Occupy Wall Street's Anti-Semitism

Since it kicked off in New York last month, OWS has styled itself as a populist campaign. In its own mythology, it represents the voiceless “99 percent” against the ostensibly rich and greedy Wall Street executives in the top “1 percent.” Considering that the top 1 percent already bear the largest share of the country’s tax burden, this class warfare-driven charge never quite stuck. Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren has claimed maternity of this movement. No less than four members of Ohio's congressional delegation, Representatives Fudge, Kucinich, Kaptur and Sutton have expressed support for the OWS. While Wannabe Senator Warren and the four Representatives are quite fluent when expressing disdain for America's troubled past they seem perfectly content to swim in the cesspool of anti-Semitism that is the Occupy Wall Street movement. Lonnie Nasatir is director of the Anti-Defamation League in Chicago. Nasatir says ADL officials across the country are monitoring the protests.

"It was appalling to see this stuff in the public marketplace of ideas...It's the age old stereotype of Jews and money," said Nasatir. "In this situation, what we're seeing is...our country is in significant economic straits, and unfortunately are looking for who they can blame. And it's sometimes easy to blame Jews because there's this misconception that Jews control banks and Jews control Wall Street and Jews control the media and all the rest."