![](https://forward.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-177222918-scaled.jpg)
So, how did the West become antisemitic?
An engraving of Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice.’ Photo by Getty Images By Benjamin Ivry July 17, 2024 Before the present noxious morass of publicly expressed antisemitism, wry semi-humorous statements were fashionable, such as “Jews are just like …