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Mon May 4, 2020, 03:07 PM May 2020

(Jewish Group) Lipstadt: We're seeing 'perfect storm of anti-Semitism'

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, author and historian Deborah Lipstadt is noticing a rise in anti-Semitism both from the left and the right.

“What we’re seeing today is sort of a perfect storm of anti-Semitism,” Lipstadt, who teaches at Emory University, said in an ADL webinar April 30 called “Viruses and Violence: Addressing Anti-Semitism in the Shadow of COVID-19.” “We’ve seen anti-Semitism from the right and we’ve seen it from the left over history, no question about it. Anybody remembers the Soviet Union, we see it British Labour Party, and of course we see it from the right, Pittsburgh, Poway, Halle, Germany. etc. and so many other places. But rarely have we seen it simultaneously. So I think that’s what we’re seeing today.”

The webinar was part of ADL’s weekly series since the pandemic surfaced in the United States called “Fighting Hate from Home.”

Lipstadt said she is often which form is worse, and she said both are dangerous.

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