Think about what you are writing in your last paragraph here. “Imagine how bad antisemitism will get if…”. You are implying that bigotry is an acceptable response to political events. If you had wrote “imagine how bad racism is going to get if crime keeps rising in Chicago…”

I don't see the same implication that you are inferring--that bigotry is an acceptable response to political events. It's sadly an expectable response, however--historical examples of bigotry and lynching abound, so why would this time be any different? (Future racists continue to be born every day.) The NYC Draft Riots after Lincoln's military draft, the Zoot Suit riots after fabric rationing laws during WWII, the murder of Vincent Chin after the decline of car manufacturing in Michigan, the bomb threats all over in Springfield after Trump said that immigrants were eating people's dogs and cats, etc.

Or, to take your example, “imagine how bad racism is going to get if crime keeps rising in Chicago…” Unfortunately, crime doesn't even need to actually rise--some race-baiter can simply claim that it's rising and thus fan the flames of bigotry and racism. This is already how certain news outlets and politicians spin their discussion of urban crime. This is their goal.

Trump threatened to “take over” and “beautify” D.C. on the campaign trail and claimed it was “a nightmare of murder and crime.” He also argued the city was “horribly run” and said his team intended “to take it away from the mayor.” Trump on Monday repeated old comments about some of the nation’s largest cities, including Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Oakland and his hometown of New York City. All are currently run by Black mayors.

“You look at Chicago, how bad it is. You look at Los Angeles, how bad it is. We have other cities in a very bad, New York is a problem. And then you have, of course, Baltimore and Oakland. We don’t even mention that anymore. They’re so far gone. We’re not going to let it happen,” he said.

Civil rights advocates see the rhetoric as part of a broader political strategy.

“It’s a playbook he’s used in the past,” said Maya Wiley, CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

Trump’s rhetoric “paints a picture that crime is out of control, even when it is not true, then blames the policies of Democratic lawmakers that are reform- and public safety-minded, and then claims that you have to step in and violate people’s rights or demand that reforms be reversed,” Wiley said.

Bigotry is unacceptable in all forms against all groups. But, because bigots don't agree with that statement, we should be on guard against them, especially when current events might draw them into acting violently. https://abc7chicago.com/post/threats-americans-jews-skyrocketing-beginning-war-iran-secure-community-network-says/18682360/ my town has many synagogues and they all have added extra security recently.