No Swastikas Required: Antisemitism at Work and What the Law Says |
When most people think about discrimination against Jews, they think about swastikas and slurs—the kind of hatred that is loud, obvious, and unmistakable. If it does not look like that, many people assume it is not really happening.
But here is what discrimination against Jews actually looks like in 2026: it is quiet. It is a question you were never asked before October 7—about your loyalties, your objectivity, your ability to be fair. It is a litmus test your non-Jewish colleagues are not required to pass. It is the slow realization that your standing at work has shifted, not because of anything you did, but because of who you are.
No one called you a slur. No one vandalized your office. But something changed—and you felt it.
That is discrimination. It is real. And it is already actionable under federal law.
Most people do not realize that—including many Jews. We are still conditioned to look for antisemitism that announces itself, and while we wait for the version we were taught to recognize, we are missing what is actually happening all around us.
The Oldest Conspiracy Theory in the World
Antisemitism is not ordinary bigotry. It is, at its core, a conspiracy theory—one that has been mutating for thousands of years. And conspiracy theories do not require the people in their grip to think of themselves as hateful. The person questioning whether a Jewish colleague can be “objective” about anything touching the Middle East is not thinking, “I hate Jews.” They are thinking, “This person has divided loyalties.” They believe they are being........