AntiSemitism – Neither recent, nor justified. From the Assyrian Captivity (740 BCE) to the Crushing of the Bar Kokhba Revolt (132-35 CE)
740 BCE – Assyrian Captivity: Several thousand Israelites from Samaria were resettled as captives when the Northern Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire. 586 BCE – Neo-Babylonian Empire’s Conquest: King Nebuchadnezzar II’s reign saw the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, capture of the Kingdom of Judah,…