What Happened When Lawmakers Condemned Dan Bilzerian’s Antisemitism
The 2026 primary election season featured multiple congressional candidates accused of antisemitic rhetoric on ballots from both major political parties. Serious contenders across the country drew substantial support despite using antisemitic slang like “goyslop” or claiming that “the Zionists own our media, our banks, and all of our politicians.” Although these particular candidates did not […]
How Tyler Oliveira’s “Jewish Fraud Ring” Video Misleads Viewers
Popular YouTuber Tyler Oliveira recently published a video titled “I Exposed a Jewish Fraud Ring Stealing from Poor Kids.” In this video, he baselessly accuses Orthodox Jewish communities in New York and New Jersey of fraud by deliberately overcharging with E-Rate, a federal program which provides discounted internet for schools and libraries. Who Is Tyler […]
How Ruhi Cenet’s Viral Hasidic Brooklyn Video Misled Viewers
On August 26, Ruhi Cenet, a Turkish YouTuber known for highly produced videos about unusual, remote, or little-seen places and communities, published “America’s Most Secretive Jewish Community: Hasidic Jews (48 Hours Inside).” Cenet has built a global audience of nearly 20 million subscribers, and the video quickly became one of the biggest hits on his […]
A Racial Slur Conviction Becomes an Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory
On July 24, a jury reached a verdict in the case of Shiloh Hendrix, a Minnesota woman whose viral playground confrontation last year, in which she yelled racial slurs at a Somali child and a bystander who filmed her, became a national flashpoint over race and free speech. Hendrix was found guilty of disorderly conduct towards the bystander who filmed the interaction, who was also Somali, but not guilty of […]
Argentina’s 2026 World Cup Win Over Egypt Fueled Antisemitic Conspiracies
On Tuesday, July 7th, Argentina defeated Egypt in the World Cup, advancing to the quarterfinals and eliminating Egypt from the tournament. Before the game had even concluded, it became a lightning rod for antisemitic conspiracy theories. Even as conversations about Argentina’s team and star player Lionel Messi exploded across X and other platforms, a striking […]
The Memeification of Antisemitism
What is a Meme? A meme is a piece of content, usually an image, GIF, video, or reaction image, that is shared and reused online. Memes are one of the most common forms of communication on social media platforms, allowing users to quickly express ideas, opinions, and reactions. Because memes are easy to edit and […]
When History Gets Flattened: The Social Media Life of Khazar Theory
Earlier this year, a cluster of high-profile influencers began using terms such as “Khazarian mafia” and referring to all Jews as “Khazars.” This language that quickly spread across X draws on a fringe conspiracy theory rooted in a much older historical debate about the origins of Ashkenazi Jews. What Is the Khazar Hypothesis? The Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry is the historically debated idea that a substantial portion of Ashkenazi Jews descend not from ancient Israelites of […]
From Counterterror to Conspiracy: How Joe Kent’s Resignation Has Sparked Antisemitic Theories Online
The former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his resignation publicly on Tuesday, March 17th, by posting a letter on X addressed to President Donald Trump. In this letter, Kent criticized the war between Iran and the joint operation between the United States and Israel, writing “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, […]
“False Flag” Conspiracy Posts Reach Record Levels Amid U.S.-Iran War and Michigan Synagogue Attack
Social media posts framing Jewish institutions and the Israeli government as orchestrators of staged attacks — known as “false flag” conspiracy theories — have reached their highest recorded volumes during a two-week period spanning the U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran and the March 12 vehicle-ramming attack on Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, according to Blue […]
Antisemitic Themes Surge Online In Response to Israel/U.S.–Iran War
As news of Operation Epic Fury — the military engagement involving Israel, the United States, and Iran — spread across social media platforms, antisemitic themes spiked sharply in online conversation. Analyzing the period from Feb. 28 to March 3, 2026, the BSA Command Center recorded a 264% increase in overall tracked conversation, alongside a significant surge in […]