Words, 2015 to today
Where the words in these arguments came from, who coined them and who argues over them.
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- April 2015date uncertainIHRA asks for “antisemitism” without a hyphen
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial took up the spelling in April 2015 and recommended the unhyphenated form, arguing that a hyphen suggests there is such a thing as “Semitism”.
Use & spelling1 source1 independent root - 2015–2020Nothing recorded for 5 years. Add what happened
- July 2020date uncertainA call to say “Jew hatred” instead
Stephen D. Smith, executive director of the USC Shoah Foundation, argued that the term should be retired and replaced with “Jew hatred”.
Use & spelling2 sources2 independent roots - April 2021date uncertainThe AP Stylebook drops the hyphen
The Associated Press changed its stylebook from “anti-Semitism” to “antisemitism”, with no hyphen and no capital S. Most of the news industry followed.
Use & spelling3 sources3 independent roots - 2021–2025Nothing recorded for 3 years. Add what happened
- 29 January 2025A US executive order spells it “Anti-Semitism”
President Trump signed Executive Order 14188, Additional Measures To Combat Anti-Semitism, on 29 January 2025. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported the hyphenated spelling as a break with the recent consensus.
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