Language shapes our reality. A number of publications, including the New York Times and the AP, will from now on be using the unhyphenated spelling of 'antisemitism.' Jewish organizations have long argued that the previous spelling, 'anti-Semitism,' distorts the true meaning of the term. The term “anti-Semite” was invented in Germany in 1879 by Wilhelm Marr to give Jew-hatred a more scientific-sounding name. The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance - IHRA also expressed concern that “the hyphenated spelling allows for the possibility of something called ‘Semitism,’ which not only legitimizes a form of pseudo-scientific racial classification, but also divides the term, stripping it from its meaning of opposition and hatred toward Jews.” Read more: https://bit.ly/3GpWnMt