Anti-Defamation League

Source: Boston.com

The economic meltdown has brought an upsurge in anti-Semitism, says a prominent Jewish leader.

Abraham Foxman, director of the Anti-Defamation League, says that what he calls “age-old canards” about Jews and money “are always just beneath the surface.”

And he says that whenever there is a downturn in the economy, the level of anti-Semitism rises.

The ADL cited references on the Web to the “Jew world order” and the like — not only on neo-Nazi or white supremacist sites, but also on widely used message boards like Yahoo.

One comment said Jews have “infiltrated Wall Street and government and have ruined our country.”

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