This is the Forward’s coverage of conspiracy theories relating to Jews, many of which are antisemitic.
Conspiracy Theories
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	  Fast Forward Alex Jones: Hijabs Are Feminist Like Gas Chambers Are JewishOn Monday, conspiracy theorist and InfoWars host Alex Jones balked at the suggestion that the wearing the Muslim hijab could be a feminist act. For Jones, this “is like saying putting Jews in gas chambers is the new sign of Judaism or something — or worshiping Hitler is pro-Israel.” The liberal watchdog group Right Wing… 
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	  Fast Forward Geraldo Rivera Beats The Drum For Seth Rich Conspiracy TheoryGeraldo Rivera has embraced conspiracy theories about the death of Seth Rich, becoming the second Fox News personality after Sean Hannity to push fake news about the ex-Democratic National Committee staffer’s death. 1) #SethRich shot in back(2)worked for #DNC which, (3)screwed @BernieSanders 4)#WIKILEAKS screwed DNC(5)Did #sethrich leak?(6)is it related? — Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) May 22,… 
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	  News Were Seth Rich Conspiracy Theories Boosted To Hide Trump’s Ever-Growing Problems?The murder of a 27-year-old Jewish Democratic staffer is now being used to distract attention from criticism of President Trump. Massive coverage in conservative media outlets and websites, and a organized campaign to promote the news on social media, have taken a widely debunked story from the realm of obscure conspiracy into front-page news headlines,… 
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	  Fast Forward Kushner: Trump Doesn’t Believe the Conspiracy Theories He SpreadsPresident-elect Donald Trump repeated conspiracy theories pulled from Breitbart News and Alex Jones’ InfoWars throughout his campaign for the White House. But son-in-law — and soon-to-be “special adviser” to the president — Jared Kushner told his friends not to worry about it. “People say Trump a friend, according to a profile on Kushner in New… 
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	  News 9/11 Anniversary Sparks New Wave of Anti-Semitic Conspiracy TheoriesBrooklyn Commons is a neighborhood gathering space. It says its purpose is “movement building,” but the organization dedicated to fostering connection found itself attacked by its own allies days before the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Groups affiliated with the Commons, including Jewish organizations, wanted the space to cancel a scheduled talk by Christopher… 
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	  News Progressive Brooklyn Space Won’t Dump ‘Anti-Semitic 9/11 Conspiracy Nut’A progressive gathering space in Brooklyn is sticking by its decision, despite widespread condemnation, to host a talk by a conspiracy theorist who has blamed Israel and Jews for the 9-11 attacks on their 15th anniversary. Melissa Ennen, founder of Brooklyn Commons, a self-described “movement building space” serving the “progressive community” in Boreum Hill, wrote… 
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	  News Seth Rich’s Family and Friends Beg — Stop with the Conspiracy TheoriesThe conservative conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton had Democratic staffer Seth Rich murdered have escalated to the point that his family and friends have taken to the press to put it to an end. Rich’s family, who spoke with Business Insider Wednesday through their spokesman Brad Bauman, called the theories that Seth was murdered by… 
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	  Books ‘How I Stopped’ Reading Shlomo Sand’s Crackpot MemoirsHow I Stopped Being a Jew By Shlomo Sand Verso, 112 pages, $16.95 ‘How I Stopped Being a Jew” is the strangest book that I have ever reviewed. I used to grant that distinction to the memoir by the psychic who claimed that aliens healed her anal cyst. But this one is even stranger. At… 
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	  News An Israeli restaurant chain said it closed due to boycotts. Protesters are celebrating.
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	  Opinion Jews are worried about Zohran Mamdani. Here’s why they shouldn’t be
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	  Opinion Can an idyllic dream of Israel ever be reality? She says: ‘Coexistence, My Ass’
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	  Fast Forward Hundreds of thousands of haredi Jews protest in Jerusalem against Israeli military draft
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	  Fast Forward Conservative students grill Vance on support for Israel at Turning Point USA event
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	  Yiddish אַ קאָנפֿערענץ וועגן ייִוואָ קומט פֿאָר אין איר געבוירן־שטאָט — ווילנעA conference about YIVO takes place in its birthplace — Vilniusאיין פֿאָרשער האָט גערעדט וועגן דעם וואָס נישט בלויז די פֿרומע און אָרעמע ייִדן האָבן גערעדט ייִדיש, נאָר די רײַכע און געבילדעטע אויך. 
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