{"id":39971,"date":"2015-05-22T08:43:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T13:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=39971"},"modified":"2015-05-22T08:44:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T13:44:18","slug":"why-do-people-hate-jews-and-judaism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/why-do-people-hate-jews-and-judaism\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do People Hate Jews and Judaism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Jews around the world prepare to celebrate the holiday of Shavuot commemorating the acceptance of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai, we are profoundly disturbed by the resurgence of global anti-Semitism. What seems not sufficiently understood is the deep connection between these two, Sinai and anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>The link between the two can allow us to resolve one of the most perplexing questions surrounding the history of the Jewish people.<\/p>\n<p>Seven decades after the Holocaust, the hatred of Jews and Judaism has reappeared with a vengeance in the major capitals of Europe. In the contemporary disguise of anti-Zionism, once again it made its way around the world. Jews as a people and Israel as their land are once more the scapegoats responsible for all the world\u2019s ills and the cause of all of its wrongs.<\/p>\n<p>Find the full article at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/religion\/why-do-people-hate-jews-and-judaism-commentary\/2015\/05\/21\/52f934e8-ffd8-11e4-8c77-bf274685e1df_story.html\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Jews around the world prepare to celebrate the holiday of Shavuot commemorating the acceptance of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai, we are profoundly disturbed by the resurgence of global anti-Semitism. What seems not sufficiently understood is the deep connection between these two, Sinai and anti-Semitism. 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