A record-high number of antisemitic incidents are unfolding across the United States. Jewish leaders say the surge is being partially driven by inflammatory statements made on social media by high-profile celebrities."There’s people who take pride in being anti-semitic, and that’s a bad development,” said Jewish scholar Alvin Rosenfeld of Indiana University. Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, was locked out of his Twitter and Instagram accounts for violating policies of both platforms after posting anti-semitic statements, threatening in a since-removed Oct. 8 tweet to go "death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE."
Last month, seven-time NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving endorsed a purported documentary espousing anti-semitic conspiracy theories, such as those suggesting that Jews secretly control the world. While Irving has since apologized, he has refused to unequivocally denounce antisemitism.
