Anti-Semitism exists. It affects all Jewish people, regardless of religious orientation, political stance, gender or community affiliation.

Discrimination is attributed from the outside in.

It is not rational.
It does not ask for permission.
It does not need consent to exist.

It is not fair, and this might be an unusual and new feeling.

This leads to a feeling of powerlessness.

Speech empowers, fear grows in silence.

To solve a problem, it must be understood.

Anti-Semitism is a spectrum.

From everyday remarks to deadly acts of violence, all manifestations have the same discriminatory denominator.

Anti-Semitism does not begin with violent escalation and should be taken seriously in all its forms.

Anti-Semitism forms a Jewish community of suffering through its external coercion. Whether we like it or not, we are dependent on each other. That is why we should build with and on each other, regardless of (non-)religious beliefs.

The possibility ofagency is found in everyday encounters, usually in the form of attributions.

Attributions may be rejected. Jewish people do not have to answer questions about the war in Israel.

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Example: A colleague speaks to her Jewish coworker during the coffee break. She has read an article about Israel and wants to hear her opinion.

A rebutting answer could be: “I can't tell you anything about that, I'm Swiss.”

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The externally imposed, obligatory connection of Jewish people to the state of Israel already reveals a basic anti-Semitic assumption:

"All Jews are supernaturally connected and function as a cohesive unit (racial profiling). "

Jewish people are seen as an “extension of Israel”. This stereotyping is dangerous because acts of violence against Jewish people abroad are justified on the basis of this assumption. They are then seen as “fair retaliation for Israeli terror”.

This calculation can be resolved by correcting such attributions to the outside world.

This can be done independently of actual, individual solidarity with Israel. One does not commit treason by protecting oneself here abroad.

In everyday life, we receive numerous invitations that we can accept or decline. For example, when flyers are distributed or donations are collected.

Anti-Semitic attributions can also be seen as an invitation that we can accept or reject. Since October 7, Aussen has been constantly inviting Jewish people to play the role of “the Jews ” in their racist role play.

This standardization can be questioned. Conversely, Bosnian or Moroccan Muslims would also have to act as commentators on the Gaza Strip.

This exclusion of Jewish people from the norm (especially in times of high sensitivity in dealing with identities) shows how widespread the acceptance of anti-Semitic attributions is in our society. For Jewish people, there are clear special rules for who they are and who is allowed to determine this.

This normalization is the result of numerous repetitions. They must therefore be recognized and actively rejected to the same extent - again and again.

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