Unpacking the Link Between Conspiracies and Antisemitism
Monday, March 4, 2024
7:00 pm ET
Online only
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History is a partner in this program.
Dr. Jacob Scott Lewis
Assistant Professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Washington State University
Do conspiratorial beliefs generate antisemitism, or does antisemitism generate conspiratorial beliefs? In a time when both are increasingly present in political thought and rhetoric, it is critical to understand how these two factors interact with one another. In this talk, Dr. Jacob S. Lewis presents exploratory experimental research designed to tease out the causal pathways between conspiracy beliefs and antisemitism. He finds that Americans on the left and the right experience different pathways, but that both are susceptible to such beliefs.
