Antisemitism has been here before, but public understanding of it has not necessarily grown, argues James Loeffler, a historian of modern Jewish history. His new book examines how the public and courts have dealt with anti-Jewish hate speech since the end of World War II. Loeffler was a professor of Jewish history at the University of Virginia in 2017 when white supremacists marched through Charlottesville wielding torches and chanting, “Jews will not replace us.” Yet in the aftermath of the violent and deadly Unite the Right rally — originally planned to protest the removal of the statue of General Robert E. Lee from Charlottesville’s former Lee Park — the university’s focus was on addressing the racist, anti-Black bigotry espoused by the neo-Nazi protesters. The antisemitism so overtly displayed by the marchers was almost entirely sidelined by the university, Loeffler writes. RNS National Reporter Yonat Shimron spoke to Loeffler about this perilous moment, Americans’ confusion about antisemitism and his years teaching. Top Stories | (RNS) — Antisemitism has been here before, argues James Loeffler, a historian of modern Jewish history, in a new book. But public understanding of it has not necessarily grown. |
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