<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-heading-container gmail-field gmail-field-name-extra-title gmail-field-type-extra-title gmail-field-label-hidden" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><h1 id="gmail-page-title" class="gmail-node-title gmail-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:2.5rem;margin:15px 0px;line-height:1;font-weight:400;font-family:"Francois One",sans-serif">Philly Jewish leaders explain why certain language may be considered anti-Semitic</h1></div><div class="gmail-author" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:uppercase;width:633px;font-size:1.4625rem"><div class="gmail-author__image" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;width:45px;height:45px;vertical-align:top;float:left"><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-name-field-teaser-image gmail-field-type-image gmail-field-label-hidden" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-field-items" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-field-item even" style="box-sizing:border-box"><img class="gmail-img gmail-img--thumb gmail-img--on-demand-lg-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.kywam.radio.com/s3fs-public/styles/nts_image_on_demand_lg_thumbnail_60x60/public/hadas_kuznits.jpg?itok=XFLJ1Um3" alt="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: 45px; margin: 0px; width: 45px; border-radius: 50%;"></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-author__details" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;line-height:1.2;float:left;padding-left:10px"><a class="gmail-author__name" href="https://kywnewsradio.radio.com/authors/hadas-kuznits" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(10,68,187);background-color:transparent;word-break:break-word;font-weight:600;text-decoration-line:none;font-size:1.0625rem">HADAS KUZNITS</a><div class="gmail-item__date--created gmail-heading gmail-field gmail-field-name-extra-date-created gmail-field-type-extra-date-created gmail-field-label-hidden" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.2;margin:0px;font-size:0.75rem">MARCH 08, 2019 - 12:33 PM</div></div></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><div class="gmail-node__cover" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-name-field-cover-image gmail-field-type-image gmail-field-label-hidden" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-field-items" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-field-item even" style="box-sizing:border-box"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.kywam.radio.com/styles/nts_image_cover_tall_775x425/s3/dreamstime_s_91720537.jpg?itok=bKLqi2N1&c=4cc16d11242c468ac0f1a1bc7902fe6d" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 0px; width: 663px;"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">Dreamstime</p></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-social--share" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div class="gmail-addthis_sharing_toolbox gmail-addthis_inline_share_toolbox" style="box-sizing:border-box;clear:both"><div id="gmail-atstbx" class="gmail-at-share-tbx-element gmail-addthis-smartlayers gmail-addthis-animated gmail-at4-show" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:0px;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;padding:0px;line-height:0;opacity:1"><span id="gmail-at-3649579a-3ab2-4844-aa65-c0e58fb8e785" class="gmail-at4-visually-hidden" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;overflow:hidden"></span><div class="gmail-at-share-btn-elements" style="box-sizing:border-box"><a tabindex="1" class="gmail-at-icon-wrapper gmail-at-share-btn gmail-at-svc-google" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;color:inherit;background-color:rgb(66,133,244);word-break:break-word;margin:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:middle;border-radius:0%;line-height:40px;height:40px;width:40px;padding:0px;max-width:none;max-height:none"><span class="gmail-at4-visually-hidden" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;overflow:hidden"></span><span class="gmail-at-icon-wrapper" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;line-height:32px;height:32px;width:32px;vertical-align:middle"></span></a><a tabindex="1" class="gmail-at-icon-wrapper gmail-at-share-btn gmail-at-svc-facebook" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;color:inherit;background-color:rgb(59,89,152);word-break:break-word;margin:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:middle;border-radius:0%;line-height:40px;height:40px;width:40px;padding:0px;max-width:none;max-height:none"><span class="gmail-at4-visually-hidden" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border:0px;overflow:hidden"></span><span clas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ti-Semitic has to be done in context, and if the person who's an elected official doesn't understand the history behind their words, they have to take the time to figure it out," Adler said. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">READ: </strong><a href="https://kywnewsradio.radio.com/articles/ap-news/house-broadly-condemns-hate-after-anti-semitism-dispute" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(10,68,187);background-color:transparent;word-break:break-word">House broadly condemns hate after anti-Semitism dispute </a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Laura Frank with the Jewish Federation explains the history of anti-Semitic speech. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">"What anti-Semitism comes from is hating the Jewish people and making the Jewish people the 'other' and a lot of the history of Jewish 'hatred,' I guess you could say, is using certain stereotypes. The Jewish people don't belong in our country because their allegiance is elsewhere is a classic anti-Semitic trope," Frank said. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Particularly in the melting pot of America.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">"The majority of the people who live in this country are from somewhere else. Everyday in Philadelphia, people celebrate their heritage," Frank said. "There is this double standard that's given to Jews who want to come out and celebrate their homeland and their connection to Israel. They're met with political opposition."</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">READ:</strong> <a href="https://kywnewsradio.radio.com/articles/ap-news/rep-omar-apologizes-tweets-aipacs-influence" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(10,68,187);background-color:transparent;word-break:break-word">Rep. Omar apologizes for tweets on AIPAC's influence</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Frank explains the United States has a partnership with Israel for a multitude of reasons. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">"They're a democracy, they're doing incredible things in terms of tech innovation.  They live by democratic principles of LGBTQ equality and women's rights," she said. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">So what's the line between legitimate criticism versus anti-Semitic language? </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">"You can criticize Israel policy and Israel government and Israel structure, like we do any other country in the world; but to deny it its own right to exist, to deny its heritage, it's history and to deny its people, that is going against individuals, it's not going against the government and that's anti-Semitic," Frank said. </p></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>