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He noted that "it is easy to mount a simplistic attack" in letters to the editor, "but it is difficult to mount a sophisticated response." Asked if Jews were being targeted by anti-Semites because of the American Civil Liberties Union's December efforts to remove nativity scenes from the lawns of governmental buildings, Lo- benthal responded that "this year the responses have been more venal and vitriolic than ever before. "The reaction falls into a different category" than anti- Semitism, Lobenthal said, but -the ACLU "was publicly trashed for trying to maintain the Constitution . . . The American public has made a complete retreat from civility . . . and one could argue that we are now in a new era." A number of incidents in re- cent months — and the reac- tion to them — display the change. Lobenthal mentioned the Dean Steiner affair at the University of Michigan, ra- cial incidents at Ferris State College and Lansing Com- munity College, and remarks by Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder and the Los Angeles Dodgers' Al Campanis to il- lustrate his point. He believes Dean Steiner has been misunderstood on "racism" and "elitism" at U- M, but all the incidents and the public's reaction show "a loss of sensitivity and the assumption that the loss is correct." People are beginning again to display their unconscious racism, Lobenthal believes, and are "releasing pent-up anger against blacks, Jews, women, Orientals and others who are asking people to stop their chauvinism." He laid some of the blame at the feet of President Ronald Reagan as a "popular president who has reached out to many who don't want a leader constantly cajoling them." John F. Kennedy created a different moral tone for the country, the ADL director said, but Jimmy Carter failed in his effort to create a moral tone. "Perhaps a new president will be able to change the attitude." In the meantime, the coun- try's changing mood and a shrunken government offen- sive against extremist hate groups is undermining the achievements of the civil rights movement in the United States and "lowered the barriers. We say we have broken the back of the Ku Klux Klan, but in some ways that has released people" to express their hatred." Can the increased expres- sions of verbal aggression become violent aggression? "I don't know the answer to that," said Lobenthal, but he expects an increase in the statistics for 1988. Michigan experienced a 100 percent increase in anti- Semitic incidents in 1986 over 1985, and then a 100 per- cent decrease in 1987. For the year, Michigan reported 14 in- cidents of anti-Semitic van- People are beginning again to display their unconscious racism, Lobenthal believes. dalism — mostly graffiti. There were no serious crimes in 1987, while in 1986 there were two arson attempts. "A couple of years ago," Lobenthal said, "we had several assaults on Jewish kids. Michigan hasn't had any of those in recent years." Nationally, the ADL re- ported a significant increase in anti-Semitic incidents after a six-year downward trend. Some 694 incidents were reported in 1987, com- pared to 594 in 1986. Much of the increase was attributed to New York (207 incidents in 1987, 186 in 1986) and California (137 incidents in 1987, 62 in 1986). Other states with the highest numbers of incidents in 1987 were Florida (64), New Jersey (43), Illinois (36), Massa- chusetts (27), Maryland (23), Pennsylvania (22), Georgia (15), Michigan (14), Min- nesota (14) and Ohio (10). Some of the most serious vandalism incidents were at- tributed to neo-Nazi "Skin- head" groups in Chicago, San Diego, Los Angeles and Mi- ami. In addition, a synagogue in Massachusetts and one in California sustained major damage in arson fires. The ADL reported 78 ar- rests were made in connection with 58 of the 694 incidents. Some 80 percent of those ar- rested were teenagers, but the 17 persons (20 percent) who were 21 or older represented the highest perecentage ever recorded by the ADL for adults. (See related stories, Page 13)