As with Past Plagues, Beware an Outbreak of Anti-Semitism https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/politics-current-affairs/2020/03/as-with-past-plagues-beware-an-outbreak-of-anti-semitism/

March 27, 2020 | Ira Stoll
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When the Black Death swept through Europe in the mid-14th century, Jews suffered not only from the disease itself but also from violent outbursts of anti-Semitism at the hands of Christian neighbors, who accused them of spreading it by, among other means, poisoning the wells. Ira Stoll points to signs that the coronavirus is having a similar effect:

The actress Rosanna Arquette claimed, falsely, that Israel has been working on a coronavirus vaccine “for a year already,” indicating advance knowledge of the virus, and that a Jewish-run company is poised to profit from it. [She later partially retracted the statement]. A speaker from the 2016 Republican National Convention, David Clarke, blames Jewish-born billionaire George Soros for the virus and associated panic. The head of a Turkish political party, Faitih Erbakan, declared, “this virus serves Zionism’s goals.”

Read more on Algemeiner: https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/03/18/past-pandemics-spurred-violent-antisemitism-prepare-for-more/