Antisemitism in the United States

===Tropes and stereotypes===
{{main|Antisemitic trope|Stereotypes of Jews}}

The most persistent form of [[antisemitism]] has consisted of a series of widely circulating [[Antisemitic trope|tropes]] and [[Stereotypes of Jews|stereotypes]] in which [[Jews]] are portrayed as being socially, religiously, and economically unacceptable to American life, because of their inferiority to white Christian society or because of conspiratorial thinking in which Jews are accused of plotting to undermine the racial and economic hierarchies which make up the [[Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United States|historical fabric]] of [[Society of the United States|American society]]. As a whole, the Jewish people were looked down upon. They were made to feel unwanted, they were marginalized by American society and they were considered a menace to the United States.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=2006|page=589|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=we2KvdT3zOsC&pg=PA589|isbn=978-0253346858}}</ref>

Martin Marger wrote, "A set of distinct and consistent negative stereotypes, some of which can be traced as far back as the [[Middle Ages]] in [[Antisemitism in Europe|Europe]], has been applied to [[Jews]]."<ref>{{cite book|title=Race and Ethnic Relations: American and Global Perspectives|first=Martin N.|last=Marger|publisher=Cengage Learning|year=2008|page=3234|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TXP78beGTpcC&q=Jews+money+antisemitism&pg=PA324|quote=It is the connection of Jews with money, however, that appears to be the sine qua non of anti-Semitism.|isbn=9780495504368}}</ref>
David Schneder wrote, "Three large clusters of traits are part of the Jewish stereotype (Wuthnow, 1982). First, [American] Jews are seen as being powerful and manipulative. Second, they are accused of dividing their loyalties between the United States and Israel. A third set of traits concerns Jewish materialistic values, aggressiveness, clannishness."<ref>{{cite book|title=The psychology of stereotyping|first=David J.|last=Schneider|publisher=Guilford Press|year=2004|page=461|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VuHFFpZCg-QC&pg=PA461|isbn=9781572309296}}</ref>

Stereotypes of Jewish people share some of the same content as [[stereotypes of Asians]]: perceived disloyalty, power, intelligence, and dishonesty overlap. The similarity between the content of stereotypes of Jews and the content of stereotypes of Asians may stem from the fact that many immigrant Jews and many immigrant Asians both developed a merchant role, a role which was also historically held by many [[Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa|Indians in East Africa]], where the content of stereotypes of them resembles the content of [[Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States|stereotypes of Asians]] and [[American Jews|Jews in the United States]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The handbook of social psychology, Volume 2|pages=380–381|year=1998}}</ref>

Some of the [[antisemitic trope]]s which have been cited by the [[Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith|Anti-Defamation League]] (ADL) in its studies of U.S. social trends include the claims that "Jews have too much power in the business world," "Jews are more willing to use shady practices to get what they want," and "Jews always like to be at the head of things." Another issue that garners attention is the assertion that Jews have an excessive amount of influence on [[American cinema]] and [[American news media|news media]]. Put together, these lines of thinking about Jews demonstrate a common trend in the history of both American and global antisemitism—the inflation of stereotypes of Jews into a theory about how power (politics, economics, media, etc.) functions in society, an irrational theory that deflects responsibility for social ills away from actual authorities and leaders and onto minority Jewish communities.<ref name=November/>

In contemporary [[alt-right]] and right-wing circles, these tropes of power-hungry Jews sometimes manifest through coded references to "globalists," accusations that liberal agendas are the sole product of prominent Jews, and conspiracy theories (such as [[QAnon]]) that can be linked to the medieval [[blood libel]] against Jews.<ref>{{cite web|title=QAnon's Antisemitism and What Come's Next|date=2021-09-17|website=Anti-Defamation League|url=https://www.adl.org/resources/reports/qanons-antisemitism-and-what-comes-next}}</ref>