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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the pickle issue is silly, everyone eats pickles in Central/Eastern Europe, Jewish  or not Jewish.

But why are these antisemitic incidents happening at MCPS when there are a lot of Jewish students and teachers? Seriously asking - does anyone know the cause root? (not from US originally). [/quote]

There are a lot of root causes. Probably a mix of the following, and you might weight them differently than I do but I think all are in mix:

1) Jewish stereotypes have persisted for centuries, and there remains a lot of prejudice against observant Jews in particular because non-Jewish people find the degree to which they hold themselves apart to be unnerving;

2) There is a peception of Jews holding outsized wealth and influence, which leads to resentment;

3) Antisemitism and racism walk hand-in-hand, as a core tenet of racism is that non-Whites are inferior so if they are organizing themselves or doing well there must be a shadowy white-adjacent figure behind the scenes;

4) Teenage edgelords are jerks, and they are picking up antisemitism online. [/quote]

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