of Israel to exist?

Each and every one of us needs to look inside ourselves honestly, and question whether we unintentionally or consciously exhibit prejudice. Stereotypes can be pervasive, requiring conscious effort to root them out.

Also pervasive, often as a political cudgel for many years, is to hurl accusations of antisemitism at those who have honest and well meaning objections to some of the policies, especially the rightwing Likud party.

All I ask is an honest effort to avoid painting with too broad a brush.

Peace,
Martin

Just look at the countless Israelis protesting against judicial reform for months.
It becomes problematic and borderline antisemitic when Israel is criticized as if it is a bad guy character out of a comic book, and all its diversity is ignored.

And it doesn't seem to matter where, even in liberal circles.

As in the past, with every advancement in how we communicate comes the rise of blustering sociopaths that use communications to foment hate. Antisemitism is low hanging fruit, not bc people love to hate Jews but because someone somewhere will love to blame a whole group of people for their lot in life. It’s much easier to hate others than to find something to love about yourself. People who feel worthless are easy fodder for a sociopath’s hate machine. Social Media is the new hate engine and now a sociopath has purchased a platform and added jet fuel to the equation.

Both are excellent books and worth the read. If you can find time, I suggest both. They are available on Audible. There are also some other great books on the topic that I have read, if interested, let me know.

It is difficult in some circumstances to awaken in the morning and face the day in a particular context.

Does my concern over the deaths of innocent civilians in Palestine -as an isolated concern (not as deflection) count as anti-Semitic?

I do recall certain congress folks being disciplined simply over this concern when the current Hamas terrorism was not yet an issue.

But I have seen posts that Orthodox Jews don't have the right to feel safe wearing their traditional garb or that Jews don't have the right to feel safe eating at a kosher restaurant.

Although this post was directed at the OP, so I'm curious what they might say.

People being suspicious and mistreating members of a group they recognise as being not like the group they identify with goes by many names.

Racism.
Xenophobia.
Ageism.
Sexism.
Antisemitism.
Cultism.

Then there are those forms of discrimination I don't have specific names for - like language, religion, eye colour, political affiliation, gun humpers, etc.

Sticking a label on a situation that you perceive to be not-quite-right solves nothing.

What are you going to do about it - that should be the question.

Mom and sisters all are horrified. There's a street in Israel named after their relative. Szold Street I believe.

These range from "redefining" anti-Semitism ("aren't Palestinians Semites too?&quot , to "questioning" if they can ever question Israel and it not be anti-Semitic (this is a popular whine), to asking, innocently of course, if support for Palestinians is "anti-Semitic", to regaling people about their Jewish family members/people they have or continue to fuck who are Jews, or their instance of once seeing a Jew on TV precludes their being, or even saying anything, anti-Semitic, to claiming criticism of Israel/Israelis is never anti-Semitic, to Jews aren't "really" a minority, and to claiming that anti-Semitism simply doesn't exist on the left.