Robert Wistrich called Antisemitism "the longest hatred".
        It has been around as long as the Jews.
        Anti-Semitism
 

 

Brainstorm with a friend and fill in the following:

1. What I know about anti-Semitism

2. What I want to know about anti-Semitism

 


What is Anti-Semitism?
Click on the following links to learn what anti-Semitism is:
Anti-Semitism, Wikipedia
US Holocaust Memorial Museum 
The New Global Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism from the History channel 

3. Write in your own words what anti-Semitism is:

 

Anti-Semitic Cartoons/Pictures

In the following link you will see current anti-Semitic cartoons/pictures.
more cartoons
4.How do you feel when you see these cartoons/pictures?
Write in the

 


    

 

 

Myths and Stereotypes of Anti-Semitism
Even today we see the reappearance of the old myths, most of which
originated in medieval times.
Click here to read about myths and stereotypes.
Choose a myth/stereotype that especially shocked you and tell your
class about it.
5. Write your draft here:


6. Do you think there is a connection between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism?



7. Why the Jews?

Why do you think that the Jews have been persecuted and killed
throughout history?

 
       Gravestones vandalized in St. Petersburg, Russia

 

 

8. What are the six reasons for anti-Semitism?
The Big Six: are they causes or excuses?
Also read
Why the Jews and Why do people hate the Jews?

Do you feel that the reasons mentioned are logical/acceptable?
Write in the discussion forum and prepare to discuss in class.

 

 

Anti-Semitic Reports
In the following links you will read about anti-Semitic incidents worldwide.
9. Choose a country that interests you and write a short report about that country.
Display in your English room.

  Anti-Semitism -Country Reports
Anti-Semitic reports
Selected Incidents Around the World in 2010
 
 
  Survey
When you are abroad (not in Israel)





  Read an interesting story Where No Jew Has Gone Before

Compare how other Jewish people think and behave. Take part in this survey




 

Interview Family and Friends
Interview family, friends and people you know and ask if they have experienced any anti-Semitism?
Have you ever experienced anti-Semitism?



 
  Confronting Anti-Semitism
10. What can you do if someone makes an anti-Semitic remark?
Work with a friend and decide what to do if someone offends you:

Click on this link to get more ideas
How to deal with Anti-Semitism

11. What did you learn?
 
Links
YadVashem Anti-Semitism

Anti-Semitism and the U.N.
The Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism
Why the Jews, Aish Hatorah

Pipeline of hatred
A List of some Antisemitic incidents in April 2002
Jewish witnesses of Antisemitism - in Hebrew
Anti-Semitism lesson plan
Antisemitism and Racism, Yad Vashem
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Cancer of Antisemitism in Europe - Aish Hatora  
Popular Anti-Semitism
ADL and Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"
Mel Gibson's father: Holocaust was mostly "fiction"
Middle East Info.org
Palestinian Media Watch
 


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Last updated 18/01/2010