{"id":563536,"date":"2026-07-28T13:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/563536\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T13:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:12:09","slug":"antisemitism-after-october-7-a-global-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/563536\/","title":{"rendered":"Antisemitism after October 7: A global challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"210\" height=\"365\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/673281\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Some say that antisemitism is the world\u2019s oldest form of racism. No one can quantify if that is true or not, but the reality is the world has become a scary place for Jews since the Hamas-led massacres on October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Whether you love Israel, support its government, or believe its actions in Gaza in this war are justified or not, Jews are prime targets of hate and antisemitic incidents, which are surging everywhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Attacks against Jews come in many guises. From Australia to Britain, France to the US and Canada, some have been deadly, while others more nuanced \u2013 Jews erased from certain industries, challenged about their views, or forced to hide their identities to stay safe.<\/p>\n<p>In this edition of The Jerusalem Report, we look at the resurgence of this age-old hatred and hear from top professionals combating it.<\/p>\n<p>For the cover story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903166\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Harris<\/a>, executive vice chair of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), lays out how the organized Jewish world must view antisemitism as an extension of Israel\u2019s war.<\/p>\n<p>The Jerusalem Post\u2019s editor-in-chief, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903164\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zvika Klein<\/a>, asks why, after the billions spent on fighting antisemitism, this phenomenon is still growing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903157\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenneth Jacobson<\/a>, deputy national director of the Anti-Defamation League, shares the latest data on the scourge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903153\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey Veidlinger<\/a>, director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan, argues it\u2019s time for US colleges to better distinguish between protected political protest and antisemitic intimidation or criminal conduct by employing clear legal standards<\/p>\n<p>On a global level, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903152\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Cohen<\/a>, director of Rapid Response at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, looks at the pervasive blood libel being wielded against Jews in international institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli author and online activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903150\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hen Mazzig<\/a>, at the forefront of the digital fight to counter antisemitism, recounts his personal experiences, while Report staff writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903161\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chani Kaplan<\/a> tells about her first-hand experience monitoring online Jew-hatred.<\/p>\n<p>Feature writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903067\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lianne Kolirin<\/a> sums up the relentless antisemitism in the United Kingdom and The Post\u2019s correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903147\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mathilda Heller<\/a> delves into the lives of British Jewish college students who have been abandoned by their institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Feature writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903416\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Batsheva Shulman<\/a> talks to South African Jews about what they\u2019ve gone through since October 7, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903414\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neville Teller<\/a> explores the roots and validity of \u201cintersectionality.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Egyptian dissident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903037\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dalia Ziada<\/a>, a research fellow at ISGAP, writes about the rampant \u2013 and unchallenged \u2013 Jew-blaming in the Arab world.<\/p>\n<p>The Post\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903651\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lara Sukster Mosheyof<\/a> takes us back to an era of antisemitism through the eyes of Zevi Ghivelder \u2013 one of the few journalists still alive who covered Adolf Eichmann\u2019s 1961 trial.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the ongoing war, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903042\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric R. Mandel<\/a> writes about the role Syria could play in emerging diplomacy, and Israel\u2019s former deputy foreign minister, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903041\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Ayalon, and Moran Alaluf<\/a>, a Middle East analyst, examine the diplomatic miscalculations by America vis-\u00e0-vis Iran. Feature writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903040\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dana Ben-Shimon<\/a> explains recent developments in Jordan, which recently brought back the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Wrapping up the edition are two articles from students who participated in the \u201cArt of Journalism\u201d workshop at Reichman University\u2019s School of Communications: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903065\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Kauschansky<\/a> explores the trend of Israelis moving to Germany 80 years after World War II, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/jerusalem-report\/article-903145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noa Jeifetz<\/a> writes about integration challenges facing young olim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">It\u2019s another packed edition, putting the urgent issues facing the Jewish world and the Middle East into perspective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">\u2013 Ruth Marks Eglash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some say that antisemitism is the world\u2019s oldest form of racism. 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