Douglas Murray: “The rise of anti-Semitism is a sign of a society in decline”

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1. It is interesting that the Russian tsarist monarchy greatly increased its anti-Semitic activity and sponsorship of pogroms as it lost its legitimacy in the eyes of many Russians and headed towards its down fall. A recent Russian-made documentary about the Jews of Russia, available with English subtitles, points out that the Soviet government became overtly antisemitic after World War II and continuing to its collapse in 1991. Jews, who had once held high positions in the Soviet Communist Party and government, were now almost completely excluded from political office. Quotas were reimposed for admission to universities, medical schools and law schools. Jews who applied for admission to these institutions were forced to answer much tougher questions on their entrance exams than non-Jewish students. This led to the exodus of large numbers of “Soviet : Jews to Israel and the United States once barriers to emigration were lifted in 1991. I believe that Russia is still suffering negative consquences from this “brain drain.”