CSUSB professor comments on latest ADL report on anti-Semitic incidents in California

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April 25, 2017,
by The Orange County Register



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The Orange County Register — Brian Levin, director of the Center for the study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino, was interviewed for an article about the increase of anti-Semitic incidents in California — up 21 percent in 2016 over the previous year, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents released April 24.
While Jews are the most warmly accepted religious group in the United States other than Christianity and anti-Semitic harassment in the U.S. has been at historic lows in recent years, Jews have also consistently remained the number one target of hate crimes and incidents, said Levin, a professor of criminal justice.
“The ADL data appear to be a confirmation of our contention that the near-decade national decline in anti-Semitic hate crime is over because of the coarsening of politics, the continuing dissemination of negative stereotypes about Jews, and the emboldening of younger tech-savvy web-based alt-right hate mongers,” he said.
Until recently, the alt-right saw a savior in President Trump, Levin said.
“But now, with the elevation of Jared Kushner and the president becoming more of a globalist, the alt-right is viewing him as a traitor,” he said. “What we can expect to see in the latter part of the year is how the alt right reacts now that their open door to the White House and the mainstream have been slammed shut.”
The article was published April 24, 2017, and also appeared in The Sun and other Southern California News Group newspapers.
Read the complete article at “Anti-Semitic incidents rose 21 percent in California in 2016, but 2017 so far may be even more troubling.”







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