What You Need to Know About Antisemitism in the United States
HANNAH ROBINSON It can be easy to think that antisemitism is a thing of the past. Put simply, antisemitism is hostility to or prejudice against Jews. We talk about the Holocaust in our classes, write papers on the horrors that occurred in other countries decades ago, but few of us realize that antisemitism never stopped. In fact, it’s happening right now in our own backyards. Last month, on October 27th, a man armed with an assault rifle and three other legally purchased handguns opened fire in the Tree of Life Congregation, a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He killed eleven … Continue reading What You Need to Know About Antisemitism in the United States