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on| Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism)
is prejudice, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews for
reasons connected to their Jewish heritage. A person who holds
such positions is called an "antisemite". While the term's
etymology might suggest that antisemitism is directed against
all Semitic peoples, the term was coined in the late 19th
century in Germany as a more scientific-sounding term for
Judenhass ("Jew-hatred"), and that has been its normal use since
then. For the purposes of a 2005 U.S. governmental report,
antisemitism was considered "hatred toward Jews—individually and
as a group—that can be attributed to the Jewish religion and/or
ethnicity." Antisemitism may be manifested in many ways, ranging
from expressions of hatred of or discrimination against
individual Jews to organized violent attacks by mobs, state
police, or even military attacks on entire Jewish communities.
Although the term did not come into commo