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Anti-Semitism

ANTI-SEMITISM


Anti-semitism is a word that is used for those people who are against Jews or Jewish communities. It is a discriminatory word that became very popular during and after the Holocaust. Although this word became strong during this time it was not a new word for Jews. The word anti-Semitism has been around since the time of when early Greeks and Romans reigned. This book explained how the name Jew originates from the word Judah, one of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel. These tribes were persecuted by the Greeks and Romans and then separated throughout all parts of the world. Being spread all over the world they had no place to call their homeland, therefore people in the communities where they settled called them "the others". Another strike against them during these times were their lack of one religion to worship from and this also contributed to their criticism.
During the reign of the dictatorship of Hitler is when the world started their negative thinkin...

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