From Rage Bait to Conspiracy Theory: Unpacking One Creator’s Pattern of Antisemitism
A viral video claiming “no one craves Jewish food” looked like harmless rage bait. A closer look at the creator’s other posts shows a repeated pattern: the “dancing Israelis” 9/11 conspiracy, tropes about Jewish power and control, and calls to hold all Jews accountable for Israel’s actions.
1. Rage Bait With a Pattern
A content creator with over 800,000 followers across platforms posted a rage-bait video claiming “no one craves Jewish food,” and then she kvetched about antisemitism accusations.
Behind the rage bait is a pattern of antisemitic conspiracy theories. @naleybynature
2. Not Hate Speech, But a Red Flag
Making sweeping claims like no one likes [insert ethnic food] is not hate speech on its own. People are entitled to their opinions, even if we disagree (see: bagels, Jewish delis, black-and-white cookies). And flattening “Jewish food” into just Ashkenazi food, as this creator did, is misinformed and cultural erasure of the broad landscape of Jews and their cuisine — but it’s still not hate speech.
The bigger issue is that this content creator has a history of trafficking in antisemitic conspiracy theories.
In this video alone, she collapses “Israeli” into “Jewish” and presents the concept of “New Jews” vs. “Old Jews” as a shady marketing plot.
3. Criticism vs. Collective Blame
Let’s be clear: Criticizing Israel, Zionism, or Israeli government policy is not inherently antisemitic.
But holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of Israel is.
…especially when this same creator has a history of posting antisemitic conspiracy theories.
4. The “Dancing Israelis” Myth
On September 9, she posted a video that now has more than 640,000 likes on Instagram invoking the antisemitic “dancing Israelis” conspiracy theory.
Does she explicitly say Israelis orchestrated 9/11? No. But she doesn’t have to. The “dancing Israelis” story is a longstanding conspiracy theory that five Israeli men were caught filming and celebrating as the Twin Towers burned, “proving” that Israel either knew about or planned 9/11. Posting a nearly 25-year-old, since-debunked ABC News segment, without clearly challenging the conspiracy theory itself, gives new life to an antisemitic myth.
5. Post, Blame, Deflect
Not long after, she claimed the “dancing Israelis” video triggered TikTok to ban her account. So again, the pattern is:
- Post rage bait.
- Admonish Jews for responding.
- Use the actions of the Israeli government and “Jewish supremacy” to deflect.
6. The Jewish Power Trope
The rest of the video, which has over 1 million views on her reinstated TikTok, is a textbook case of the antisemitic trope of Jewish power and control.
This quote sums it up.
“There are still a lot of people who are in denial about who is in control of this country. …and will call you antisemitic if you dare to question.”
7. Holding All Jews Accountable
In September, she posted a Substack titled “Where do Jewish people learn Zionism? And why can’t we hold them accountable?”
In it, she writes that all Jewish people and Jewish institutions should be held collectively responsible for Zionism and Israel’s actions. While she makes clear she does not support harming people, she writes that “real consequences must be given to supporting Zionism.”
8. Conflating Jews With a State
This goes well beyond criticism of Israel, Zionism, or Israeli government policies and actions. Conflating Jews worldwide with a foreign state is one of the hallmarks of modern antisemitism and has been used time and time again to rationalize violence against Jews.
9. Why It Matters
This content creator regularly goes viral. The average viewer scrolling social media might be inclined to like, comment, or share her posts, thinking they agree with her advocacy. But that means they’ll be supporting a creator with a pattern of spreading antisemitic tropes and false claims
