The numbers are pretty scary.
The Anti-Defamation League's annual audit of antisemitism in America shows a whopping 57 percent increase in incidents from 2016 to 2017. That's a big number, and it's likely to generate alarm in the Jewish community and nationwide as news outlets seize on the figure to ponder what's going wrong.
That also means that everyone should get set for a barrage of think pieces about the rise of hate in President Donald Trump's America, debating whether the White House Twitter account and supposed rising influence of the alt-right are shaking the foundations of tolerance to the point where we all should be very worried.
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