"November 9th marks the eightieth anniversary of Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, in Germany.
...These days, anti-Semitism is again on the rise in some European countries. 
Though violent assaults against Jews are down in the last few years, incidents of harassment and threats have increased.
- In Germany, Jewish community centers, schools, and synagogues have round-the-clock police protection.
- France has seen a rise in the number of Jews immigrating to Israel, citing as one of their reasons fear for their safety and that of their children.
- The Guardian reports that in 2017 incidents of anti-Semitism in the UK reached record highs, occurring at the rate of four per day.
...Dr. Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress, offers an additional explanation.
He believes that anti-Semitism has entered a new phase, that bigotry has regained respectability among certain groups...Read all.
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