Deborah Lipstadt wonders if anti-Semitism is on the rise again

As far as human rights, religion and politics goes, anti-Semitism has been around for generations - but is this historic topic breathing new life?

That's the question Deborah Lipstadt, the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, will discuss Tuesday in Houston.

Lipstadt is not talking about whether anti-Semitism exists. She's considering the idea that a "new" form is under way, one stemming from Europe and one that is more directly related to attitudes against Israel and its close connection with the United States.

"But I am not, in any way, shape or form, saying that everyone who has something to say about Israel is anti-Semitic," said Lipstadt, a consultant to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C....