Topic summary
Anti-Semitism
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Antisemitism.
Etymology
The Jewish Encyclopedia reports, "In February 1881, a correspondent of the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums speaks of 'Anti-Semitism' as a designation which recently came into use ('Allg. Zeit. d. Jud.' 1881, p. 138). On 19 July 1882, the editor says, 'This quite recent Anti-Semitism is hardly three years old.'"