Antisemitism Monitor | Week of November 20, 2023
Violence at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Nazi chants on the Paris metro. Gunfire aimed at a Jewish school in Canada. Read more in this week’s Antisemitism Monitor Newsletter.
Antisemitism Monitor | Week of March 27, 2023
New coins honor a man who murdered dozens of Jews in Poland. 12 annual marches in 10 European countries glorify Nazism. Nazi salutes at a football game against a Jewish school in Turkey. Read more in this week’s Antisemitism Monitor Newsletter.
Misinformation About the War Abounds Online. Here’s What to Look For.
The presence of misinformation obfuscates the real and horrific images coming from Israel and Gaza on a near-daily basis since Saturday.
From the Newsletter | Is Elon Musk Really Going to Sue the ADL?
By now it shouldn’t surprise anyone when Elon Musk makes an attention-grabbing announcement on social media.
His posts on X (formerly Twitter) are a cascade of...
From the Newsletter | How We’re Responding to Changes at Twitter
On October 27, Elon Musk became the new CEO of Twitter. It does not seem to be going well.
What You Need to Know About Kanye West’s Recent Comments About Jewish People
This article has been updated to reflect ongoing developments.
Ye, formerly Kanye West, has placed himself amid yet another cycle of conspiracy theories — this time...
Twitter Explained | Can We Compare Daunte Wright with Ashli Babbitt?
I first noticed the name Ashli Babbitt trending on Twitter late last Tuesday afternoon. It took me a moment to remember why it sounded familiar....
Twitter Explained | A Day in the Life of ‘Half of Republicans’
On the morning of April 5, Reuters/Ipsos released a poll that found that half of Republicans believe that the January 6, 2021 attack and invasion...
Twitter Explained | Can You Be Anti-Miller Without Being Anti-Semitic?
On Tuesday, October 6, senior White House aide Stephen Miller confirmed his positive COVID status. Miller is one of a dozen staffers close to President Trump to have tested positive, but he’s the only one to have generated a lively Twitter conversation on the dos and don’ts of anti-Semitic tropes.
Twitter Explained | Trump Pardons Susan B. Anthony and Not Joe Exotic
On Tuesday, August 18, President Donald Trump pardoned suffragette Susan B. Anthony—she died in 1906. In 1897, Anthony was arrested for voting before the 19th...
Twitter Explained | Who is Over and Where’s the Party?
Anyone who’s spent anytime on Twitter has probably seen some form of #IsOverParty trending. In its most common usage, IsOverParty is written after the name of someone or something that is “canceled.” Generally, if #IsOverParty is trending, clicking on it will pull up tweets that explain what the person has done to deserve such a party. Recently, however, many on Twitter have used the hashtag to ask why #IsOverParty is trending in the first place, flooding Twitter with tweets of confusion, making it difficult to find the reasons behind the tweets.
Twitter Explained | To Meme or Not to Meme? Analyzing Reactions to the Washington Football Team
To better understand how something becomes the subject of viral memes, simply analyze the recent Twitter reaction to the new Washington football team name, The Washington Football Team.