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Fortnite tops ADL’s new ‘leaderboard’ ranking video games on antisemitism safeguards

March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Sara Wood

The online video game Fortnite tops the Anti-Defamation League’s “leaderboard” ranking online video game companies on their efforts to curb antisemitism and extremism on their platforms. The Online Gaming Leaderboard, which the antisemitism watchdog billed as the “first comprehensive public evaluation” of how online multiplayer games address antisemitism, ranked 10 popular online games based on […]

In Broadway’s ‘Giant,’ Roald Dahl is a warped messenger for a vital debate about Israel

March 23, 2026March 23, 2026Jesse Orine

Roald Dahl is a terrible messenger for a serious conversation about Jews and Israel. Which is part of what makes “Giant,” the new Broadway play about the beloved children’s author’s 1983 antisemitic outbursts, so unsettling. The play asks urgent, complicated questions about Israel, Jewish solidarity and Diaspora responsibility — but it puts them in the […]

A new war revives some old tropes about Jewish and Israeli influence

March 4, 2026March 4, 2026Sara Wood

As the U.S. and Israel engage in a joint assault on Iran, accusations that Israel or Jewish influence drove America to war are resurfacing, reviving the uncomfortable narratives, conspiratorial rhetoric and fears of an antisemitic backlash that shadowed the Iraq conflict of the early 2000s. On Sunday, the Anti-Defamation League warned on X that “antisemitic […]

Why was Tucker Carlson pushing for DNA testing for Jews? What to know about the ‘Khazar’ theory that antisemites can’t shake.

February 26, 2026David Leibermann

During Tucker Carlson’s interview last week with Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, both men made considerable waves with their takes on history and theology. Huckabee sparked a diplomatic row by citing the Bible to argue that Israel had a divine right to claim all of the Middle East — even though he didn’t […]

In 92NY talk, Bret Stephens urges ‘dismantling’ ADL and investing more in Jewish identity

February 2, 2026February 3, 2026Sara Wood

In a speech that described antisemites as an “axis of the perfidious, the despotic, the hypocritical, the cynical, the deranged and the incurably stupid,” Bret Stephens asserted that supporters of the Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish defense groups should largely abandon their current strategy for combating antisemitism and instead redirect their resources toward strengthening Jewish […]

Fundraiser for ICE agent who killed Renee Good includes antisemitic attack on Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026Sara Wood

Supporters of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed Renee Good, a U.S. citizen, in Minneapolis last week are flocking to an online fundraiser to, in its organizer’s words, “Defend the Agent Who Stopped a Deadly Attack on America’s Border Enforcers!” Included in the fundraiser’s pitch: antisemitic language directed at the city’s […]

He researches antisemitism for a living. Why does the State Department want to kick him out of the country?

January 6, 2026January 7, 2026Sara Wood

For years, Imran Ahmed has presented his research on how tech platforms enable the spread of antisemitism to receptive audiences across the ideological spectrum. He’s worked with the Anti-Defamation League and Jewish Federations of North America; the latter credits Ahmed with the backbone of much of its own policy proposals. He’s appeared at a conference […]

Jewish groups defend European media monitors banned for what State Dept. calls ‘censorship’

December 24, 2025December 24, 2025Sara Wood

Two major Jewish groups defended a digital hate-speech researcher who has been barred by the Trump administration from entering the country. Representatives for Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs responded after the U.S. State Department restricted the visas of five European digital speech activists. The banned activists include two […]

StopAntisemitism’s ‘Antisemite of the Year’ finalists include Tucker Carlson and Ms. Rachel, but not Nick Fuentes

December 1, 2025December 1, 2025Sara Wood

Nick Fuentes says he feels snubbed by the controversial activist group StopAntisemitism, which neglected to include him among its finalists for “Antisemite of the Year.” The group’s finalists, announced Sunday, include conservative pundit Tucker Carlson, whose friendly interview with Fuentes has splintered the conservative movement. Other “nominees” include pro-Palestinian celebrities Ms. Rachel, Cynthia Nixon and […]

Project Esther has shaped Trump’s antisemitism strategy. The Shofar Report is a liberal Jewish response.

October 17, 2025October 18, 2025Sara Wood

A group of Jewish leaders are fed up with right-wing efforts to combat antisemitism. So they created their own strategy. The Shofar Report, released this week by the liberal-leaning Jewish group Nexus Project, is a new guide to fighting antisemitism that its authors say is intended to curb the strategies of the Trump administration. The […]