ANTISEMITISM can be defined as prejudice or hostility toward Jewish people, manifest as discrimination, hate speech, expulsion or violence directed at individuals or groups because of their Jewish identity. From the earliest days of Judaism to today, fear of, bias against, and hatred toward Jewish people has contributed to conspiracy theories and scapegoating that, in turn, led to repeated efforts to enslave, eradicate or exile Jewish communities. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE Organized schemes to subjugate and/or eradicate Jews for being Jews began in Egypt as recalled in the Book of Exodus. Having forgotten the legacy of Joseph, an unnamed ...