Matthias J. Becker
ARTICLES BY: Matthias J. Becker
What the FBI’s Crime Statistics Cannot Measure About Hate Crimes and Antisemitism
Last Friday night, during Shabbat services at Central Synagogue in Manhattan, a man walked toward the front of the sanctuary, shouted antisemitic slurs, struck a...
When an Influencer Visited Israel, His Own Fans Declared Him a Jew
On July 10, Braden Peters -- known to a Gen-Z audience of many millions as "Clavicular," the most prominent face of the "looksmaxxing" subculture --...
‘Monsters’ and ‘Dark Money’: How Mamdani’s AIPAC Speech Activated Antisemitic Discourse
When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stood at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre on June 18 and called AIPAC one of the "monsters" New Yorkers face...
Antisemitism Exploding on the Far-Right: The Conspiracy Theory Doesn’t Need an Event Anymore
In April 2026, Dan Bilzerian -- a social media personality with 29.6 million Instagram followers -- filed to run for the US Congress against incumbent...
The Conspiracy Architecture Doesn’t Need Jews: It Just Prefers Them
Within hours of the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD), a comment on The Young Turks' social media pages offered one theory of...
Social Media Algorithms and Design Spread Antisemitism — Not Foreign Actors
Recently, as Jewish Insider reported, bipartisan lawmakers in Congress hailed what they saw as a major advance in fighting online antisemitism -- X's new location feature. The...
More Attacks Like the Embassy Murders and CO Firebombing Are Coming Unless We Change Our Anti-Terror Strategy
On May 21, 2025, Elias Rodriguez approached two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., and murdered them in cold blood....
