A Jew coined the word ‘genocide.’ Now it’s being used against the Jewish state. – RNS January 11, 2024 by Fulcrum Though the word has been applied over the decades to mass killings of Rwandans, Bosnians and Cambodians, the word “genocide,” coined by a Jewish lawyer after World War II, is still nearly synonymous with the destruction of European Jewry during the Holocaust. Now, in a remarkable twist of history, the Jewish state is being accused of the crime. Yonat Shimron. Religion News Service. 10 January 2024 FulcrumShareTweetShare