Kanye West Tops Simon Wiesenthal Center’s 2022 Global Antisemitism List

Kanye West‘s long list of antisemitic antics have landed him on top of this year’s Simon Wiesenthal Center’s (SWC) Global Antisemitism List.

The Jewish global human rights organization — which researches the Holocaust and hate in a historic and contemporary context — released its annual global antisemitism Top 10 list on Thursday (December 29) in Israel.

Ye topped the list for “his continued anti-Semitic comments and leveraging his immense social media platform to weaponize hate, bigotry, and ignorance.”

“The unprecedented mainstreaming of Jew-hatred on social media, led by Kanye West (Ye) fueled anti-Semitic hate crimes, and normalized anti-Jewish hate speech,” Rabbi Marvin Hier, SWC Founder and CEO, and Rabbi Cooper, SWC Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action, said in a statement.

“Politicians offer words of solace to Jewish victims but fail to take effective measures to curb the attacks, while UN diplomats, cultural and academic elite often legitimize hatred of the Jewish state.”

You can check out the full list here.

>@simonwiesenthal released its 2022 Top Ten Worst Global Anti-Semitic Incidents list today in Israel. This year saw a tremendous increase in #Antisemitism which infects mainstream culture, academics, and media across the world. #TopTenAntiSemitic https://t.co/ua7ubq5vGg

— Simon Wiesenthal Center (@simonwiesenthal) December 29, 2022

Other organizations and individuals included on the Top 10 list include: the United Nations Human Rights Council; Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority; Violent Attacks on Jews in New York, Chicago, London and Germany; the Black Hebrew Israelite Movement, and Documenta Art.

Ye’s inclusion on the list comes after he was recently voted Antisemite Of The Year” by the American non-profit watchdog group StopAntisemitism.org.

The group made the announcement earlier this month in a video congratulating Ye for “propagating the most Jew hatred in 2022.”

The clip cited examples of Kanye West’s offences including the infamous “death con 3” tweet that led to his first Twitter suspension, and highlighted interviews as examples of Ye “referencing antisemitic tropes of Jewish greed and obsessions of money.”

Ye, who has been criticized a lot this year for his repeated antisemitic remarks, recently doubled down on his love of the bigoted German mass murderer Adolf Hitler during an interview with Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes in Los Angeles.

A week earlier, Ye praised Hitler and Nazis in a separate interview with far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who last month was ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for promoting false claims about the Sandy Hook mass shooting.

“Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler,” Ye told Jones.

This month also saw Kanye West linked to what authorities in New York have called an antisemitic attack on an elderly Jewish man in Central Park.

According to the New York Post, the 63-year-old man was attacked while strolling through the park on December 14. Authorities say the assailant made several antisemitic statements before yelling out “Kanye 2024” and walking off.

The victim was taken to an area hospital, where he was treated for a chipped tooth and a broken hand.