anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

Mel Gibson, right, directs Jim Caviezel on the set of Gibson's movie 'The Passion of The Christ' in 2003 (AP/Icon Productions, File)

May 15, 2019, 11:17 am

Mel Gibson rep: ‘Rothchild’ movie unrelated to Jews

Actor known for a drunken anti-Semitic rant will star in film with name targeted by anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

By JTA and TOI staff

Actor Mel Gibson poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Daddys Home 2', in London, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

May 14, 2019, 12:34 am

Mel Gibson to play a super-rich ‘Rothchild’ in upcoming comedy

Actor notorious for anti-Jewish rant will be joined by Shia LaBeouf in film that apparently parodies Jewish banking family often at center of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

By Gabe Friedman

Ahmed Bhamji, the chairman of Masjid E Umar mosque in Auckland, New Zealand, speaks during a rally on March 23, 2019. (Screenshot: Facebook)

March 29, 2019, 10:23 pm

New Zealand Muslim leader dismisses colleague’s claims Mossad ordered killings

Head of mosque alleged Israeli intelligence, Zionist businesses behind massacre in Christchurch that killed 50

By henry Benjamin and TOI staff

Clockwise from lower left:'No. 44 Le baron James,' France, 1900 (Courtesy USHMM); Rembrandt, 'Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver,' 1629, (Courtesy National Gallery London); '11th Commandment: Get all you can, keep what you get, give away nothing,' England, 1830 (Courtesy Jewish Museum London)

March 22, 2019, 10:26 pm

This shocking exhibit reexamines age-old anti-Semitic trope of Jews and Money

Opened March 19, the show at London’s Jewish Museum doesn’t shy away from revealing to the public the extent of vicious anti-Semitic portrayals, past and present

By Jenni Frazer

Australia's Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Dvir Abramovich. (Courtesy)

March 3, 2019, 4:33 pm

Australian Jewish leader gets ‘chilling barrage’ of online anti-Semitic abuse

Anti-Defamation Commission head says he has contacted police over torrent of hateful messages following campaign to bar British conspiracy theorist David Icke

By Michael Bachner

David Icke (Tyler Merbler / Flickr/ Wikipedia)

February 20, 2019, 11:20 am

Slammed as ‘Holocaust denier,’ David Icke barred from Australia

Opposition MP says British conspiracy theorist, who has written about reptilians and ‘Rothschilds’ controlling the world, prevented from ‘spouting his vitriol’

By AFP and TOI staff

Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois mayor Frederic Petitta, left, listens to a speech by French writer Emilie Freche, on February 13, 2019 in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, at a ceremony honoring Ilan Halimi, two days after two trees planted in memory of the 23-year-old Jewish man abducted and killed over a decade ago by an anti-Semitic gang were found vandalized. (Bertrand Guay/AFP)

February 13, 2019, 10:13 pm

France’s ‘vile passions’ resurface in anti-Jewish graffiti

As poll finds nearly half of ‘yellow vest’ protesters believe in worldwide ‘Zionist plot’ and amid spate of anti-Jewish acts, one local says ‘French society is in trouble’

By Anne CHAON

Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota speaks at a press conference calling on Congress to cut funding for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to defund border detention facilities, outside the US Capitol in Washington, on February 7, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

February 12, 2019, 7:42 am

Twitter dustup, apology not firsts for Representative Ilhan Omar

Minnesota Democrat’s tweeted accusation that AIPAC paid US lawmakers to support Israel drew condemnations from across the political spectrum

By Amy Forliti

Amelia Womack, Deputy Leader of the UK's Green Party, seen in a campaign video from august 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)

January 26, 2019, 1:52 am

Deputy leader of UK Green Party apologizes for tweeting anti-Semitic image

Amelia Womack says she initially thought cartoon of Grim Reaper in US flag carrying Star of David scythe was criticizing American imperialism

By TOI staff

January 20, 2019, 10:42 pm

Twitter CEO consulted figure who frets about ‘Jewish supremacy’

Jack Dorsey says he rejects most statements by far-right conspiracy theorist Ali Akbar, but thinks he makes ‘interesting points’

By Ron Kampeas

Alice Walker at the “The Color Purple” Broadway opening night at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York City, December 10, 2015. (Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images/via JTA)

December 18, 2018, 8:13 pm

Alice Walker endorses bizarre anti-Semitic tract in NY Times interview

Famed African American author enthuses about book by David Icke that purports to detail Jewish-backed global conspiracy by lizard men to control the world

By JTA

George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, attends the annual meeting of the European Council On Foreign Relations, in Paris, France, May 29, 2018. (Francois Mori/AP)

December 2, 2018, 9:49 pm

US-funded network apologizes for report targeting ‘multimillionaire Jew’ Soros

Spanish-language network Radio Television Marti, which broadcasts to Cuba, described businessman as ‘the architect of the financial collapse of 2008’

By JTA

Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre is shown during a halftime ceremony of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, October 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke, File)

December 2, 2018, 8:05 pm

Brett Favre, others duped into recording anti-Semitic messages

Quarterback, actor Andy Dick, and rapper Soulja Boy say white supremacists tricked them into endorsing anti-Jewish conspiracy theories using new app

By JTA

George Soros speaks during a forum at the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington on Sept. 24, 2011. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

November 3, 2018, 5:12 pm

How George Soros became the target of both anti-Semites and right-wing Jews

The Hungarian-American business-magnate is famously a funder of liberal causes; he’s also become a Jewish bogeyman in the same toxic way the Rothschilds were

By Eric Cortellessa

A screenshot of an October 24, 2018 headline from USA Really, a website that is reportedly run by the Russian government.

October 29, 2018, 1:18 am

Pittsburgh killer spouted conspiracy theory promoted by Kremlin propaganda site

Claims that George Soros — or Jews in general — were behind the ‘migrant caravan’ were promoted online days before deadly synagogue shooting

By TOI staff