anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

An antisemitic meme espousing conspiracy theories that was posted in a far-right Telegram chat on March 4, 2022. (Screenshot)

March 5, 2022, 12:36 am

White supremacists condemn Ukraine conflict as a ‘brother war’; some blame Jews

Far-right extremists decry killing of white people in war, don’t pick a side overall; but the theme of supposed Jewish puppet masters is a recurring one

By Luke Tress

Salt Lake City’s Congregation Kol Ami. (Screenshot from Google Maps via JTA)

January 11, 2022, 9:51 pm

Tech firm pledges 6-figure sum to Utah synagogue after founder’s antisemitic screed

After David Bateman blamed COVID on Jews, Entrata executives meet with rabbi of Salt Lake City’s Congregation Kol Ami, donate to fix up house of worship, repair damaged Torahs

By Shira Hanau

Dave Bateman, CEO of Entrata, speaks during StartFEST at the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. Bateman, a Utah tech company founder and onetime prominent figure in state Republican politics, is facing calls to step down after he sent an email screed to a several fellow executives outlining an antisemitic vaccination conspiracy theory. (Stacie Scott/The Deseret News via AP)

January 5, 2022, 5:50 am

US tech founder out after screed blaming COVID on Jews wanting to exterminate people

David Bateman, founder and board chair of Utah-based company Entrata and onetime prominent figure in state Republican politics, resigns after email diatribe

By AP

Protestors light flares during a demonstration against measures to battle the coronavirus pandemic in Vienna, Austria, on Dec. 11, 2021. New research indicates that far-right extremists and white supremacists are gaining new followers and influence by co-opting conspiracy theories about COVID-19. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter, File)

December 17, 2021, 6:01 pm

Far-right using antisemitic COVID-19 theories to grow reach, study shows

‘The Jews own COVID just like all of Hollywood,’ says one online poster on Telegram; campaign also frequently contains hate speech directed at Asians and women

By David Klepper and Lori Hinnant

Washington, DC, Councilman Trayon White Sr. (Screen capture: YouTube)

October 14, 2021, 8:14 am

DC councilmember who said Rothschilds control the weather to run for mayor

Trayon White, who has also donated to Nation of Islam, confirms he intends to campaign after quietly making announcement in an Instagram post

By Andrew Lapin

Spike Lee at the 57th New York Film Festival, October 4, 2019. (Roy Rochlin/WireImage via JTA/ File)

August 26, 2021, 7:13 pm

Spike Lee to re-edit documentary featuring antisemitic 9/11 conspiracy theorist

US director asks critics to ‘hold their judgment’ until final version of ‘New York Epicenters: 9/11-2021½’ is released

By Andrew Lapin

Demonstrators participate in a vehicle caravan with a sign reading 'Trust in God not vaccines' outside City Hall, on April 22, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)

July 18, 2021, 12:50 pm

12 accounts behind most online vaccine misinformation, COVID conspiracy theories

Report finds ‘disinformation dozen’ responsible for 65% of anti-vaccine content on social media, reaching more than 59 million followers on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter

By TOI staff and AP

Tucker Carlson takes aim at the Anti-Defamation League in a monologue on Fox News, April 12, 2021. (Screenshot/ via JTA)

April 17, 2021, 5:06 am

Why Tucker Carlson, white supremacists have eyes on Israeli immigration policy

Israel’s Jewish majority is at the center of a US controversy as the talk show host accuses the ADL watchdog group of holding a double standard. Does the claim have any merit?

By Ben Sales

FILE - In this June 19, 1938 file picture, the word Jude (Jew) is smeared on the windows of a shop in Berlin run by Jews. (AP Photo)

April 8, 2021, 8:53 am

Holocaust survivors use social media to show how words ‘stoke the fires of hate’

Campaign starting on Holocaust Remembrance Day comes after study found COVID lockdowns shifted anti-Semitic hate online, where conspiracists blamed Jews for pandemic’s devastation

By David Rising

Alison Chabloz. (Screen capture: YouTube)

From the WebApril 1, 2021, 10:22 am

Holocaust denier jailed in UK for barrage of online anti-Semitic abuse

Far-right activist Alison Chabloz accused Jews of turning their children into ‘psychopathic maniacs’ and running ‘anything that’s worth controlling,’ the UK’s Jewish News reports

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, center, and Lauren Boebert, left, are seen during a group photo with freshmen members of the House Republican Conference in Washington, DC, January 4, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/ via JTA/ SUE)

February 13, 2021, 3:52 am

How Jewish constituents describe their new congresswomen who’ve supported QAnon

Freshmen Republicans Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene have lent credibility to anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, but Jews in their rural constituencies are on the fence

By Ben Sales

US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, leaves her office on Capitol Hill on February 3, 2021 in Washington, DC (ALEX EDELMAN / AFP)

February 5, 2021, 12:23 pm

She said what? A look at US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s incendiary words

The freshman congresswoman has been in hot water over racist remarks, embrace of conspiracy theories and past endorsement of violence against leading Democrats

By BRIAN SLODYSKO

President John F. Kennedy is seen riding in motorcade approximately one minute before he was shot in Dallas, Tx., on Nov. 22, 1963. In the car riding with Kennedy are Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, right, Nellie Connally, left, and her husband, Gov. John Connally of Texas. (AP Photo/Jim Altgens)

February 5, 2021, 5:05 am

Marjorie Taylor Greene liked a tweet implicating Mossad in JFK assassination

Approval of post from November 2018 is one of several instances of her support for anti-Semitic, racist conspiracy theories

By Ron Kampeas

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., walks back to her office after speaking on the floor of the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

February 5, 2021, 3:48 am

Taylor Greene kicked off US House committees for hateful conspiracy theories

11 Republicans support move as Georgia representative backtracks from support of QAnon and 9/11 trutherism, but fails to apologize for anti-Semitic, racist and violent comments

By Alan Fram and BRIAN SLODYSKO

In this Sunday, January 3, 2021, file photo, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wears a 'Trump Won' face mask as she arrives on the floor of the House to take her oath of office on opening day of the 117th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington. (Erin Scott/Pool Photo via AP)

February 3, 2021, 6:04 am

Democrats seek to censure, expel QAnon-backing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

One resolution would formally rebuke Trump-backing congresswoman, another would remove her from all committee assignments and third would boot her from House entirely

By Jacob Magid