It shouldn’t take bin Laden to wake you up to rampant antisemitism on TikTok
Conspiracy theories, misinformation and extremism have been rampant on the app for years
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Culture Why has Osama bin Laden’s antisemitic ‘Letter to America’ gone viral on TikTok?
TikTokers are posting about the 'mind-opening letter' that justifies terrorism through US support for Israel
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Fast Forward Debra Messing, Amy Schumer, Isaac Mizrahi say TikTok ‘not safe for Jewish users’
The letter claims antisemitic harassment on the app has led to offline violence
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Culture Jewish men (and women) think about the Roman Empire all the time. We can’t avoid it.
A rabbi responds to a new TikTok meme, noting how Jewish tradition was shaped by its encounter with the Romans
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Opinion Pretending to be a gay Haredi man on TikTok does not help queer Orthodox Jews
Changing hearts and minds requires honest portrayals of Orthodox LGBTQ+ realities
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Sports How a Jewish TikToker who hasn’t played organized basketball in years made it to the NBA draft
Jordan Haber — who will mostly certainly not get picked by any team — found a loophole
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Fast Forward He racked up millions of likes for being a proud gay Haredi. Then he was outed as a fake.
‘I'm extremely upset that he is falsely portraying an experience without the nuance of living it,’ one person commented
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Fast Forward TikTok star Montana Tucker follows Holocaust series by emceeing embassy event for Israel’s 75th anniversary
The influencer has made Jewish issues part of her brand, participating in the White House’s inaugural Jewish Women’s Forum in March
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