Read: “Jews are forbidden from here! There’s nothing personal. There’s no anti-Semitism. I just can’t stand you.” Credit: Frankbach – Shutterstock & Virus XPost
Is Western society obsessed with an era where hatred towards Jews is once again normalised? From the destroyed synagogues in Canada to the brave signs of German shopkeeping owners banning Jewish customers, recent incidents have portrayed harsh portraits of intolerance.
More than 140 European rabbis, including eight from Spain, have written desperate letters to EU institutions, warning of the “unprecedented” increase in anti-Semitism since October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks Israel. They explain the “spillar” of hostility caused by the subsequent conflict in Gaza, turning it into a physical threat, intimidation and a widespread sense of abandonment among Jewish families. In Spanish cities like Madrid and Salamanca, anti-Semitic graffiti targets Jewish-owned stores, while online platforms give voice to conspiracy theories that denounce Jews’ global illness. He says the resurrection reflects the oldest hatred of history. It is currently overcharged by social media algorithms that users are locked in a room of bias.
Social media promotes anti-Semitistic rhetoric in society
The turning point came on October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacks on Israel sparked a global backlash. By 2024, a survey by Ontario Jewish doctors revealed a third of those considering immigrants amid rising threats, including arson attacks on synagogues and schools. Around the world, the Center for Anti-Semitism Studies has reported cases that have doubled since 2023 despite being Jews made up of less than 1% of the world’s population.
Just 80 years after the anniversary of the Nazis’ arrest on August 4, 1944, the memorial to Anne Frank in Amsterdam was painted red paint and the slogan “Freigaza”.
Anne Frank’s diary, or the original publication of the “Diary of Young Girls,” became a “must-see” for school children, and a social pledge that they would never again allow the horrors of the European Nazi Barbarianism. But here we see that we have returned to Europe, where anti-Semitism seems to have forgotten its vows, only 80 years later, a modest monument that reminds her light-form and a modest monument that reminds us of all the Jewish worlds of Europe, persecuted and slaughtered for nothing but their family heritage.
Social media “echo chambers” reinforce anti-Semitism prejudice
A 2025 review of 129 studies by researcher David Hartmann confirms how digital echo chambers deepen bias and show that, based on a 2023 New York University analysis, the platform did not suppress repeated hate schellers. In Germany, the Friendsburg Shop incident unfolded on Wednesday in early 2025, with police removal unable to erase visible signs inside, leading to immediate vandalism due to the “Nazi Out” slogan. Events just 80 years after Auschwitz’s liberation in 1945 reveal a timeline that promotes unchecked danger.
This impact has caused ripples around the world, destroying communities and importing Middle Eastern tensions into Western streets. In Canada, Dean Ravi of the London Jewish Community Centre lamented the “massive rise” of violence, and normalized aggression to different views led to shootings in the Jewish system. The European Jewish Association reduces the potential “Exodus” that is invisible since World War II. The rabbis are like those who claim to lack words of solidarity, and their families question the future amid “an increasing harassment and physical threats.”
Social division and unfounded conspiracy theory
Globally, this increase divides society along ideological lines, weaponizing colonialist narratives, and excludes foreign policy to blow away Islamophobia along with anti-Semitism. It was not possible to remind us of much of the 1930s when European economic calamities and propaganda promoted the rise of anti-Semitism meteors and led to the horror of the Holocaust. At the time, Jews paved the way for genocide for boycotts and scapegoing Jews. Today, the speed of social media amplifies similar ratios, from Tiktok’s stereotypes to falsehoods that imply unrelated deaths, like the unfounded Charlie Kirk plot. Just as German anti-Semitism commissioner Felix Klein labeled the Friendsberg incident as “the purest anti-Semitism,” the shadow of world history has long been threatening the democratic fabrics woven in since 1945.
Politicians from Friendsburg mayor to EU lawmakers urge investigations, as well as the “human rights coalition” protecting minorities, like boycotts, four complaints against shop owner Hans Werten Leisch for investigation.
Education and solidarity provide hope, but experts warn: Without urgent concrete actions, clicks in the digital generation can deepen their divisions. As Lavi puts it, “more online people hate Jews on certain days than Jews.” The path forward probably depends on the solution. Auschwitz, Europe, and post-Western 80 years cannot afford to buy self-satisfaction. Do leaders act decisively, or does the echo of the 1930s seek unity?
