Antisemitism

Historic antisemitism has primarily been a response to exaggerated fears of Jewish power and influence manipulating key events. Contemporary antisemitism is a repackaging of historic tropes. Antisemites have adapted conspiracy theories of the blood libel as well as Jewish influence in economic and governmental affairs to fit new circumstances, such as the accusation that Jews are responsible for spreading COVID-19, just as Jews were accused of spreading the plague a millennium ago.

Antisemitism: A History

Historic antisemitism has primarily been a response to exaggerated fears of Jewish power and influence manipulating key events.

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Antisemitism Resurgent: Manifestations of Antisemitism in the 21st Century

Jews have historically been denied political and economic rights, and modern antisemitism is an expression of the rejection of Jewish integration into society. 

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Antisemitism: What’s Old is New Again

Video presentation by CEP Senior Research Analyst Josh Lipowsky (December 12, 2021). 

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Antisemitism

Antisemitism refers to discrimination, hostility, persecution, and prejudice targeting Jews.

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Anti-Zionism

Anti-Zionism refers to the opposition to Zionism, the belief that the Jewish people are entitled to self-determination in their own nation-state, specifically the Jewish State of Israel.

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Ye Shall Remember the Tree of Life Tragedy

Thursday marks the fourth anniversary of the Tree of Life massacre, when alleged gunman Robert Bowers burst into the Pittsburgh synagogue during Shabbat morning services on October 27, 2018, killing 11 people and wounding six others. As the Jewish…

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Extremist Content Online: Explosive Device ‘How To’ Video Posted On Neo-Nazi Telegram Channel In Russian

(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. CEP researchers located a Russian-language neo-Nazi…

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Holocaust Denial Remains Central To Antisemitic Conspiracies

(New York, N.Y.) — Today, Israelis and Jewish communities will begin their observance of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah, a remembrance of the six million lives lost in the Holocaust as well as Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto…

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The Current State of Antisemitism | Presentation by CEP Senior Research Analyst Josh Lipowsky

Antisemitism remains alive and present, manifesting as violent attacks like the Tree of Life shooting as well as biased and exclusionary rhetoric from both the far-right and the far-left. Josh Lipowsky, a senior research analyst with the Counter…

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Texas Synagogue Attack Influenced By Convicted Terrorist Aafia Siddiqui

(New York, N.Y.) — Aafia Siddiqui, the radical Islamist imprisoned since 2008, has become a rallying cry amongst Islamists and jihadist militants around the world. The most recent example came this past weekend when Malik Faisal Akram took four…

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Extremist Content Online: Multiple Pro-ISIS, White Supremacist, And Antisemitic Instagram Accounts Found

(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, six pro-ISIS and 11 white supremacist and…

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Tech & Terrorism: Poway Synagogue Shooter Maintains Influence Online

(New York, N.Y.) — On December 28, the U.S. Southern District of California sentenced Poway synagogue shooter John T. Earnest to life in prison with an additional 30 years. On April 27, 2019, Earnest shot and killed one woman, injured three other…

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Extremist Content Online: YouTube Hosts Video of Debate With Neo-Nazi James Mason Who Promotes Antisemitism and Violence

(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, evangelist Bob Larson and neo-Nazi James…

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Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazi Videos On Instagram Call For Antisemitic Violence

(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, researchers found three Instagram…

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Extremist Content Online: White Supremacists and Neo-Nazis Celebrate El Paso Shooter On Telegram Ahead Of Attack’s Second Anniversary

(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located a dozen neo-Nazi…

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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On November 29, 2020, an assailant detonated an explosives-filled military vehicle on an Afghan army base, killing at least 31 and wounding 24. 

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