Anti-semitism

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Anti-semitism has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Rest Is History (Dec 2025). Discussed as a social backdrop to the Jack the Ripper case, particularly in relation to Jewish immigrants.

Antisemitism, or Jew-hatred, is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who harbours it is called an antisemite. Whether antisemitism is considered a form of racism depends on the school of thought. Antisemitic tendencies may be motivated primarily by negative sentiment towards Jews as a people or negative sentiment towards Jews with regard to Judaism. In the former case, usually known as racial antisemitism, a person's hostility is driven by the belief that Jew