Last Friday the video of Helen Thomas' anti-Semitic rant spread like wildfire across the internet. The reaction was such that MSM was forced to provide coverage of Ms. Thomas' outrageous and deeply offensive remarks although many of her colleagues were apologetic for her behavior. In just a few days the liberal media icon announced her immediate retirement. End of story, right?

Since the demise of Helen Thomas an even more disturbing story has emerged. The Rabbi who videotaped his brief, but incendiary interview with Ms. Thomas has come under attack. FoxNews.com reports.

Rabbi David Nessenoff said he is facing an "overload" of threatening e-mails calling for a renewed Holocaust and targeting his family...

"This ticker tape keeps coming in," Nessenoff told FoxNews.com. "We got one specific one saying ‘We're going to kill the Jews; watch your back."'

"This is something that I thought was a couple of people here or there, [but] it's mainstream and it's frightening," the Long Island Rabbi said. "[Thomas] is just a little cherry on top of this huge, huge sundae of hate in America."

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"We have received a lot of positive reaction, beautiful letters...from all over the United States," he said, but they have been outweighed by the attacks that have flooded in.