The current wave of anti-Semitism in Europe is the worst since World War II, a Jewish official said. Avi Beker, secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress, made the comment Tuesday while presenting the findings of an annual report on anti-Semitism by Tel Aviv University’s Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism.
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