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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Faulty premise. There is no rising anti-semitism.[/quote]

I think that's partially right. I think people are more willing to be public in their antisemitism, but it was that was already there. And the recipients are more willing to call them out on it. So the public incidences are on the rise. Antisemitism itself has been around for a pretty long time.[/quote]

The Anti-Defamation League and the FBI put out reports saying anti-semitic attacks are on the rise. Jews are the most attacked group in the USA on a per capita basis.

Why you people are trying to diminish it is beyond me. I have a feeling you would never do this when it comes to attacks against African Americans. It's ok in this country to minimize the discrimination Jews face. It's disgusting. [/quote]

Maybe it's just my age but I am more comfortable being Jewish today than I was as a kid. This was still the era where Jews were not welcome in certain neighborhoods in this area (covenants having only recently been lifted), or country clubs, or schools. While there are clearly attacks on Jewish houses of worship, there are also attacks on churches, on schools, on gay bars, on Paris and Las Vegas concerts, on airports, on random people on the street. So I may feel less safe, but it's not because I am Jewish. I totally get that others may feel differently.[/quote]

Anti-Semitic attacks have gone up. That’s a fact.[/quote]

So have mass shootings and other violence. Like I said I feel less safe generally. I also don't go to a synagogue regularly so fully aware that I am not taking that particular risk so am less exposed to attacks than those more observant.

I guess more relevant to the OP - how many violent antisemitic attacks have there been on college campuses? I don't know the answer to that - has that also gone up?[/quote]

Op here. Here's a link to an article from Inside Higher Ed from last year that talks about how there's been a surge of anti-Semitism on campuses: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/12/05/anti-semitic-incidents-surge-college-campuses-after-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting and another link to an article that talks about a report released recently that refers to Columbia University and its sister school, Barnard College, in New York City as “a hotbed for hate,” documenting “systemic anti-Semitism and an ingrained delegitimization of Israel” at the schools. But, these schools are just emblematic of the issues. They are more widespread than this as noted by the first article.

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