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I occasionally pick up The Jerusalem Post at the famous out-of-town newspaper kiosk on Harvard Square (for ongoing news about the Middle East I rely on its very informative sister publication The Jerusalem Report). In the current international edition my attention was immediately grabbed by a big advertisement on the very first page of the paper. The headline of the ad reads “Jews in America… Wake Up! Anti-Semitism is Raising its Ugly Head Once Again”.

The rest of the ad is worth quoting in full: “Do not ignore the warning signs! The U.S. economy worsens… countless neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups are spreading their venomous message on the internet …with public demonstrations… calling for violence...