The Associated Press (AP) announced on April 23 that they have changed the spelling of “anti-Semitism” to “antisemitism.” The AP tweeted that they are now spelling the word without the hyphen or capitalizing the “s” in “Semitism.” The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has argued that the spelling is important because “there is no such thing as a Semitic peoplehood” and “one could speak a Semitic language and still have anti-Semitic views.” Additionally, the ADL noted that Jew-hatred “goes beyond any false perception of a Jewish race; it is wrapped up in complicated historical, political, religious, and social dynamics.” “While removing a hyphen by itself won’t defeat antisemitism, we believe this slight alteration will help to clarify understanding of this age-old hatred,” the ADL wrote. Source: Stand With Us 🇮🇱 IF YOU LOVE ISRAEL - SHARE NEWSRAEL! 🇮🇱 Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt celebrated the change, tweeting: “When you fight prejudice & hatred, you don’t win many battles. But we won this one. Bravo AP.” She added that in her book “Antisemitism Here and Now” she had written that “nothing this absurd deserves a capital letter.” StandWithUs similarly tweeted that it was an “important move” and that the AP is “joining the many who fight against Jew-hatred.” The Journal will also be implementing this change.