Dictionary

asajew en · NOUN

Etymology

Supposedly representing an anti-Zionist Jewish attitude of overfrequently using preambles that essentially contain the phrase as + a + Jew before statements, a stereotypical performative throat-clearing.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A Jew who invokes their Jewish identity to criticize Israel and Zionism, especially if this is the only reason they express or claim a Jewish identity, viewed by Zionists as a religious and race traitor.
   • The further right or left you go, the more likely you are to eventually come around to hating Jews. On the left, this is plain to see. From the Corbyn-era trend to attack Israel for all the world's sins, to the self-hating asaJews that tweeted enthusiastically about October 7 being a 'day of celebration' to previously vanilla comedian Reginald Hunter retweeting posts about the evils of the Talmud. 2024 August 19, Josh Kaplan, “Why are Jews expected to put up with rampant social media antisemitism?”, in The Jewish Chronicle, London: Jewish Chronicle Media Limited, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2025:
   • Such groups and individuals have succeeded in creating the new phenomenon of the "asaJew." "As a Jew, I can say that Israel is racist." "As a Jew, I am ashamed that a Jewish State is oppressing poor Palestinians." 2019 December 12, Douglas Altabef, “The double standards and hypocrisy aimed at American Jews”, in The Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Post Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2025:
   • Come on Jenny Manson, Naomi Wimborne Idrissi, Jonathan Rosenhead, Miriam Margolyes and the rest of you in the Asajew roundrobinocracy — explain. Why in an "anti-racist party" led by a man who "abhors all forms of racism" it was the Jewish MPs Luciana Berger and Louise Ellmann who were the targets of their Liverpool comrades' venom, and not the anti-semite? 2019 November 27, David Aaronovitch, “Zionist world domination is no trope, Mr Corbyn”, in The Jewish Chronicle, London: Jewish Chronicle Media Limited, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2025:
   • The AsAJews get their name because they are addicted to that very phrase. We’ve heard it for years. As a Jew, I don't think AIPAC should dominate American foreign policy. As a Jew, I stand against the illegal occupation of Palestinian lands. 2024 March, Eli Lake, “A Brief History of the 'AsAJew'”, in Commentary, New York, N.Y.: Commentary Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2025:

Forms

Hypernyms

apostate · race traitor

Relateds

self-hating Jew · autoantisemitism · kapo