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Antisemitism: A guide for the perplexed

Antisemitism: A guide for the perplexed

It isn’t just Jews in the cross-hairs of antisemites. It’s freedom, education and human dignity.

Bret StephensContributor

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In a season of widespread condemnation of antisemitism, many struggle to define it. I can imagine having this conversation with any number of people trying to understand this age-old phenomenon:

Question: I’m having trouble making sense of some of the claims and counterclaims being made about what is, or isn’t, antisemitic speech and behaviour. To be honest, it doesn’t help that so many prominent Jews have sharply different takes on the subject.

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Bret Stephens
Bret StephensContributorBret Stephens is a columnist for The New York Times.

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