American anti-semitism now

a political psychology perspective

Freedman

pp. 80-115

in: Freedman (ed), Social change and personality, Berlin, Springer, 1987

Abstract

After World War II a remarkable thing happened. Anti-Semitism declined in the United States, declined to levels of tolerance, and even perhaps social benevolence, unique in Jewish history. The following essay propounds some explanation of this uncommon set of events.