Raedwulf - interesting definition of Judaist. I always thought of him as a scientist devoted to the study of Jewish culture, language, literature &c. (Judaistics) So it is commonly used in the scientific circles around here.

Don - wonderful posts, especially about the argumentum ad hominem. Here in unlucky Germany antisemitic is used as a bat to immediately knock down the slightest critics against any person or institution being Jewish. We had our examples during the last polls.

The term Anti-Semitism concerning only the Jews seems to be coined in Europe, because the Jews for centuries were the only Semites living in European surroundings (the last Arabs in Spain were kicked out centuries ago).

Wilfried