Jew

2022 - 12 - 27

Post cover — Image courtesy of "Haaretz"

75 years on, Israel still isn't sure who is a Jew (Haaretz)

Israel's Incoming Government Plans to Create a New 'Jewish Identity' Authority, but the State Hasn't Yet Succeeded in Reaching a Consensus on the Question ...

who belongs to the Jewish people is only someone who was born to a Jewish mother, or a convert who converted in a precise manner of conversion." Another attempt to challenge the system failed in 2013 when the High Court rejected a petition by Israelis to declare that they are members of an Israeli – not Jewish – nation, ruling again that "The existence of an Israeli nation has not been proven." "In such matters there is no validity to a verbal declaration of the desire to be registered as a Jew, and the declaration does not have the power to change reality. That's why it is my opinion that halakha plays no part in the registration of residents, but only in the law of the country." Then Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion admitted that the government had not ever made a determination regarding who is a Jew, adding "It's a myth to think that the government presented the question of who is a Jew." Is the Israeli government allowed to decide on Israeli-ness or even on "Jewish" at a time when most of the nation lives abroad? "The State of Israel, which is surrounded by enemies on all sides, has allowed itself at present to enter a war over the Jewish religion, over the national character and the national uniqueness of the Jewish people," he said. He warned that in Israel's 10th year "The government comes and permits itself to rule on halakhot that are in total contradiction to the nation's way of life, and is destroying the wall that preserved the Jewish people. Later a reservation was added: "A Jew is someone who declares in good faith that he is Jewish and not a member of another religion." "In the event that the declarer does not believe in any religion and is a Christian by birth – he can be accepted based on his declaration and become Jewish," he said. Ultimately, "the government decided that the question as to whether a person is Jewish or not must be considered a factual question and the correct answer depends on the special circumstances of each and every issue," said Bar-Yehuda in 1958, adding to the uncertainty. In 1955, during the term of Interior Minister Israel Rokach, the third interior minister and a member of the General Zionists party, it was decided to register children's religion and nationality according to their parents’ registration.

Google Search Defines “Jew” As Bargaining “With Someone In a ... (Jewish Journal)

A Google search of the word “jew” defined it as a way to “bargain with someone in a miserly or petty way.” Fox News reported that the Google search.

We only display offensive definitions by default if they are the main meaning of a term. “As this is not the case here, we have blocked this & passed along feedback to the partner for further review.” We only display offensive definitions by default if they are the main meaning of a term,” the tweet read. New verb: ‘Google’ – to indulge in Jew-hate.” [December 27, 2022] Various Twitter users excoriated Google over the offensive definition.

Google Removes Antisemitic Trope As Definition for 'Jew' After Outcry (Algemeiner)

The antisemitic listing, first reported by StopAntisemitism, a US-based watchdog group, prompted sweeping condemnation online, with many in the Jewish community ...

Google fixes leading definition of "Jew" after search engine results ... (CBS News)

Google said it "licenses definitions from third-party dictionary experts" that automatically populate when a term is entered in its search bar.

Pulling the offensive definition from a third-party's API could be one reason why Google was seemingly able to remove it from its top search results without difficulty. "In some cases, they [Google] will pay a fee to have direct access to the company's data, so they can serve it directly and faster," Patterson explained. A spokesperson for the Anti-Defamation League, which tracks hateful and antisemitic incidents nationwide, told CBS News that "there is no excuse" for "an obviously antisemitic result" to be displayed first on Google. Prior to the fix, the leading result for the word "Jew" read: "Bargain with someone in a miserly or petty way." The definition, which cited Oxford Languages as a source and characterized the term as a verb, included a small bolded banner marked "offensive" in capital letters. For at least several hours on Tuesday morning and into the early afternoon, internet users who typed the word "Jew" into a Google search bar encountered a series of pejorative phrases as the engine's leading result, which appeared above the dictionary definition describing a person affiliated with cultural and religious Judaism.

Google fixes error after labeling 'Jew' as an offensive slur (The Jerusalem Post)

The word "Jew" was listed on Google as a verb marked offensive, defined as "to bargain with someone in a miserly or petty way" for most of the day on ...

It further reveals that the origin of the verb "Jew" is from the 19th century in reference to how Jewish people work with moneylending and trading. The word "Jew," according to this Google result with data derived from Oxford Languages, does not list someone as being a member of the Jewish people. Some social media users claimed that using the lowercase "jew" instead of Jew is the reason for this, since Jew as a proper noun should be uppercase whereas "jew" in lowercase would have to refer to a verb.

Google displays offensive stereotype as the main definition of 'Jew' (Washington Times)

Google searches for the word "Jew" on Tuesday showed an offensive stereotype as the primary definition of the word.

“ The offensive stereotype was removed sometime Tuesday afternoon, but not before it was called out by Jewish organizations such as StopAntisemitism. Underneath that was the noun for “Jew,” which said “a member of the people and cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who trace their origins through the ancient Hebrew people of Israel to Abraham.”

Google search results for 'Jew' shows offensive definition of the word ... (Daily Mail)

Google search results for 'Jew' defaulted to an offensive verb definition the meaning 'bargain with someone in a miserly or petty way.

The offensive verb form of the word appears in numerous online dictionary services. 'We only display offensive definitions by default if they are the main meaning of a term. When the word is searched in Bing the offensive definition is also called up, but beneath the religious noun definition of the word. When the word 'Jew' is searched in Bing the offensive definition is also called up, but beneath the religious noun definition of the word As this is not the case here, we have blocked this & passed along feedback to the partner for further review.' The offensive definition of 'Jew' which was the top hit when the word was searched in Google earlier today

Jewish advocacy groups, critics react after Google's definition for the ... (Fox News)

Jewish advocacy groups and critics are speaking out Tuesday after Google's leading definition for the word 'Jew' showed offensive terms.

[artificial intelligence](https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/artificial-intelligence) fails to recognize obvious antisemitic hate speech in featured search results for the term ‘Jew,’" the World Jewish Congress tweeted. "When one enters ‘jew’ into the Google search engine, a grotesque antisemitic trope comes up. "I couldn’t believe it so I googled it myself… "We only display offensive definitions by default if they are the main meaning of a term. As this is not the case here, we have blocked this & passed along feedback to the partner for further review." hey @Google, what’s antisemitism?"

Jew vs. 'jew:' Google's offensive definition causes a (brief) online stir (Forward)

You had to click a button to see more definitions before finding an entry about the ethnicity or religion. On Twitter on Tuesday, Jews tweeted a screenshot of ...

Perhaps you recently were researching synonyms for “big” so a search for “titanic” brought up the adjective, and not the boat. Plus, a search for “august” brought up the adjective instead of the month, despite the fact that the month is almost certainly used more frequently. Google Trends, a tool that analyzes the popularity of top search queries, does not differentiate between a search for the popularity of “Jew” v. In a roundabout way, it’s the ancient people — or stereotypes about them, to be specific — that generated the derogatory verb usage in the first place, so that certainly supersedes the offensive usage as a main meaning. But it says that the search engine will “only display an offensive definition by default when it’s the main meaning of the term.” On Twitter on Tuesday, Jews tweeted a screenshot of the definition in outrage; as of early afternoon on Tuesday, Google appears to have remedied the issue.

Google briefly lists top definition of 'Jew' as to bargain in 'miserly or ... (The Times of Israel)

Tech giant fixes search results, apologizes after giving definition of word rooted in stereotypes 'associating Jewish people with trading and moneylending'

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Google fixes antisemitic definition of 'Jew' following uproar (JNS.org)

For most of Tuesday, the word “Jew” was listed on the popular search engine as an offensive verb defined as: “to bargain with someone in a miserly or petty ...

As this is not the case here, we have blocked this & passed along feedback to the partner for further review.” (December 28, 2022 / JNS) Google users who typed the word “Jew” in the search feature on Tuesday found that the top definition was an antisemitic stereotype. “We only display offensive definitions by default if they are the main meaning of a term.

What does it mean to be 'Jew-ish'? How the term went from warm ... (Forward)

What does it mean to be 'Jew-ish'? How the term went from warm inside joke to national flashpoint. In the hands of George Santos and Kanye West, “Jew-ish” ...

“However, the observance of halacha — Jewish law — is particularly important to Orthodox Jews, 83% of whom deem it essential.” It takes that centuries-old, complex and wonderful conversation about what gives meaning to Jewish life, complete with all its disagreements, out of the Jewish community. My family follows Judaism,” a video released by his killers was titled “The Slaughter of the Spy-Journalist, the Jew Daniel Pearl.” The survey makes it clear that there is a diversity of ideas on the essence of Judaism. In recent years, the term “Jew-ish” has also helped to broaden the tent of Judaism, giving people traditionally not seen as Jewish a way to describe rich and heartfelt affiliations with the religion. And slurs like “dirty Jew” have given many Jews just another reason to prefer using the word “Jewish” to describe themselves. And until this year, that’s most of what “Jew-ish” meant — before figures like Santos and West began to bestow it with a complicated set of new connotations. That’s a firm belief, with nary an “ish” in sight. But he was calling attention to a real taboo, which has its roots in the fact that, historically, the word “Jew” has often been used to mark someone for persecution. Jew-ish means ‘like that of a Jew.’ I’m saying I’m a Jew. But this has been a year in which the private conversation about Jewish identity became a national conversation, with pop stars, political candidates, and famous comedians all weighing in. [told The New York Post](https://nypost.com/2022/12/26/rep-elect-george-santos-admits-fabricating-key-details-of-his-bio/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter) in a Monday interview.

'Our Apologies': Google Removes Antisemitic Trope As Definition for ... (Algemeiner)

Google, the most used search engine in the world, has changed the results for a search of the term “Jew” following widespread criticism over its listing an ...

There is no excuse for the first result of the word ‘Jew’ on Google to turn up an obviously antisemitic result.” Both men were discussed in Deborah Lipstadt’s 1993 book, Denying the Holocaust. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1607707895852072960?s=20&t=caqc_xTL6hUvyTUC-AZOBQ). We only display offensive definitions by default if they are the main meaning of a term. As this is not the case here, we have blocked & passed along feedback to the partner for further review.” [tweeted](https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/1607803984475226112?s=20&t=EECyj5cm_VajPohhoA3m4A).

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