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Letters to the Editor: Hey QAnon, if Jews are so powerful, why is anti-Semitism still a threat?

  • March 25, 2021

To the editor: It was only a matter of time before deranged and hostile haters such as QAnon adherents turned their rancor toward the Jews. As a former regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, I can tell you that this is an old game with new players.

There are about 14.7 million Jews on the planet, accounting for 0.02% of the total population. Nonetheless, they are inevitably the target of individuals and groups seeking a scapegoat for their perceived grievances.

I sometimes wish that Jews had the power ascribed to them to better enable us to combat anti-Semitism, but this is mere fantasy especially, since 6 million Jews and their never-to-be realized progeny were destroyed in the Holocaust.

The Jewish community at large stands against hatred against all marginalized groups who suffer the words and actions of ignorant and angry miscreants.

Barbara H. Bergen, Los Angeles