Many American Jews were "shocked, but not surprised" when antisemitism shot up virulently here on Oct. 8. Campuses that should have protested... rallied instead against Israel, home to almost half of the Jews left in the world.
Antisemitism, an anti-liberal movement conceived in the 1870s, accused Jews of exploiting emancipation and citizenship to "conquer Germany from within." It blamed Jews for corrupting German culture... and ruining it as communists.
This all-purpose ideology of grievance and blame found fertile ground in America during the Great Depression. Fascism's appeal to the ideal of a purer nation won support from... industrialist Henry Ford, aviator Charles Lindbergh and radio priest Charles Coughlin.
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