How to Use anti-Semitic in a Sentence
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The film was considered anti-Semitic due to its implication that Jewish leaders were to blame for Jesus’ death.
— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024 -
In a neat trick, Eliot makes the case for Zionism both philo-Semitic and anti-Semitic at the same time.
— Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2024 -
Not from people who play biased games in an anti-Semitic way.
— Vera Bergengruen/buenos Aires, TIME, 23 May 2024 -
The number of anti-Semitic assaults last year was also up 26%.
— Will Carless, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023 -
That is not the same thing as being anti-Zionist or anti-Semitic, as some impugn.
— Jack Butler, National Review, 26 Nov. 2023 -
For your downtime Going out 🎵🎤 Kanye doubled down on anti-Semitic lyrics.
— Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024 -
Musk gets in the way of that growth quite frequently, thanks to anti-Semitic remarks and his general antics.
— Kylie Robison, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024 -
Rachel, who is Jewish, blows up early in the play over her sister-in-law’s anti-Semitic comments, but Bo stays tightly wound.
— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024 -
Oakland has not been immune to outright displays of anti-Semitic hate.
— Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2024 -
The volume of anti-Semitic posts also increased by 61%, while tweets containing slurs against gay men soared 58%.
— Tristan Bove, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023 -
In his remarks, the secretary said since last Saturday's attack, there has been an increase in anti-Semitic rhetoric in the United States and around the world.
— Luke Barr, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023 -
This was not Kanye spreading anti-Semitic bile before returning to his limelight.
— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2023 -
After the tool was released, users on 4chan, the right-wing message board, organized to create a fake version of the actor Emma Watson reading an anti-Semitic screed.
— Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023 -
And just as his sentence was going to be commuted and he was moved to a lesser facility and things were moving in the right direction, he was sprung from his cell by an anti-Semitic mob and was lynched.
— Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2023 -
Both address anti-Semitic behavior of decades ago at a time in which hateful behavior toward Jews — and other minorities — is once again on the rise in America and around the world.
— Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 June 2023 -
Writing during a time when anti-Semitic sentiment in France was high, Proust chose to make a friend of the narrator’s family Jewish, rather than his own family.
— Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023 -
Carano was fired in February 2021 after the actress shared, then deleted, an anti-Semitic story on her Instagram.
— Germain Lussier / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024 -
He was temporarily locked out of his Twitter account at the time but was suspended again in December for making anti-Semitic comments and praising Hitler.
— Chloe Melas, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2023 -
Meta, for example, released a chatbot in August 2022 that openly blasted Facebook and made anti-Semitic remarks.
— Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 1 June 2023 -
In 2011, Galliano’s career abruptly ended after being caught on video using shocking anti-Semitic and racist insults.
— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 1 Sep. 2023 -
What’s more disconcerting is that when Macdonald — who by no means confines himself to softball questions — asks the designer to speculate on the root of his anti-Semitic vitriol, he kind of shrugs.
— David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2023 -
However, to merely dismiss all of the critics out of hand as insane or intolerant or anti-Semitic would ironically run counter to the spirit of Chen’s essay itself.
— Phil Klay, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024 -
Despite the rapper being one of the most controversial people in the industry—in the world, perhaps—and someone who has been decried by countless people for his anti-Semitic views, his latest set is performing very well.
— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024 -
Entertaining Jewish preeminence, the chant seemed, ironically, of a piece with an anti-Semitic slur.
— Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024 -
Officials have fought back, accusing protesters of being anti-Jewish and even anti-Semitic.
— Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023 -
As well as addressing questions that come up in town hall meetings and video chats, the company released an explanation when an employee who expressed anti-Semitic views on social media was fired.
— Peter Vanham, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023 -
Perhaps it was related to ex-producer Abby Grossberg’s lawsuit against the network, which alleged rampant sexism and anti-Semitic behavior behind the scenes at Carlson’s show?
— Oliver Darcy, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023 -
As was often the case with Western officials at the time, Balfour’s apparent reverence for the Jews simultaneously drew on deep anti-Semitic prejudice.
— Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024 -
Others argued that the essay’s authors downplayed or glossed over the Palestinian hand in the crisis, including the fecklessness of the Palestinian leadership and its toleration of anti-Semitic extremism.
— Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 23 June 2023 -
Thomas said people can oppose Israel’s actions without being anti-Semitic and believed some supporters of Israel misunderstood what its critics want changed.
— Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2024
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