anti-Semitism

The Built-In Discrimination in J. K. Rowling’s Wizarding World

Malaki Lingg, The University of Texas at San Antonio

The beloved ‘Harry Potter’ series has some unfortunate connections to bigotry and antisemitism.…

April 28, 2023

Screenshot of Hogwarts Legacy, a Harry Potter game

‘Harry Potter’ Proves That Separating the Art From the Artist Is Impossible

Kirtika Sharad, George Washington University

Hogwarts Legacy, a new game in the 'Harry Potter' franchise, has been met with backlash due to J.K. Rowling's transphobia — despite efforts to make the game more inclusive. Is it possible to divorce her…

March 17, 2021

Why America Needs to Treat Anti-Semitism Like It Does Racism

Candace Baker, University of Texas at Austin

Get angry. Be vocal.…

November 8, 2018

Jewish Students in Pittsburgh Respond to the Tree of Life Shooting

Nicole Andrasko, University of Pittsburgh

Dan Lapidus and Scott Schneiderman, both Pitt students, discuss how the Jewish community has responded to the attack.…

November 6, 2018

Is ‘Spiral’ the Whole Picture? We’ll See

Christian Cannon, Rice University

The film examines anti-Semitism and its repercussions in France, but critics say the scope is too narrow.…

July 13, 2018

How Trump’s Jerusalem Decision Can Propose a Decline in Anti-Semitism

Haileigh Galloway, Indian River State College

Many of President Trump's decisions aren't well received by the public, but when it comes to Jerusalem, he may have mildly solved an ancient dispute.…

December 15, 2017

Why Are White Supremacists Anti-Semitic?

Lexi Lieberman, University of Pennsylvania

Two days after visiting Holocaust sites in Europe, I couldn’t help but worry as I followed the breaking news about the Charlottesville protests.…

August 28, 2017

As Anti-Semitic Fervor Rises in America, a Look Into Its History Reveals Why

Jonathan Kim, University of Texas at Dallas

Based almost entirely in what would today be called alternative facts, anti-Jewish sentiment is an age-old response to the misleading worldview caused by us-them binaries. …

March 15, 2017

Why I Won’t Be Buying Any More ‘Captain America’

Shiloh McKinnon, Reed College

Making Captain America a Nazi not only tacitly encourages real world anti-Semitism, it spits in the face of the comic’s Jewish ancestry.…

May 31, 2016

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