Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

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You will read, for example, that during the Civil War, the Rothschilds lent money to both the North and the South – and offed Abe Lincoln after he grew uppity. Many Jews benefited tremendously from their new freedoms; the Rothschilds, for example, initially became a powerful force in the banking world in mid-18th century Frankfurt. The antisemitism powered by Rothschild conspiracy theories has seen a considerable upswing during and after the Trump years, with neo-Nazis and antisemites emboldened enough to pass out antisemitic fliers at Broadway shows, harass people on the street, hang anti-Jewish signs on overpasses, vandalize Jewish property, and, in some cases, commit overt acts of violence. So the whole far-right media machine went after me a couple months ago, when I went on CNN and was talking about Sound of Freedom, but I so far have not seen much of a backlash for the book.

As he explains early on, “Mayer’s story, and that of his entire family, isn’t atypical of other Jews in that sphere — modestly prosperous, hemmed in by culture and tradition, and trying to keep their own company as pressure increased for them to convert.Mike Rothschild’s Jewish Space Lasers is a cutting exposé of centuries’-worth of antisemitic scapegoating, often done with one influential family at its center.

It’s just these powerbrokers who are doing it to us, and even other Jews should dislike the Rothschilds, and the Guggenheims, and all these other wealthy families. Separate fact from fiction as we unravel the truth behind their alleged control over global finances, the persistent spread of conspiracies, and reasons behind the continued fascination with the Rothschilds and their connection to contemporary antisemitism. Her focus is on reporting national politics, where she has covered the 2020 and 2022 elections, the impeachments of Donald Trump and multiple State of the Union addresses. When I started writing about conspiracy theories, I started to notice that I would get these comments like, “A Rothschild debunking conspiracy theories, Matrix moment,” stuff like that. The Rothschilds have already celebrated their own holiday with their little Rothschildren,” she said.Not hiding their Jewishness, they lent money to Europe’s royals, built railroads, lived in castles and palaces, and assembled massive art collections. Here is a list of their responses or nonresponses, which will be updated if and when these Republican House leaders get back to Slate. Between the mid-nineteenth century and the end of the Second World War, antisemitism was the dominant motif in conspiracy theories.