Religion and Politics

In a Time of Trump, Millennial Jews Awaken to Anti-Semitism

In Politico Magazine, Ben Wofford writes about anti-Semitism in this presidential election. Wofford writes that American Jews have experienced an unprecedented era of assimilation, but anti-Semitic memes and language from the Trump campaign have brought old prejudices into a new light. Zach Reizes, a Jewish sophomore at Ohio University, says, “What Trump has brought to the surface is, in many ways, the first blatant anti-Semitic experience for the vast majority of American millennials.”

Read at POLITICO Magazine

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