r/JewsOfConscience • u/fleshurinal • Oct 28 '24

Discussion Rising Antisemitism

I have witnessed so much antisemitism everytime I go online it's starting to become worrying. I see non Jewish leftists say that antisemitism isn't a real problem for Jews in America, usually being boiled down to "most Jews are white, rich, and have never experienced antisemitic violence physically". Yet antisemitism is rising and is a real problem that we should still consider in this time of jewish identity being weaponized and the jewish supremacy that is enacted in Occupied Palestine. Stating "most jews are white" seems harmful and also just false. Also Jews have always been hesitant to be apart of surveys so it's hard to find legitimate info on these things. Am I alone in this?

EDIT: I am not talking about any specific statistics or surveys. This is based on what I've personally seen scrolling on social media. I understand/agree there isn't a clear way to see that based on largely pro zionist orgs. EDIT PT 2: I am not saying that Pro Palestinian sentiment is antisemitism. I am talking about LEGITIMATE antisemitism. This is not a post talking about false accusations of antisemitism based in Zionism.

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u/GB819 Deist Ally Oct 28 '24

The idea that there is a White race and a Semitic race, and the two don't overlap with each other is part of what I oppose regarding the Nazis' racial theories. I wrote this because the topic of Whiteness came up in the original post.

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u/Pitiful_Meringue_57 Jewish Oct 28 '24

when ppl use the word antisemitism they aren’t saying that they believe in nazi race science. Its a term with a long historical meaning, ppl r not endorsing an idea of a “semitic race”

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u/GB819 Deist Ally Oct 28 '24

I was more responding to the op's statement that it's problematic to consider "most Jews White." What that implies is that there's a racial cut off somewhere around the Mediterranean sea when the truth is that people are all mixed.

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u/Pitiful_Meringue_57 Jewish Oct 28 '24

I think theyre moreso referring to ppl considering most jews ashkenazi european pale white. I do think there’s a broader discussion about trying to racially categorize arabs/middle easterners to be had, but generally when ppl talk abt the whiteness of jews they r not including arabs in their definition of white when a lot of jews, particularly in israel, r not ashkenazi european