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Entry: A Nation of Anti-Semites? Fech! Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/a_nation_of_anti_semites_really#10579 Post contents: Ah, here we go, "The irony, of course, is that the leading cause of these distressing developments is the virtual disappearance in America of institutional anti-Semitism. Even Dershowitz, who has described himself as being in a "constant state of preparedness for potential persecution," concedes that professional and social barriers against Jews, commonplace a couple of generations ago, have melted away. Anti-Semitism now chiefly resides on the crackpot fringes of American life. As Dershowitz rightly sees, American Jews have paid a price for this great blessing: with the passing of the siege has gone the siege mentality, with its solidarity and social cohesion. Jews no longer have serious enemies and detractors to confirm their Jewishness; they have only themselves and the freedom, as Dershowitz puts it, to forge a "positive" Jewish identity." I guess some people are never happy. http://www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9708/reviews/rosen.html Sent at: 2008 05 11