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We still know too little about Mohammed Merah, who killed seven people during his rampage in and around Toulouse, to ascertain whether he was affiliated with al-Qaeda, as he claimed. But, in the reactions to his killing spree, we see values and ideas that are all too familiar.

STOCKHOLM – Rabbi Shneur Kesselman estimates that he has been the victim of 100 or so anti-Semitic confrontations since he arrived in the southern Swedish city of Malmö in 2004. The latest was just a few days ago, when some young immigrants in a car spotted him on his way home after the evening service at the synagogue. The driver accelerated up onto the sidewalk as if trying to run him over.

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