NEW YORK—Expressing a deep sense of reduction upon studying that one of the crucial persistent and insidious prejudices in human historical past was not actual, native Jewish man Dan Applebaum was reportedly reassured Friday after being advised antisemitism doesn’t exist. “Wow, it is a large weight off my chest,” Applebaum mentioned when he heard from an informal acquaintance that his considerations in regards to the millennia-old hatred of the Jewish folks weren’t based in actuality. “Understandably, I took the numerous pogroms and genocides in opposition to folks of my ancestry—and the horrific indifference of non-Jews to that plight—as one thing to be fearful about in my on a regular basis life. However now I understand none of that stuff ever occurred. The loopy factor is that every one of this made me suppose that anti-Jewish sentiment was so pervasive it might span not simply continents, however even left and proper partisan divides. Bizarre, proper? Half of me truly has this distinct reminiscence of antisemitic incidents hitting an all-time excessive in the USA simply final 12 months. However now I see I used to be utterly fallacious. And frankly, that’s an infinite consolation to me. I ought to most likely inform my family and friends this information to allow them to cease crying.” At press time, Applebaum had reportedly drawn additional solace upon studying from his acquaintance that the Holocaust was not as huge of a deal as most made it out to be.