Today I have a moral crisis - do I prefer to sound the alarm of Anti-Semitism or criticize the New York Times? Perhaps I can do both. The Times did have a front page article today about Attacks by Arabs on Jews in France, so I am glad that they are recognizing the problem and publicizing it. However, deeper into the article they report:

"Interior Ministry figures show that physical and verbal attacks against Jews plummeted to 96 in the first 10 months of this year, compared with 184 during the comparable period last year. Justice Ministry investigations into alleged anti-Semitic offenses for the same periods fell from 129 to 29."

So then it's not really a big problem anymore, is it? If these numbers are an accurate reflection of reality, or at least point to a very positive trend, then why is the Times raising the alarm now, a year or two too late?