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Anti-Semitism Is A Resurging Reality I Have To Explain To My Son

Anti-Semitism used to be theoretical to me, a thing that happened to my grandparents. Now it's become a reality I have to explain to my son. There are people saying that we deserve a right to attack people not because of anything they've done but because of their religion.
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For Joshua Ostroff, anti-Semitism was once theoretical, something that happened to his grandparents. Now it's become a reality he has to explain to his son. There are people saying that we deserve a right to attack people not because of anything they've done but because of their religion. It's time that we acknowledge that what's going on is going on, he says. We have to talk about it.

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