How to Use anti-Semitism in a Sentence

anti-Semitism

noun
  • One is the clear and rising tide of anti-Semitism worldwide.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Thank you for having this hearing on anti-Semitism.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • And also, by the way, leave the anti-Semitism for the podcasters; don’t bring it into public.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
  • There is absolutely no place for anti-Semitism, or any form of bigotry, in our schools or in our society.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Such a reframing also points toward what a genuine fight against anti-Semitism might entail.
    — Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The Blacklist had a lot more to do with anti-Semitism than anti-Communism.
    — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
  • In the interview this week, Carlson was critical of Fuentes’s anti-Semitism.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Republicans and Democrats, left and right—both are being subverted by anti-Semitism within.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • In doing so, the killer helped unshackle dark forces—chief among them anti-Semitism—that now threaten to overtake the conservative movement.
    — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Law and Justice has also tried to scrub Polish anti-Semitism from the history of the Holocaust.
    — Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2023
  • All dismissed the fascist threat and called for appeasement, and some unashamedly embraced fascism, anti-Semitism, and xenophobia.
    — Kathryn S. Olmsted, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The pair did not condemn on-campus anti-Semitism vehemently enough, according to alumni and billionaire donors who later called for their firings.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 6 May 2024
  • Each week brings a new instance of anti-Semitism moving from the internet’s febrile periphery into the conservative movement’s mainstream.
    — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Part of Starmer’s pitch to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as leader of Labour was that his predecessor had turned a blind eye to anti-Semitism.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
  • With the passage of the Immigration Restriction Act, anti-Semitism and xenophobia became law of the land.
    — Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Maron largely is playing an iteration of himself, decrying anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance on his radio show and cutting down those who espouse such beliefs.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
  • And the nation’s religious divisions have only deepened with the rise of anti-Semitism and White Christian nationalism.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The vile memes, violence, anti-Semitism, homophobia and anti-trans hate that were so commonplace in the Proud Boys were all really just a big joke — trolling, Rehl said.
    — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Low or no inflation, energy independence, a closed border, lower crime, peace in the world, no tolerance for anti-Semitism, getting trans women out of women’s sports, respect for the our country and each other, etc.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Meanwhile, in the name of fighting anti-Semitism, German cities were limiting pro-Palestinian demonstrations and arresting protesters.
    — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • It has been attacked by X owner Elon Musk, who accuses the organization of going so far as to actually spread anti-Semitism himself by policing free speech with too heavy a hand.
    — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023
  • As anti-Semitism gained force, Jewish institutions and organizations advanced a variety of responses.
    — Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • In the face of rising anti-Semitism and hate speech, the program’s virtual format ensures that these important stories reach audiences far and wide, regardless of geographic or physical barriers.
    — Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Everybody who wanted to make sure that they weren't accused of anti-Semitism, everybody who opposed Lindbergh's policy came down and pointed the finger of anti-Semitism at Lindbergh.
    — CBS News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The decision came after accusations of plagiarism in her academic work, and a grilling by congressional lawmakers last month over her response to anti-Semitism on her campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Arendt argued that such a view naturalizes anti-Semitism, counterintuitively suggesting its legitimacy.
    — Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The holdover Republicans who have remained attached to the party’s old identity (hawkish, pro-Israel, anti-Russia, opposed to anti-Semitism) have squabbled with its newer entrants.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Gay, the school’s first Black president—and, for some critics, an avatar of the identity-politics bureaucracy on college campuses—had just flubbed testimony before Congress about anti-Semitism on campus.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Yet by so carefully describing the way that anti-Semitism’s meaning has transformed as its political use has changed, Mazower is constrained in his ability to counter those politics as forcefully as his narrative suggests is necessary.
    — Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • This historical illiteracy – as well as a fundamental lack of understanding about what constitutes anti-Semitism – leaves institutions without clear standards for addressing the centuries-old hatred.
    — Kenneth L. Marcus, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026

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