Robert R. Singer: Antisemitism is no longer a question of extremism – How is it possible that Jews around the world today are again living in fear for their lives and property by simple virtue of their religious and cultural identity? | The Jerusalem Post

Polls released over the last few months in the lead up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day reveal a troubling reality of hatred, denial and ignorance sweeping the Western world – even in the mainstream. A disturbing picture emerges, underscoring a frightening proliferation of antisemitic sentiment, a severe and dangerous lack of Holocaust education and obfuscation of its memory. Some might argue that these claims are exaggerated, perhaps true among only marginal, extremist segments of society, but the numbers are jarringly to the contrary.