What Is Antisemitism? Everything You Need to Know

Noa Tishby

Published on May 9, 2026

What Is Antisemitism?

Antisemitism is, simply put, Jew-hatred. It is one of the oldest forms of hate and discrimination still practiced today. It’s a shape-shifting prejudice that has moved from religious persecution to racial pseudoscience to modern anti-Zionism, always adapting to the times but always ending in the same place: marginalization, persecution, and violence against Jews. It’s often called a “canary in the coal mine” — when a society fails its Jews, something deeper is already breaking.

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