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How to Paint the World as Anti-Semitic

29 May 15, 2014 | http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-05-15/how-to-paint-the-world-as-anti-semitic

By Noah Feldman

Wouldn't it be interesting to poll people in 100 countries and find out what prejudices they have? Well, yes, if you have the resources. Unfortunately, the Anti-Defamation League, which has released a poll claiming to study anti-Semitism globally, didn’t quite do that. Instead of designing a neutral questionnaire that would compare anti-Jewish attitudes to negative attitudes about other religions or ethnicities, it asked a series of 11 questions that stacked the deck in favor of anti-Semitic answers. It then defined you as an anti-Semite if you answered yes to six of the 11 questions.http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-05-15/how-to-paint-the-world-as-anti-semitic