Kike

The word kike is an ethnic slur for a Jew. The slur came from the Yiddish word kikel ("circle"), due to how Jewish immigrants drew a circle instead of an X on their immigration paper.

Usage

20th century

During the Iași pogrom on 28–30 June 1941 (13,266 Jews killed within two days), a former professor was shot by a Romanian soldier for trying to save Jews who were under attack. When shooting the former professor, the Romanian soldier reportedly yelled,

You dog, die with the kike you are defending!

21st century

The word was spotted in several pro-Palestinian protests, with a Jewish woman in the New York City being called a "Fucking murderous kike" by a protester in an argument. A similar incident happened at California's Occidental College and Pomona College, against which the American civil rights groups Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed Title VI complaints for the hurt Jewish students.

Related pages

References

↑ "We need to talk about 'Kike' — how did the slur originate anyway?". The Forward. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
↑ "Kike | #TranslateHate | AJC". www.ajc.org. 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
1 2 "Jews From Iaşi (Jassy) Who Survived the Transports". JewishGen. September 15, 2005. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
1 2 3
- Ioanid, Radu (1993). "The Holocaust in Romania: The Iasi pogrom of June 1941" (PDF). Contemporary European History. 2 (2). Cambridge University Press: 119–148. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- "Roundup of Jews during a Pogrom in Iasi, Romania, June 1941". Yad Vashem. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- "On This Day: Romania orders Iași purged of Jews in pogrom in 1941". The Jerusalem Post. June 27, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
↑ "'F***king murderous kike': Pro-Palestinian protesters accost Biden fundraiser attendees on NYC streets". The Times of Israel. March 29, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
↑ Ziv, Nadav (September 7, 2024). "Campuses are banning discrimination against Zionists. That's good news for the pro-Palestinian camp". The Forward. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
↑ "Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964". United States Department of Justice.
↑ "Federal investigation into antisemitism at UC Berkeley launches after campus incidents". Berkeleyside. March 19, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
↑ "ADL Report on Nationwide Campus Turmoil: May 10, 2024". San Diego Jewish World. May 10, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.

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[1] "We need to talk about 'Kike' — how did the slur originate anyway?". The Forward. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2024-04-05.

[2] "Kike | #TranslateHate | AJC". www.ajc.org. 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2024-04-05.

[JG-3] 1 2 "Jews From Iaşi (Jassy) Who Survived the Transports". JewishGen. September 15, 2005. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

[R1-4] 1 2 3
Ioanid, Radu (1993). "The Holocaust in Romania: The Iasi pogrom of June 1941" (PDF). Contemporary European History. 2 (2). Cambridge University Press: 119–148. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

"Roundup of Jews during a Pogrom in Iasi, Romania, June 1941". Yad Vashem. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

"On This Day: Romania orders Iași purged of Jews in pogrom in 1941". The Jerusalem Post. June 27, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

[mwjw] Ioanid, Radu (1993). "The Holocaust in Romania: The Iasi pogrom of June 1941" (PDF). Contemporary European History. 2 (2). Cambridge University Press: 119–148. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

[mwmg] "Roundup of Jews during a Pogrom in Iasi, Romania, June 1941". Yad Vashem. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

[mwow] "On This Day: Romania orders Iași purged of Jews in pogrom in 1941". The Jerusalem Post. June 27, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

[5] "'F***king murderous kike': Pro-Palestinian protesters accost Biden fundraiser attendees on NYC streets". The Times of Israel. March 29, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.

[6] Ziv, Nadav (September 7, 2024). "Campuses are banning discrimination against Zionists. That's good news for the pro-Palestinian camp". The Forward. Retrieved November 3, 2024.

[7] "Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964". United States Department of Justice.

[8] "Federal investigation into antisemitism at UC Berkeley launches after campus incidents". Berkeleyside. March 19, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.

[9] "ADL Report on Nationwide Campus Turmoil: May 10, 2024". San Diego Jewish World. May 10, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.