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Anti-Semitism: Past, Present and Future
Anti-Semitism is loosely defined as hatred toward Jews and is directed toward the Jewish religion, Jews as a people, or Israel, the Jewish state. While anti-Semitism always starts with Jews, it never ends there. The very fabric of democratic societies is threatened by those who promote hate.
Since the founding of AJC in 1906, in the aftermath of the Kishinev pogroms in Russia, we have been using advocacy, diplomacy and education to combat anti-Semitism in the United States and around the world. AJC pays particular attention to how institutions – governments, universities, and media – respond to anti-Semitism. For us, all types of anti-Semitism – religious, racial, or political– matter.
AJC's Publications on Fighting Anti-Semitism
Muslim Anti-Semitism: A Clear and Present Danger
With virulence not seen since the Nazis, the anti-Semitism raging throughout Arab and Muslim societies and infiltrating Europe poses an immediate threat to Jews and Israel, and should be heeded as an early warning by the entire civilized world. "Fundamentalist Islam has the same totalitarian pseudo-messianic aspiration to world hegemony as German Nazism or Soviet Communism," writes historian Robert Wistrich.
Anti-Americanism and Anti-Semitism: A New Frontier of Bigotry
Traces the roots, growth, and meaning of these two antipathies and shows how they converge and attract the same types of devotees, both throughout the Muslim world and in Europe. Professor Alvin Rosenfeld surveys the contemporary scene in Germany and France, detailing the rise in anti-American and anti-Semitic incidents. Insightfully, he observes that anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism serve a similar social function: to focus discontent and explain internal failures.
Why Campus Anti-Israel Activity Flunks Bigotry 101
AJC exposes and counters the widening pattern on American college campuses of anti-Semitism, often camouflaged in criticism of Israel. "Too many complaints about Israel are unmistakably driven by anti-Semitism. The current divestiture and 'boycott' movements are a case in point," writes Kenneth Stern, AJC’s expert on anti-Semitism and extremism. "The attacks on Israel on campus today reflect a double standard that can only be explained by bigotry."
 More publications on anti-Semitism
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Kenneth Stern is AJC's expert on anti-Semitism and extremism. An attorney and award-winning author, Stern is a nationally-recognized expert on hate and hate groups. His most recent book, 
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