Antisemitic stereotypes

**Antisemitic stereotypes**, also known as antisemitic tropes, refer to antisemitic stereotypes about Jews.

#### October 7 denial or trivialization
The most recent example is the denial or trivialization of the Hamas-led October 7 massacre within Israel in 2023, whose victims were overwhelmingly Jewish, including several Holocaust survivors.

## Stereotypes
Below are examples of common antisemitic stereotypes

### Ancient
# Jews killed Jesus
# Jews betrayed their prophets

### Middle Ages
# Jews take blood from Christian babies for rituals (**blood libel**)
# Jews worship Satan
# Jews ran the Atlantic slave trade
#Jews are coin clippers

### Modern
# Jews control mass media
# Jews control banks
# Jews control governments around the world
# Jews create wars and revolutions around the world

### Contemporary
# Jews are rootless cosmopolitans
# Jews are fake European converts to Judaism descended from the Khazars
# Jews created the AIDS and COVID-19
# Jews were kicked from 109 countries
# Jews did 9/11
# Jews are penny-pinchers
#Jews have big noses

## Contradictory accusations
In her 2003 book *The Holocaust and Antisemitism: A Short History*, Jocelyn Hellig wrote:

Argentinian-Israeli educator Gustavo Perednik (b. 1956) wrote in his book *Judeophobia*:

Polish anthropologist Joanna Tokarska-Bakir also commented on the issue:

## From anti-Judaism to antisemitism
Since ancient times, antisemites have promoted false claims about Judaism by quoting passages from the Talmud and *Midrash* out of context, judging them by modern moral standards and ignoring the fact that they were written two thousand years ago by those in different cultures.

#### Justin Martyr
Church Father Justin Martyr (100–165) claimed that God's covenant (also known as the Old Covenant or Mosaic Covenant) with the Jews was no longer valid and that Christians had replaced them because the Jews "[had] slain the Just One [Jesus]", 

As there were only two other ordained individuals in Antioch legally recognized as Christian preachers, Chrysostom managed to promote his ideas to most local Christians.

#### Nazi Germany
In Nazi Germany (1933‒45), "criticism" of Judaism was a major theme in state propaganda. Top Nazi racial theorist Alfred Rosenberg justified intellectual attacks on Judaism:

Rosenberg and other Nazis saw the Jewish emphasis on following the commandments for small details in life as a sign of "lack of moral understanding", while accusing Jews of "double moral standards" in dealing with gentiles. Some Nazis were experts on Judaism themselves, who were able to attack Judaism in a way more convincing to the public.

### Public views
#### Anti-Defamation League
Regarding the matter, American civil rights group Anti-Defamation League (ADL) noted:

#### Rabbi Rowe
Rabbi Rowe, the former executive of Aish UK, said that the Talmud was "the most natural target of antisemitism", which has been "going on for centuries". The Talmud has been targeted because the Torah is the Old Testament of Christianity, and the secret nature of the Talmud makes it harder for laymen to have enough knowledge to refute false claims made by antisemites about it. Rabbi Rowe noted that antisemitism was always about demonization ‒ making Jews look hateful and demonic ‒ to justify emotional hatred of Jews.

## False claims about Judaism
Some false claims made by antisemites about Judaism are summarized as follows.

## Related pages
* *Jésus et Israël*
* Black Hebrew Israelites
* Dual-covenant theology
* Accusations of Jewish anti-Christianity
* Antisemitism in the Soviet Union

## References