The Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism; Little Pride, Much Prejudice around the globe.(OPED)

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Byline: Suzanne Fields, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Prejudice, like politics, is local. It breeds like mosquitoes beside a stagnant pond where the bites need scratching. That's why every wave of immigration ushers in its own form of prejudice, because the latest ethnic group to arrive competes for jobs with those locals who are the most economically insecure.

There are exceptions, of course, where prejudice flows across national boundaries and taps into the hatred of larger populations with less specific reasons to be threatened. Anti-Semitism is one of those obvious exceptions. While it comes and goes like waves at the ocean front, anti-Semitism never completely stops its ebb and flow on the global map. The history of the last century is a …