Anti-Semitism Across Borders

The Jewish people have survived and thrived from the times of biblical antiquity to the present day. The presence of Jews has enriched the cultures of many civilizations and countries, from the Americas, to Ethiopia, to China. But just as the Jewish people have endured, so too has anti-Semite hatred. This hatred has ranged from prejudiced slurs whispered in private to the murder of more than 6 million Jews in the Holocaust. Seventy-two years after the Holocaust ended, anti-Semites continue to target the Jewish people for discrimination, destruction of property, and even death. In Europe there are "increased levels of hate-motivated incidents impacting Jewish communities" and in the U.S., as well as Europe, "academic spaces are quickly becoming hotbeds of anti-Jewish bias, with students each year reporting greater discomfort at publicly identifying as Jewish or as supporters of Israel." The threats to the Jewish community are global. After the terrorist attacks in Paris, Brussels, and Copenhagen, governments are no longer able to ignore the rise in antisemitism, which manifests itself on both the Left and the Right.