Well, how about the last 1000 years?
Hence the bitter criticism of such as Bloom for writing books like Postville that have the effect of stirring things up
GIVE ME A FREAKIN BREAK.
He tried to whip up anti-Semitism in a small town and then he whined because the Jews didn't send him champagne and chocolates. That's not exactly the Theo Van Gogh treatment.
I've been following that thread, and color me skeptical. Occam's razor says that, at worst, he wanted to shame what he viewed as religious zealotry, and gain some dollars and fame off of a book. True anti-semitism (as opposed to anti-religiosity) would come down on his own head.