Is It Still Safe to Be a Jew in America?

Is It Still Safe to Be a Jew in America?

On a blustery Baltimore night in the late 1980s, I went to hear Louis Farrakhan speak to a packed crowd at Morgan State University, a historically black college. As the editor of the weekly Baltimore Jewish Times, I wanted to experience firsthand the impact his hate-filled invective had on audiences. In one of his long and angry tirades that night, Farrakhan focused his venom on white people, Jews, and the media.