@rnitsch There is a very specific, personal reason I call black Americans, specifically, my sibling when it comes to fighting inequity in society.

The Rabbi who shaped a great deal of my ethics was a man who was very serious about doing the right thing, regardless of what other people thought. He was a man who marched with, and went to prison with MLK Jr.

The purpose of my post was to remind people that Doctor King recognized the parallels of the struggle of the black American with the historical struggle of the Jewish person. I can't help but see the same, even today.

I can not deny that immigrant groups are very much a part of overt antisemitic incidents- but the old Antisemitism that is Europe's long held badge of shame remains, albeit in a different form.

To deny that antisemitism isn't part of traditional European culture is questionable, at best, and at worse historically inaccurate.

But, that's why I've said things are getting better, but they're not where they need to be.

I have no doubt that some muslim immigrants are antisemitic, of course. And certainly it is a large issue with the influx of a people who do not want to culturally assimilate as one might expect or desire.