The 30 Most Important Antisemitism Stories I Wrote So Far This Year

For more than two-and-a-half years my writing has focused on the rising hate against the Jewish people.

May 16, 2025

I'd like to give a warm welcome to those of you just joining us after my RealClearInvestigation article's re-publication at

Future of Jewish

and the unexpected popularity of my last piece on the symbolism in the plastic face of far-right provocateur Laura Loomer.

I am the CEO/Publisher here at God of the Desert Books. We release titles across various genres and mediums. Right now, you can pick up a memoir about moving to Israel, a neo-modernist poetry collection, a space opera science fiction adventure, and a mystery-thriller featuring a badass priest as an action hero. We have more titles in production now, too, including more thrillers, literary novels, and nonfiction essay collections.

God of the Desert Books is a "Psychedelic Zionist" publisher, meaning our goal with publishing our books is to advocate for peace across borders cultural, national, religious, and ideological—we want to bring people together. We stand against authoritarian regimes waging war against the Jewish people and all free societies.

See these pieces for more details about our mission-driven publishing approach:

Psychedelic Zionism Explained: 10 Provocations

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Feb 2

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PIIZAPS: The 7 Primary Publishing Principles for God of the Desert Books

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May 23, 2024

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I am aided primarily in this endeavor with my partner in life, love, and business,

Sally Shideler

, GOTD's Editor-In-Chief. After being together for three years now, we are finally getting married on July 12 in a small ceremony with family and a few friends out here in our desert. If anyone feels so inclined, in lieu of a gift registry, we’d deeply appreciate anyone choosing to become a premium subscriber, which will give you access to all of our podcasts and my premium AI article advice series:

In addition to my role here as a book publisher, I work as a journalist and editor. I write three articles each week for the Jewish newspaper The Algemeiner, usually about antisemitic incidents. I also edit for them on weekends and Jewish holidays, a role I’ve held since 2020. I have also now started a series of longer, research-centric articles on antisemitism for RealClearInvestigations. I’m working on the second right now and am encouraged by my progress.

I have focused on antisemitism for the last two years and previously wrote primarily short news articles on the subject for Jewish News Syndicate. There's also a long series here at this Substack, which you can read here:

100 Essays on Antisemitism I Wrote Over the Last 2 Years

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October 24, 2024

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The list below should give you a pretty good overview of the subjects that I'm tracking on the antisemitism beat for The Algemeiner and RealClear. I write about incidents from all over the world, and I also regularly cover the findings from new studies and surveys tracking how antisemitic hate crimes and sentiments have increased since 2019, fueled by the factors I explained in my first RealClear piece.

However, I try not to keep things all doom and gloom around here. Go up and click the archive and you'll get a good feel for the broader range of subjects that we cover across culture, religion, history, and current events. And visit our imprint Substacks for lighter fare: genre stories, poetry, and re-printings of classic books featuring my original illustrations depicting the characters as human bodies with ibis heads. (I'll explain this weirdness in more depth later ...)

Anyway, welcome to GOTD. Thank you for your interest in our work, and please reach out anytime with questions, comments, submissions, or suggestions.