Meaning of anti-Judaism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Opposition to Judaism.
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2. Synonym of anti-Semitism.
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Examples

“And yet they did not form Anti-Judaism, or Anti-Gentileism, nor yet anti-sin societies, but acted upon the principle that truth was omnipotent against errour, and therefore “preached Jesus and the resurrection.” as the all-sufficient moral engine for the conversion of the world.”

“Anti-Judaism, as defined here, differs in several crucial respects from its more familiar cousin, antisemitism. Most fundamentally, the discourse of antisemitism asserts that Jews are inherently different from non-Jews in negative ways, while the discourse of anti-Judaism urges audiences to differentiate themselves from Jews precisely because it recognizes that the characteristics of Jews and non-Jews are often not so different after all. The simple current definition states that “Antisemitism is discrimination, prejudice, hostility, or violence against Jews as Jews (or Jewish intuitions as Jewish).”⁴ Anti-Judaism, in contrast, seeks to motivate self-improvement through the cultivation of beliefs and practices opposed to those that the polemicist brands as Jewish. Antisemitic rhetoric specifically targets Jews; anti-Jewish rhetoric instead targets all who bear purportedly Jewish characteristics, especially non-Jews. Although antisemitism and anti-Judaism both seek to minimize the influence of Jewishness within society, antisemitism condemns what Jews are while anti-Judaism condemns what certain people do or think.”

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