Refers to prejudice and/or discrimination against Jews as individuals and as a group. Anti-Semitism is based on stereotypes and myths that target Jews as a people, their religious practices and beliefs and the Jewish State ofIsrael.

Anti-Defamation League. (2013). A brief history of anti-Semitism (PDF). Retrieved from http://www.adl.org/assets/pdf/education-outreach/Brief-History-on-Anti-Semitism-A.pdf.