Was that antisemitic?

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🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Since October 7 there has been a lot of debate over what is and isn’t antisemitic. Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Harvard law professor Noah Feldman explain why the definition is so important. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Was that anti-Semitic? This weekend when a little group of protesters at the White House
0:05.3	chanted,
0:06.3	Hezbollah,
0:08.3	kill another Zionist now.
0:11.9	Kill another Zionist now. Was that anti-Semitic or the spreadsheet that circulated in May?
0:17.0	I'm one of 24 authors on a public spreadsheet called,
0:23.2	is your favorite author a Zionist.
0:26.0	Was that anti-Semitic?
0:27.4	The events on college campuses.
0:29.2	While students walk to class, they're met
0:31.0	with masked individuals screaming at them, quote, go die your
0:34.7	Hitler's children and Nazis. That led to congressional hearings on anti-Semitism.
0:39.4	Was it really anti-Semitism? The FBI says anti-Semitism has quote,
0:45.8	risen to a whole other level since October 7th.
0:48.6	And some of you are thinking, yes, you've seen it.
0:51.1	While some of you will say the opposite,
0:52.6	you may even believe anti-Semitism is being weaponized.
0:56.0	Coming up on today explained, some smart people
0:58.5	on how to see anti-Semitism. From pesos to pounds, euros to yen,
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