An Old Hatred's New Day.(antisemitism)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: May 20, 2002| Author: Tolson, Jay; Grose, Thomas K.; Kim, Lucian; Cue, Eduardo; Sutherland, Benjamin | Copyright information

A specter is haunting the world, but its name is not communism. Its name is antisemitism. A hardy perennial among the world's ideologies, antisemitism did not merely survive the century that relegated fascism and communism to the dustbin of failed "isms." Today, many people fear, the vilification of Jews is taking on new force, fueled and often rationalized by perceptions of Israel's role in the worsening conflict between the 54-year-old nation and Palestinian militants bent on des...

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