ABSTRACT
The whole complex of admitted and denied manifestations of antisemitism appears most confusing to the observer. The "anti-" attitude occurs in relation to groups of all descriptions; it is directed against national as well as political, social as well as religious groups, or against any other configuration of men with common views on any subject. Whatever the professional antisemite may mean by Jewish inferiority, it is not moral deficiency. In this sense the expression is only used by the authors of the cruder lampoons. The way in which the Gentile sees the character of the Jew is dictated by his aversion, his hate against the Jew. The phantom of Jewish inferiority, which also haunts discussions in Jewish circles as the problem of Jewish qualities, has always stood in the way of any research into the nature of antisemitism; and it was necessary to eliminate it before we could proceed.
