Research · Methodology
Our antisemitism taxonomy, adapted from the Decoding Antisemitism framework, organizes hateful content into six categories and 43 specific subcategories. Anywhere a category appears in the dashboard, hover its name to see this definition. Examples below are abstract paraphrases — they describe the form of each subcategory without reproducing hateful content.
Example · Depicting Jewish people as alien outsiders, inherently dishonest, or less than human.
The Other/Foreign
Jews constructed as fundamentally alien to any national or cultural in-group
Evil & Moral Corruption
Jews depicted as constitutively evil, morally corrupt, or sexually deviant — moral deficiency as innate group character
Blood Libel & Child Murder
Fabricated accusation of Jewish ritual killing of children
Repulsiveness & Dehumanization
Jews depicted as disgusting, vermin-like, or sub-human
Religious Antisemitism
Antisemitism grounded in Christian theological tradition — demonic framing, deicide accusations, supersessionism and replacement theology, and conversion demands
Lie and Deceit
Jews collectively attributed with systematic dishonesty or deception
Vengefulness
Jews depicted as driven by revenge and vindictiveness
Disloyalty/Jewish Loyalty
Accusation that Jewish national loyalty is inherently suspect or divided
Blame for Antisemitism
Jews held collectively responsible for antisemitism directed at them
Example · Claiming a hidden Jewish elite secretly controls banks, media, or world events.
Greed, Exploitation, & Identification with Capitalism
Jews stereotyped as greedy, exploitative, and as the embodiment of capitalism
Power
Jews alleged to exercise disproportionate hidden power over society and institutions
Conspiracy Theories
Jews accused of orchestrating secret coordinated plans to control world events
Disintegration
Jews accused of deliberately fragmenting national culture or social cohesion
Self-Victimization
Reversal of victim and offender roles — perpetrators of antisemitism framed as faultless victims of Jews, Israelis, or the fight against antisemitism
Example · Claiming the Holocaust is exaggerated, or that Jews exploit its memory for political gain.
Rejection of Guilt
Refusal to acknowledge German or European guilt for the Holocaust
Demands for a Clean Break with the Nazi Past
Calls to end historical accountability and public memory of the Holocaust
Holocaust Distortion & Denial
Misrepresentation, minimization, or outright denial of the Holocaust
Relativization & Denial of Antisemitism
Minimization or denial that a statement or act constitutes antisemitism
Instrumentalization of Antisemitism & the Holocaust
Exploiting Holocaust memory or antisemitism charges for unrelated political purposes
Nazi-Jewish Collaboration
False claim that Jews collaborated with the Nazis in perpetrating the Holocaust
Admonishers
Demands that Jews moderate how they speak about antisemitism or Israel
Taboo of Criticism
Claim that Jews weaponize antisemitism charges to silence legitimate criticism
Jews Have Not Learned from the Past
Accusation that Jews now repeat the behavior of their own historical oppressors
Example · Holding every Jewish person responsible for Israel's actions, or openly praising Nazism.
Holding Jews Collectively Responsible for Israel's Actions
Holding all Jews globally responsible for Israeli state actions
Jewish Privilege & the "Free Pass"
Claim that Jewish victimhood confers unearned social or political advantage
Affirmation of Antisemitism
Explicit endorsement, glorification, or positive evaluation of antisemitic content — Nazi, Hitler, and Holocaust affirmation as the paradigm case
Example · Comparing Israelis to Nazis, or denying Israel any right to exist — beyond ordinary policy criticism.
Nazi Analogy/Fascism Analogies
Comparing Israel, Israelis, or Zionism to Nazis or fascist movements
Apartheid Analogy/Racist State
Framing Israel as inherently apartheid or constitutively racist by nature
Colonialism Analogies
Framing Zionism as European settler-colonialism with no legitimate historical basis
Terrorist State
Characterizing Israel as a terrorist organization or state sponsor of terrorism
Genocide
Accusing Israel of committing genocide
Double Standards
Applying scrutiny to Israel disproportionate to that applied to other states
Denial of Israel's Right to Exist
Rejecting the legitimacy of Israel's existence as a state
Calls for Boycott of Israel and Support for BDS
Using BDS as a vehicle for delegitimizing Israel's existence, not policy criticism
Israel's Sole Guilt in the Conflict
Attributing total responsibility for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to Israel alone
Example · Insults, curses, explicit threats, or calls for violence directed at Jewish people.
Insults
Derogatory remarks targeting Jews on the basis of ethnicity or religion
Threats
Explicit or implicit threats of harm directed at Jews
Curses
Wishes for misfortune or harm directed at Jews
Death Wishes
Explicit wishes for the death of Jews or the Jewish people
Affirmation & Celebration of Violence
Affirming past violence against Jews or expressing desire for future violence, without directing anyone to act
Incitement to Violence
Directive speech acts urging, instructing, or mobilizing others to commit violence against Jews or Israelis
Schadenfreude at Harm
Satisfaction at Jewish suffering not tied to specific violent acts — disaster, illness, poverty, or systemic harm
Deportation/Exclusion Commands
Directive speech acts demanding the removal or exclusion of Jews — verbal commands performed as aggression