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Culture Conspiracy theories about the Rothschilds are still going strong on Twitter
After David Rothschild —no relation to the banking family — clapped back at an Elon Musk tweet, things quickly devolved into antisemitic conspiracies.
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News ‘They don’t care’: Why it’s so hard to take antisemitic websites off the internet
The site the Buffalo gunman credited with teaching him about white supremacy is resistant to regulation, as are similar ‘alt-tech’ platforms
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News What Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter could mean for Jewish users — and antisemitism — on the platform
Some are wary that his emphasis on unfettered free speech could allow antisemitism to proliferate unchecked.
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News Mistaken for a right-wing media star, she met a cyberbullying mob
The ‘other’ Chaya Raichik had never heard of Libs of TikTok before this week. She wants to be left alone.
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Culture On TikTok, she offers a spicy daily take on Talmud
A non-Orthodox woman with bleach-blonde hair, Anzovin might not look like what most people conjure when asked to think of someone who studies Talmud
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Culture How one far-right platform has weaponized antisemitism and Christian extremism to foment insurrection
In the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Twitter deplatformed Trump for inciting violence and cracked down on other users. Amazon kicked conservative social media site Parler off of its servers for failing to police extremist conversation. And in the wake of the insurrection, membership of Gab, which has long been a home for far-right…
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Culture How an antisemitic attack gave rise to a pro-IDF social media movement
After two Brooklyn 21-year-olds wearing sweatshirts emblazoned with the logo for the Israel Defense Forces were allegedly attacked by two men who called them “dirty Jews,” a social media movement is striking back. The #IDFshirtchallenge asks users to post pictures of themselves proudly sporting their IDF apparel on both Twitter and Instagram, and figures such…
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News Meet Jake Cohen, the Jew-ish chef with 1 million TikTok followers
This is one of seven profiles of American Jews who fascinated us in 2021. Click here to see all seven and read an explanation of our Forward Shortlist. Editor’s note: On Jan. 5, about two weeks after this column was published, The Washington Post reported that Jake Cohen has been named in a lawsuit alleging…
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