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Anti-semitism means anti-jewish. it's essentially a fear or hatred of Jewish people. anti-semitism was first created and used in 1879 by Willhelm Marr, the leader of a very small and unsuccessfully political party in Germany.

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The earliest reference to the term Jew being used is in Jeremiah 34:9, although the plural is used in 2nd Kings 16:6 and 2nd Chronicles 32:18.

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The term was created in 1879 by Wilhelm Marr, the leader of a very small and unsuccessful political party in Germany. The term anti-Semite dates from around 1865.

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3000 b.C.

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