In this animated short, the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks explains antisemitism as a “mutating virus” that has evolved from religious persecution in the Middle Ages to racial hatred in the 19th century, and now to the delegitimization of the State of Israel. He argues that antisemitism is a profound “cognitive failure” where groups use Jews as a scapegoat to avoid self-reflection, serving as a critical early warning signal for threats to freedom and human dignity worldwide.
