Argentine court ordered antisemitic entry on the word ‘Jewish’ removed. It’s still there

An Argentine federal judge ordered the Royal Spanish Academy in September 2024 to remove a definition of 'Jewish' as 'miserly or usurious' from its dictionary. Two years later, the academy has not complied. Jewish groups argue the definition perpetuates an antisemitic trope. The academy's director defended the entry as a record of how people use the word.

An Argentine federal judge ordered the Royal Spanish Academy in September 2024 to remove a definition of 'Jewish' as 'miserly or usurious' from its dictionary. Two years later, the academy has not complied, frustrating the Jewish groups that brought the case. The definition reflects a long history of associating Jews with greed and moneylending, an antisemitic stereotype. The academy's director, Santiago Muñoz Machado, defended the definition, saying the dictionary documents how people use the word. Jewish groups argue that preserving the definition perpetuates an antisemitic trope. The article notes that the academy added an 'offensive or discriminatory' label to the entry in 2021. The academy is the leading authority on the Spanish language, coordinating with 22 other academies.