Judenhetzen

Noun

Judenhetze (usually uncountable, plural Judenhetzen)

1. (countable, historical, uncountable, usually) Jew-baiting (the harassment, vilification or provocation of Jews, or incitement against them, for anti-Semitic reasons)
   • The Vienna New Free Press, of Oct. 10, reports as follows: On the 26th ult., a persecution of the Jews (Judenhetze, literally Jew-bait) took place in Gorlice (Galicia). A number of peasants forced their way into the synagogue during Divine Service, and commenced maltreating the Jews assembled there.1870 December 23, “Echoes from the Continent”, in The Hebrew, number 368, San Fransisco, page 1
2. (historical, usually) A societal mood of systemic and pervasive anti-Semitism.
   • The Polish or Russian nationality of the vast majority of these foreigners is an equally undisputed fact and a natural consequence of the recent outbreak of Judenhetze in Russian Poland and the adjoining territories.1889, Beatrice Potter, chapter III (The Jewish Community), part III, in Charles Booth, editor, Labour and Life of the People, 2nd edition, volume I, page 577