Leonard Dinnerstein
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Leonard Dinnerstein
Is antisemitism on the rise in America? Did the “hymietown” comment by Jesse Jackson and the Crown Heights riot signal a resurgence of antisemitism among blacks? The surprising answer to both questions, according to Leonard Dinnerstein, is no—Jews have never been more at home in America. But what we are seeing today, he writes, are the well-publicized results of a long tradition of prejudice, suspicion, and hatred against Jews—the direct product of the Christian teachings underlying so much of America’s national heritage.
In Antisemitism in America,…
