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semitic

suh mi tik

  • n  a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family
  • a  of or relating to the group of Semitic languages
  • a  of or relating to or characteristic of Semites
News & Articles

  • Is Paula Deen a racist?
    A lot of questions are being asked of what exactly the Southern cooking queen Paula Deen has, or hasn't, said. The National Enquirer claims to have acquired a video of a deposition in which Deen admits to using the N-word and making racist and anti-semitic jokes. Deen tweeted Friday that she plans to release a video statement.
    June 21, 2013 - The Oklahoman
  • Barbra Streisand Is Butt of Anti-Semitic Joke
    Holland’s deputy premier has condemned an anti-Semitic comment made on Dutch television by a local singer about a concert by Barbra Streisand. Click here for the rest of the article...
    June 19, 2013 - The Forward
  • Fight over Williamson County Schools textbook goes to Capitol Hill
    The fight over a Williamson County Schools textbook branded by some as "anti-Semitic" was taken to Tennessee's Capitol Hill today.
    June 19, 2013 - WKRN Nashville
Quotes

  • John McCain in USA Today
    It's hard to see what an Ahmadinejad meeting would gain, McCain said, "except an earful of anti-Semitic rants, and a worldwide audience for a man who denies one Holocaust and talks before frenzied crowds about starting another."
  • Sacha Baron Cohen in The Daily Athenaeum Interactive
    By himself being anti-Semitic, he lets people lower their guard and expose their own prejudice,Cohen said.
  • Mel Gibson in CNN International
    Gibson, 50, said, "There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark."

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