Lev Topor, at The Blogs

Jun 1, 2023, 12:56 PM

No Pride [Parade] in the Red-Green Alliance?

Recently, Hamas, the terror organization, has denounced the forthcoming Pride Parade in Jerusalem, calling in its statement for all Palestinians to go to the Parade and confront it in defense of the al-Aqsa Mosque. The terror organization named the...

Apr 18, 2023, 12:11 PM

Contemporary Holocaust Denial: Types and Trends

The Holocaust is not over. That is, the Holocaust was over in 1945, the allies won, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and others liberated mainly Jews from Nazi concentration camps. However, nowadays, in the twenty-first century there...

Jan 9, 2023, 12:11 PM

Is ChatGPT Antisemitic? A Review of an AI Bot

ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and with it, users can “chat” with the AI, mainly asking questions. Users can ask questions and search for answers as they wish, as if they are...

Oct 17, 2022, 5:42 AM

Good Jews, Bad Jews, Trump Jews

Judaism is a religion. In some points of history and on some occasions, it might have been, or might have perceived, as more, or less. Yet, it does not change the simple fact that Judaism is a religion. In...

Sep 14, 2022, 1:12 PM

Marvel of Sabra: Refuting Anti-Zionist Criticism

Sabra, Marvel’s Israeli superheroine, though fictitious yet fantastic, has come under fire and criticism in recent days as it was announced that she will appear, under the cover of Israeli actress Shira Hass, in the future film Captain America:...

Mar 3, 2022, 5:31 PM

Israel, Jews, and the Ukrainian Crisis

The Ukrainian Crisis, following Western pressure in Russia’s backyard, and consequently the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has brought the international arena to a boiling point. People in their masses and nations in their dozens have gathered to help the...

Dec 5, 2021, 4:39 AM

Antizionist Disinformation: Tips for Hanan Ashrawi

A knife attack in the city of Jerusalem was recorded on camera on 4 December 2021 at approximately 16:30 (GMT +2), the details and description of the attack are fairly simple: A 25-year-old man was walking near the Damascus...

Jul 20, 2021, 3:16 PM

Ben and Jerry’s Salted Caramel Boycott: A Review

Ben & Jerry’s board members have decided to withdraw their ice cream products from Israel and specifically from the disputed territories and settlements in a decision made in July 2020. On the 19th of July 2021, about a year...

Jun 4, 2021, 12:19 AM

#Delete_Your Enemy: Delegitimization by hashtags

The recent Israeli-Gaza conflict has once again increased calls for boycotting the state of Israel and specifically any Israeli-related social media presence such as pages, posts or users. However, unlike previous boycotts which have targeted Israeli academics, initiatives or...

Jun 1, 2021, 5:37 PM

Post-Gaza: Fire ceased, antisemitism has not

The current conflict between Israel and Hamas halted as parties reached a cease fire agreement after eleven days of warfare. However, pro-Hamas or pro-Palestinian supporters worldwide have only just begun igniting hatred and antisemitism once again. Unfortunately, Jewish groups...

About Me

Dr. Lev Topor is an ISGAP visiting scholar at the Woolf Institute at the University of Cambridge and a senior research fellow at the Center for Cyber Law and Policy at the University of Haifa in Israel. He is the co-author (w/ Prof. Jonathan Fox) of 'Why Do People Discriminate Against Jews?' Published by Oxford University Press in 2021 and the author of 'Phishing for Nazis: Conspiracies, Anonymous Communications and White Supremacy Networks on the Dark Web' Published by Routledge in 2023. Lev publishes scholarly works and reports on the topic of antisemitism, anti-Zionism, racism and cyber.