Antisemitism: A History
Historic antisemitism has primarily been a response to exaggerated fears of Jewish power and influence manipulating key events.
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 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.
Antisemitism: What’s Old is New Again
Video presentation by CEP Senior Research Analyst Josh Lipowsky (December 12, 2021).
Antisemitism
Antisemitism refers to discrimination, hostility, persecution, and prejudice targeting Jews.
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.
The Role of Antisemitism in the Mobilization to Violence by Extremist and Terrorist Actors
This report, The Role of Antisemitism in the Mobilization to Violence by Extremist and Terrorist Actors, examines how antisemitism is strategically utilized by extremist groups to incite violence, recruit, and foster ideological cohesion in France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, and the United States.
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The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
Location:
Eisenhower Theater
Tuesday January 27, 2026 7:30p.m.
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.