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CSUSB professor interviewed about increase in anti-Semitic crimes nationwideKGTV (San Diego) and other news broadcasts nationwideOct. 16, 2017
For many Jews in America, a scary new reality: Overt anti-Semitism is surfacing more often online and in real life.
Anti-Semitic incidents surged between 2016 and 2017, mostly in the form of harassment and vandalism, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
'We have a disturbing amount of people who subscribe to conspiracy theories and who embrace the most hardened prejudice views,' said Brian Levin, director at the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino.
Levin said there was an 'alt-right' insurgency after President Barack Obama was elected. That’s far-right ideology that often advocates white nationalist and anti-Semitic views. Such views gained traction during the 2016 presidential campaign.
'We saw internet trolling directed at journalists primarily focused on a small number of Jews,' he said. 'And there was a relatively small number of people doing a tremendous number of anti-Semitic trolling.'
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