ABSTRACT
As an integral part of battling anti-Semitism, many Jewish leaders in the modern West have encouraged their co-religionists to cast off some of their "reprehensible" endeavors and modes of behavior (trades, dress, speech, conduct, and mores) as a way to please their persecutors and placate them, in the hope of blunting anti-Semitic sentiment. This approach to thwarting off anti-Semitic attacks has persisted in Western countries after the founding of the state of Israel, when one is no longer constrained to swallow humiliation for the sake of survival. Muslims in the West advance much the same "moral" arguments for their anti-Semitism as their coreligionists in the Middle East, and some Jews find themselves sharing the same complexes and patterns of behavior. Western governments who undertake to battle anti-Semitism can cause damage to the Jews, due to their reluctance to appear discriminatory towards Muslims. The government also introduced guidelines to tackle anti-Semitism in British universities.
