Antisemitism — Social Studies definition
Defined in 2 courses:
- Prejudice or hostility toward Jews. (U.S. History: Reconstruction to the Early 21st Century)
- Prejudice, hostility, or discrimination directed against Jews as Jews. (United States History & Government: Colonial Foundations to the Early 21st Century)
Where it is taught
- The Holocaust: Persecution, Genocide & Historical Evidence — World War II, Genocide & Consequences, U.S. History: Reconstruction to the Early 21st Century, Grade 8
- The Holocaust: Escalation, Evidence & Jewish Lives — Genocide, Postwar Institutions & Cold War, Global History & Geography II: c. 1750 to the Early 21st Century, Grade 10
- The Holocaust, Refugee Policy & American Responses — World War II & the Emerging Cold War, United States History & Government: Colonial Foundations to the Early 21st Century, Grade 11
In use
Antisemitism is prejudice or hostility toward Jews, not a fact about Jewish people.
The Holocaust: Persecution, Genocide & Historical Evidence
Nazi antisemitism and state power produced escalating exclusion, dispossession, forced separation, deportation, and murder.
The Holocaust: Escalation, Evidence & Jewish Lives