The Church has come a long way indeed in the past century. Let its truth telling about the past continue and grow. It is on that basis of truth that Catholics and Jews can come together with respect and a common commitment to a world informed by positive religious values. Semitic incidents around the state and the nation. There is still plenty to be concerned about.
Hate groups continue to pop up on the margins of society.
Particularly upsetting is the use that such groups have made of the Internet, which has became a major source of hate speech. Nevertheless, I believe it would be a mistake for American Jews to focus too much on the question of how to interpret the latest statistics. Given the freedom, prosperity and yes, power, of American Jews in this country, there are bigger problems for us to ponder than anti-Semitic graffiti. The greatest threat to American Jews is not hatred from the margins of society. It is the trend of assimilation and apathy towards Judaism which characterizes all too much of our very mainstream American lives.