> it wasnt merely a reaction to provocative behavior by some of those fans. it wasnt just overflowing anger over the war in gaza. it was something altogether darker. > maccabi supporters had traveled to the dutch capital for a match with local team ajax on thursday night, the newspaper reported, referring to the tel aviv club. little did they know that, earlier in the day, they had become a topic of discussion on popular messaging apps, where users were calling for a jodenjacht, or jew hunt. > jew hunt: grotesque as the phrase is, it can no longer surprise. > it is what the graffiti on a wall in an oslo metro station promises: hitler started it. we finis[h]ed it. > it is a wave of antisemitic hate crimes in chicago, including anti-semitic flyers with rat-poison like pellets found in lincoln park in april, a jewish man shot while walking to his synagogue in west rogers park in october and two jewish students at depaul university assaulted by masked men last wednesday.   opinion/amsterdam-antisemitism-jews -israel.html
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