Growing Up Jewish in a Christian World

Posted by Facing History and Ourselves on July 8, 2021

As acts of antisemitic violence have become more visible in the news in recent years in the United States, many non-Jewish people have begun to apprehend the extent of violence that continues to befall members of this community. Amid this awareness, we often hear less about the way that non-physical forms of violenceincluding words, symbols, and narratives that advance antisemitic hateare equally insidious and have a particularly corrosive impact on young Jewish people’s experiences, self-concepts, and sense of possibility.

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Topics: Antisemitism, Religious Tolerance, Jewish Education Program, Religion

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