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Section sizes

Section size for Antisemitism (45 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	14,563	14,563	407	407
Origin and usage	21	54,875	0	2,728
Etymology	13,978	13,978	719	719
Usage	1,525	1,525	57	57
Definition	15,803	15,803	900	900
Evolution of usage	21,521	21,521	821	821
Eternalism–contextualism debate	2,027	2,027	231	231
Manifestations	6,772	34,316	194	1,761
Religious antisemitism	4,120	4,120	342	342
Economic antisemitism	5,073	5,073	381	381
Racial antisemitism	4,767	4,767	346	346
Political antisemitism	3,071	3,071	101	101
Cultural antisemitism	2,909	2,909	132	132
Conspiracy theories	2,666	2,666	41	41
New antisemitism	4,938	4,938	224	224
History	1,260	67,957	61	4,400
Ancient world	8,649	8,649	602	602
Persecutions during the Middle Ages	9,215	9,215	569	569
Reformation	800	800	93	93
17th century	3,071	3,071	253	253
Enlightenment	1,354	2,455	102	195
Voltaire	1,101	1,101	93	93
Louis de Bonald and the Catholic Counter-Revolution	4,243	4,243	253	253
Imperial Russia	2,081	2,081	187	187
Islamic antisemitism in the 19th century	2,523	2,523	281	281
Secular or racial antisemitism	11,178	11,178	776	776
20th century	11,869	11,869	407	407
Soviet antisemitism	10,613	10,613	723	723
Contemporary antisemitism	30	35,398	0	1,298
The contemporary far-right	1,621	1,621	132	132
Holocaust denial	8,234	8,234	206	206
21st-century European antisemitism	8,485	8,485	380	380
21st-century Arab antisemitism	5,390	5,390	287	287
21st-century antisemitism at universities	5,788	5,788	120	120
Black Hebrew Israelite antisemitism	5,850	5,850	173	173
Causes	9,944	9,944	728	728
Prevention through education	3,707	3,707	299	299
Geographical variation	3,673	3,673	178	178
See also	766	766	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	17	20,201	0	1
Citations	31	31	0	0
Sources	20,153	20,153	1	1
Further reading	10,619	10,619	0	0
External links	482	482	0	0
Total	256,527	256,527	11,800	11,800

Text or other creative content from History of antisemitism was copied or moved into Antisemitism with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Text or other creative content from this version of Antisemitism was copied or moved into New antisemitism with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

The following reference(s) may be useful when improving this article in the future:

Hirsh, David (29 November 2023). The Rebirth of Antisemitism in the 21st Century: From the Academic Boycott Campaign into the Mainstream. Routledge. ISBN 9781032116624.
Weitzman, Mark; Williams, Robert J.; Wald, James, eds. (4 September 2023). The Routledge History of Antisemitism. Routledge. ISBN 9781138369443.
Maizels, Linda (30 September 2022). What is Antisemitism?: A Contemporary Introduction. Routledge. ISBN 9780367898939.
Lindemann, Albert S.; Levy, Richard S., eds. (2010). Antisemitism: A History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781032583013.

We know that the Semites include Arabs.

Please see Antisemitism § Etymology for the history of the use of "anti-Semitism" and "antisemitism" to exclusively mean anti-Jewish sentiment.

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This article has been mentioned by a media organization:

Ben Brasch (26 June 2024). "Wikipedia defends editors deeming Anti-Defamation League 'unreliable' on Gaza". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 June 2024. The ADL is cited multiple times on Wikipedia's article about antisemitism.

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Removing unnecessary image

Persecution during the Middle Ages, which is located under the History section, contains an image of the Banu Qurayza being killed. This does not align with the order of events listed under this heading, therefore it should be removed. (Also, an unrelated note, what happened to the Banu Qurayza was not an act of antisemitism but an act of punishing treason, and the image is likely dramatized.) KneeHallHawk (talk) 14:31, 19 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The Antisemtic photo

The photo showing a young boy in the mourning ceremony for Ghasem Soleymani with a placard containing an anti-Jewish slogan seems to be post-processed. The placard seems to be mounted on his hands. MoghBaba (talk) 22:10, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

First paragraph QQQQQ

Is the origin point of a Jew’s ethnicity somehow under spiritual scrutiny, and by whom? Riderzonthestorm (talk) 21:29, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]