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Antisemitism has moved from the right to the left in the US − and falls back on long-standing stereotypes

  • Written by Arie Perliger, Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
imageAn Oct. 19, 2023, rally in New York City's Times Square demanding the freeing of hostages taken in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The U.S. is currently experiencing one of the mostsignificant waves of antisemitismthat it has ever seen. Jewish communities are shaken and traumatized.

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