Publications

The events of October 7 intensified the campaign of delegitimization against Israel in the West in general, and in the United States in particular, reflected in increasingly anti-Zionist rhetoric and discourse among Muslim communities and leaders. This article examines prominent Muslim leaders in the United States who, over the past decade, have emerged as influential shapers of public opinion and analyzes how the events of October 7 not only deepened their hostility toward Israel but also reframed their messages within direct...

The Trump administration has made combatting antisemitism a centerpiece of its domestic policy, focusing especially on the climate for Jewish and Israeli students at institutions of higher education. The administration’s policies to pressure university’s to adopt reforms have included severe cuts to research funding, limits on enrollment of international students, and attempts to deport pro-Palestinian activists. Perhaps surprisingly given the scope of the problem of antisemitism, Jewish communal responses to the Trump administration...

Alongside the global spread of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli, and antisemitic narratives, fueled by the “green-red alliance” (formed between Islamists and radical leftists) in the West during the Israel–Hamas conflict, there is growing concern about the influence of the far-right movements, particularly in Europe. These movements see the war in the Gaza Strip as an opportunity to strengthen public support and promote their antisemitic ideology. It is crucial for the State of Israel to recognize the dangers posed by the far-right...

The October 7 massacre in the western Negev and the subsequent war with Hamas have generated a notable surge in antisemitism and hatred of Israel in the United States. This phenomenon is characterized principally by a high level of hostility displayed toward Israel, numerous violent acts targeting Jews, and significant participation by younger people in protests, particularly Millennials and Generation Zers, many of whom refuse to see Israel as a victim of aggression and, rather, justify the actions of Hamas. These phenomena are...

Since October 7 and the launch of the Swords of Iron war, and against the backdrop of increased public unrest and a wave of protests branded as “pro-Palestinian,” there has been a sharp uptick in the number of antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents in the West. These demonstrations are greater in scale and intensity than ever before, though the identity of the organizers of most of them comes as no surprise. As has been the case for the past two decades, the organizers are activists in civil society organizations. Many have a patently...

Yehudit Barsky, a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, and Ehud Rosen, a team member of the INSS’s project on Contemporary Antisemitism in the United States, analyze the evolvement of Islamist antisemitism in the US. They emphasize the “rebranding” and mainstreaming of Islamist groups by utilizing the wide interest in human and minority rights in the US, taking advantage of growing societal divisions and the advance of “intersectionality” and the ongoing activity of far-left activist...

Eunice G. Pollack, a professor of history and Jewish studies (ret.), University of North Texas, analyzes how racialized forms of antisemitism and anti-Zionism took shape, spread, and intensified among Blacks in the US from the era of Malcolm X through the current Black Lives Matter movement. 

Dr. Michal Hatuel-Radoshitzky, formerly a research fellow at the INSS and a member of the research team dealing with contemporary antisemitism in the United States, describes the development of the Israeli establishment’s response to antisemitic incidents in general and in the United States specifically. She analyzes the main activities of official state and national bodies and suggests alternatives for improving the response to the growing threat of antisemitism.

Dr. Scott Lasensky, a former senior policy advisor on Israel, the Middle East, and Jewish affairs in the Obama administration, examines the national political context in the US of the fight against antisemitism. Lasensky explains the evolving role of national authorities, assesses the responses of the early Biden administration, and offers recommendations designed to strengthen the role of the executive branch and Congress in combatting domestic antisemitism.

Adi Kantor, a research associate on Contemporary Antisemitism in the United States at the INSS, reviews the development of the concept of antisemitism in scholarly discourse and the treatment of the theoretical and ideological sources on which antisemitism is based. She describes the ways that the concept of antisemitism has changed and the main issues that have accompanied and shaped the scholarly discourse about it in the contemporary era. This article aims to provide a theoretical and conceptual basis and infrastructure tools for...

Prof. Dina Porat, the founder and former head of the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry; Dr. Giovanni Quer, the project manager at the Kantor Center; and Adv. Talia Naamat analyze the status of the working definition of antisemitism five years after its adoption by the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance), and offer a close examination of the main criticism and responses to it.

Prof. Alvin Rosenfeld, who holds the Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies at Indiana University and is the director of the university’s Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, shares his insights on contemporary antisemitism in the United States and its alarming rise, based on his yearslong research and expertise in the field.