History provides far too many examples of man's inhumanity to
man: social injustice, religious oppression, cultural clashes,
ideological wars, class hatred, and most every other form of
racism and intolerance. One particular form, however, stands out
amongst all others: Anti-Semitism. Unique in its universality,
intensity, longevity and irrationality, anti-Semitism is a
historical phenomenon which falls outside of normal sociological
bounds. In 1987, President Chaim Herzog of Israel commissioned a
colloquium on anti-Semitism. Professor Michael Curtis of Rutgers
University spoke there about the irrationality of anti-Semitism:
The uniqueness of anti-Semitism lies in the fact that no other
people in the world has ever been charged simultaneously with
alienation from society and with cosmopolitanism, with being
capitalistic exploiters and also revolutionary communist
advocators. The Jews were accused of having an imperious
mentality, at the same time they’re a people of the book.
They’re accused of being militant