Gallery of Antisemitism

A comprehensive resource with examples and explanations of different forms of antisemitism. Browse by category or search for specific topics.

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Religious Antisemitism

Historical religious narratives used against Jews

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Classic Stereotypes

Traditional antisemitic tropes and imagery

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Holocaust

Denial, distortion, and minimisation

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Jews, Israel & Zionism

Antisemitism disguised as political criticism

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Conspiracy

Conspiracy theories targeting Jews

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Erasure

Denial of Jewish identity and experiences

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🎭Classic Stereotypes

A Jewish Fifth Column

This trope suggests that Jews prioritise their own interests over national loyalty, often portraying them as subversive agents undermining societal cohesion.

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Accusing Anti-Antisemitism Activists of Bad Faith

Critics of antisemitism are often unjustly accused of ulterior motives, such as defending Israel, which undermines genuine efforts to combat prejudice and discrimination.

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🎭Classic Stereotypes

Accusing Jews Who Raise Antisemitism of Being Antisemitic

Accusing Jews who highlight antisemitism of being antisemitic undermines genuine concerns and perpetuates harmful stereotypes, particularly when levied against Jewish individuals themselves.

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🎭Classic Stereotypes

Allegations of Dual Loyalty

The trope of dual loyalty perpetuates the false notion that Jews are inherently less committed to their home countries, fostering suspicion and discrimination against them.

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🚫Erasure

Antisemitism Does Not Exist If Not Illegal

Dismissing antisemitism as non-existent unless it violates the law trivialises its impact and undermines the seriousness of prejudice against Jewish people.

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🌍Jews, Israel & Zionism

Blaming Jews Generally for Israel

This trope conflates Jewish identity with political actions of the Israeli state, leading to unjustified hostility and violence against Jewish individuals and communities.

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🎭Classic Stereotypes

Blaming Jews for Antisemitism

This phenomenon involves shifting responsibility for antisemitism onto Jews themselves, portraying them as instigators of the prejudice and violence they face, often through scapegoating narratives.

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📜Holocaust

Blaming Jews for the Holocaust

Antisemitic narratives falsely attribute responsibility for the Holocaust to Jews, suggesting they orchestrated their own persecution through conspiracy theories and misrepresentations of historical events.

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✝️Religious Antisemitism

Blood Libel

This ancient myth falsely accuses Jews of ritualistically murdering Christian children for blood, leading to widespread persecution and violence throughout history.

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🎭Classic Stereotypes

Claiming Jews Demand Special Status

The stereotype that Jews seek special status misrepresents their desire for equal treatment and often ignores the unique challenges they face regarding antisemitism.

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🕵️Conspiracy

Code Words: Rothschilds, Illuminati, Soros

Antisemitic code words like Rothschilds, Illuminati, and Soros perpetuate harmful conspiracy theories that falsely depict Jews as controlling global affairs and institutions.

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Conspiracy Theories Featuring Israel

Antisemitic conspiracy theories often falsely attribute global disasters and conflicts to Israel, perpetuating harmful stereotypes and scapegoating Jews for societal issues.

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🕵️Conspiracy

Covid Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracy theories surrounding Covid-19 often scapegoat Jews, reviving historical tropes that depict them as orchestrators of global crises for nefarious purposes.

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Cultural Marxism and White Genocide Theory

This conspiracy theory falsely attributes societal changes to a Jewish-led elite, echoing historical antisemitic narratives that link Jews to subversion and cultural decay.

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🚫Erasure

Denying Jews Are an Ethnic Group

This trope undermines Jewish identity by asserting that Jews are solely a religious group, disregarding their historical and ethnic roots, and perpetuating harmful stereotypes.

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✝️Religious Antisemitism

Distortion of Jewish Scripture

Misinterpretations of Jewish scripture, particularly the Talmud, are exploited to falsely accuse Jews of endorsing paedophilia and other immoral behaviours, perpetuating harmful stereotypes.

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🚫Erasure

Erasure of Antisemitism - Denialism and Minimisation

Denialism and minimisation of antisemitism undermine its seriousness, often dismissing genuine concerns while selectively acknowledging only certain perspectives within the Jewish community.

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🌍Jews, Israel & Zionism

Expecting Jews to Denounce Israel

This phenomenon involves pressuring Jewish individuals to publicly condemn Israeli actions, unjustly linking them to the state and perpetuating harmful stereotypes.

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🌍Jews, Israel & Zionism

False Equivalence Between Zionism and Nazism

This trope inaccurately equates Zionism with Nazism, ignoring the historical context of Jewish persecution and the coercive nature of the Haavara Agreement.

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🕵️Conspiracy

False Flag Narratives

False flag narratives deny the reality of antisemitic incidents by falsely claiming they are staged or orchestrated, undermining genuine concerns about antisemitism.

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📜Holocaust

Holocaust Comparisons

Comparing other tragedies to the Holocaust diminishes its unique historical significance and is deeply offensive to Holocaust survivors and their descendants.

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Holocaust Denial and Minimisation

Holocaust denial and minimisation perpetuate antisemitism by distorting historical facts to undermine Jewish suffering and manipulate public perception of Jews and Israel.

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Holocaust Inversion

Holocaust Inversion distorts historical realities by equating Israelis with Nazis and Palestinians with Jews, undermining the unique suffering of Jewish people during the Holocaust.

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✝️Religious Antisemitism

Host Desecration Libel

The host desecration libel falsely accused Jews of sacrilege, inciting violence and persecution throughout history, and continues to resurface in some European far-right rhetoric.

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🎭Classic Stereotypes

Jewish Love of Money

The stereotype of Jews as greedy moneylenders stems from historical restrictions on their occupations, leading to a persistent and harmful myth that persists today.

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🎭Classic Stereotypes

Jewish Responsibility for Capitalism or Communism

This antisemitic trope falsely attributes the origins and failures of both capitalism and communism to Jewish people, perpetuating harmful stereotypes and scapegoating.

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🕵️Conspiracy

Jews Conspire to Subvert Democracy

This trope falsely claims that Jews and Zionists manipulate political outcomes, particularly targeting left-wing figures who support Palestinian rights, thereby perpetuating harmful stereotypes.

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🕵️Conspiracy

Jews Control Banking and Finance

This trope falsely alleges that Jews, particularly the Rothschild family, exert disproportionate control over global banking and politics, perpetuating harmful stereotypes and conspiracy theories.

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🕵️Conspiracy

Jews Control the Media

The unfounded belief that Jews control the media perpetuates harmful stereotypes and fuels antisemitism, despite evidence disproving such claims.

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🚫Erasure

Jews Have No Culture of Their Own

This trope falsely claims that Jews lack originality and cultural identity, asserting that their contributions are merely appropriated from other cultures, a notion rooted in Nazi propaganda.

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✝️Religious Antisemitism

Judas and 30 Pieces of Silver

The trope perpetuates the harmful stereotype of Jews as greedy traitors, linking them to betrayal and financial corruption, often without awareness of its antisemitic roots.

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🎭Classic Stereotypes

Mocking Jewish Teachings and Traditions

This phenomenon involves the ridicule of Jewish customs, often using derogatory references to pigs, to demean and provoke individuals within the Jewish community.

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🕵️Conspiracy

Nation of Islam Conspiracy Theory

The Nation of Islam promotes harmful conspiracy theories that falsely accuse Jews of controlling various societal sectors and perpetuating historical injustices against Black people.

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🎭Classic Stereotypes

Nazi White Supremacy and Dehumanisation

Nazi symbols, such as swastikas, are used to demean and dehumanise Jewish individuals, often through vandalism of property, reinforcing harmful stereotypes and historical trauma.

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🕵️Conspiracy

Overestimating the Power of Israel

This trope falsely claims that Israel and its supporters manipulate global politics, portraying Jews as powerful puppet-masters controlling governments and economies, despite lacking such influence.

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🎭Classic Stereotypes

Physical Stereotypes

Physical stereotypes of Jews perpetuate harmful images that link their appearance to negative traits, influencing societal perceptions and contributing to longstanding discrimination.

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🕵️Conspiracy

Platforming: The Legitimation of Hate Media

How political figures from across the spectrum provide "respectability" to extremist broadcasters, laundering antisemitic narratives into the mainstream.

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🕵️Conspiracy

Protocols of Zion and David Icke

The Protocols of Zion, a fabricated text, fuels enduring antisemitic conspiracy theories, notably embraced by figures like David Icke, who intertwines them with bizarre narratives.

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✝️Religious Antisemitism

Responsibility for the Death of Jesus Christ

The belief that Jews are collectively responsible for Jesus' death has historically fueled discrimination and violence against Jewish communities, influencing antisemitic ideologies across centuries.

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📜Holocaust

Saying We Have Heard Enough About the Holocaust

Dismissing the significance of Holocaust remembrance perpetuates ignorance about its historical impact and undermines the importance of education in combating antisemitism and racism.

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🚫Erasure

Separating Jews into Real and Not Real

This antisemitic trope involves falsely categorising Jews as either 'real' or 'fake' based on their stance towards Israel, undermining the diversity of Jewish identity.

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🌍Jews, Israel & Zionism

Supporting Organisations That Want to Kill Jews

Supporting groups like Hamas and Hezbollah endorses their violent antisemitic ideologies, which advocate for the extermination or displacement of Jewish populations.

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🌍Jews, Israel & Zionism

Taking Extremist Views as Representative

Generalising the extremist views of a few individuals to all Zionists perpetuates harmful stereotypes and fuels antisemitism, undermining the diversity within Jewish identities.

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🎭Classic Stereotypes

The "Nativist Hero" Trap: Adjacency and Scapegoating

The veneration of historical figures whose rhetoric provides a "respectable" face for racial and ethnic scapegoating, and its connection to antisemitism.

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🎭Classic Stereotypes

The Assumption That All Jews Are Rich

The stereotype that all Jews are wealthy perpetuates harmful myths and ignores the diverse socio-economic realities within Jewish communities, leading to unjust accusations of antisemitism.

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🕵️Conspiracy

The Bilderberg/Globalist "Cabal": Hidden Power Conspiracism

The fixation on international organizations as "secret masters," and how this serves as a modernised placeholder for older antisemitic myths.

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🌍Jews, Israel & Zionism

The Israel Lobby

The term "Israel lobby" often exaggerates Jewish influence in politics, perpetuating harmful stereotypes of disproportionate power and conspiracy among Jewish communities.

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🚫Erasure

The Khazar Myth

The Khazar myth falsely claims Ashkenazi Jews originate from a Turkic kingdom, undermining their historical identity and perpetuating harmful stereotypes about Jewish authenticity.

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🎭Classic Stereotypes

The Myth of Jewish Criminality

This trope falsely portrays Jews as inherently criminal, perpetuating harmful stereotypes that have been used historically to justify discrimination and violence against Jewish communities.

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🕵️Conspiracy

The QAnon Conspiracy Theory

QAnon perpetuates antisemitic tropes by framing a fictitious 'deep state' as a powerful cabal, echoing historical accusations against Jewish communities.

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🚫Erasure

The Word Antisemitism Was Stolen

Antisemites distort the term 'antisemitism' to argue it inaccurately encompasses all Semitic peoples, thereby undermining the specific prejudice against Jews.

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📜Holocaust

Trivialising or Mocking the Holocaust

Trivialising the Holocaust involves using its imagery or references in a flippant manner, undermining the gravity of its historical significance and the suffering of its victims.

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🌍Jews, Israel & Zionism

Zionist Used as a Pejorative

The term 'Zionist' is often misused as a derogatory label for Jews, conflating legitimate criticism of Israel with antisemitic sentiments and perpetuating harmful stereotypes.

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