About & Methodology

New Hate, Old Story is an educational resource that traces modern antisemitic claims back to their historical origins. It is designed for people who may have encountered these ideas online and want to understand where they come from, how they have been used, and what the factual record shows.

The site is not an advocacy project, a political campaign, or a response to any single event. It is a reference built on documents and expert writing from established places: the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Anti-Defamation League, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and peer-reviewed scholarship.

The primary audience is people who are not deeply informed about antisemitism but who may have encountered these claims on social media, in political discourse, or in conversation. This includes students, journalists, educators, and anyone who is curious enough to look up a claim rather than accept it at face value.

The goal is not to argue with committed antisemites. It is to reach people who are persuadable, who may not realize that the claim they just saw is a recycled narrative with a long documented history.

Every trope page follows the same structure: history first, then modern examples, then factual correction, then pattern-recognition guidance. This order is deliberate. Leading with history helps readers see that the claim they encountered is not a new observation. It is part of an old script.

We follow several editorial principles:

• Lead with history, not outrage. Every page starts with “where this came from,” not “here is the bad tweet.”
• Show the pattern, then name it. We present the old version and the new version side by side and let readers see the continuity for themselves.
• Use plain language. We avoid jargon, academic framing, and activist vocabulary. If a term is necessary, we define it.
• Link to real evidence. Claims point to museum archives, encyclopedias, court records, or established civil-rights research you can open yourself.
• Acknowledge complexity. We do not overstate. When a correction is partial or context-dependent, we say so.
• Never scold the reader. We assume the reader is curious and approaching in good faith. The tone is informational, not accusatory.

Each trope page is built from a structured research process:

1. Identify the claim as it currently circulates on social media, in political rhetoric, or in news reporting.
2. Trace the history using original documents and expert histories, noting the earliest examples and when the story came back loud.
3. Document the modern version using reports from monitoring organizations (ADL, CyberWell, IHRA) and established journalism.
4. State what the record shows and where the claim breaks (wrong facts, twisted logic, or contradicted by evidence).
5. List pattern cues so readers can recognize the same story when it shows up in new words or on a new platform.

All sources are linked directly from each page. We mix encyclopedias, university archives, government pages, and wire hubs with Holocaust museums and civil rights monitors so readers can compare different kinds of evidence.

This site does not argue that criticism of Israel is antisemitic. The IHRA working definition, which we reference, explicitly states that criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country is not antisemitic. What this site documents is something different: recurring conspiracy frameworks that predate the current political moment by centuries and that target Jews as a group.

This site is not affiliated with any government, political party, or lobbying organization. It is an independent educational project.