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Anti-Semitism is an incredibly resilient bigotry and it is clearly alive and well. There is no doubt that anti-Semitism was present at the founding of Lefebvre's movement and that it has never really gone away. The SSPX finally expelled one of their bishops, Richard Williamson, a prominent anti-Semite and Holocaust denier. The Society expelled him not because he was an anti-Semite and Holocaust denier, but because he refused to accept what amounted to a silencing order. Apparently Williamson was punished not for his vile ideas but for his overly frank expression of those ideas.
Anti-Semitism is on the rise around the world and in our own country. The neo-Nazi movement has emerged from the rock under which it usually hides; it has identified itself with the euphemism 'alt-right,' The alt-right, in the person of Steve Bannon, is poised to move into the White House. We need to be more vigilant about anti-Semitism, and bigotry generally, than at any time since the end of World War II.