The title 'New Antisemitism' actually relates less to the forms and substance, than the underlying origins and unholy alliances that are moving Antisemitism today.

• It is similarly important to note that modern forms of Antisemitism didn't just appear overnight, or even over a short period, but represent a combination and culminative process of multiple factors over decades, facilitated by ease of access, political changes, and the media revolutions.
• Firstly, and most conspicuously, Antisemitism is no longer the realm of the right wing and neo-Nazis, nor of the proletarian Marxist left. Instead, it ranges across the political spectrum and the establishment, because it has become respectable and acceptable, in one guise or another – and sometimes, because it is a judicious choice.
• Antisemitism's new, respectable status owes much to the deliberate and continual devaluation of the Shoah [Holocaust] among the wider public, which rehabilitates many antisemitic groups and various unsavoury governments, as well as depriving Holocaust survivors, descendants, spokespersons for the victims, and Jewish communities of their legitimate claims, and of their platform from which to combat Antisemitism itself. One should beware the dangers of this soft-sell Holocaust denial;
• Antisemitism today includes many neo-Nazi and nationalist fringe groups, but far more significant are the respectable far-right parliamentary groups and totalitarian states who 'review', that is to say, deny the Shoah outright;
• The major wave of this new Antisemitism was also deliberately fostered among disaffected and underprivileged social groupings residing within significant and sympathetic sectors of the population. Most of these are Muslim immigrants with a radical Islamic orientation. The violent potential, of these messages and their modes of delivery were ignored, or brushed under the carpet, for too long -allowing Antisemitism to fester and spread unchecked.
• Antisemitism continues to be bolstered by the proletarian left-wing doctrine that excludes a Jewish platform in their ideology and designates Jews as the enemy of the proletariat, ergo, the Jewish state, too. French Jewish philosopher Alain Finkelkraut is a well-known discussant of this issue.
• To those familiar with the former Soviet and current Islamic totalitarian regimes and their vicious combination of antisemitic and anti-Israel propaganda - as well as the growing anti-Israel stance of the liberal left-wing in Europe and America - this side of the 'New Antisemitism' is actually very familiar in its substance and forms.
• However, there is also a difference of scale and sophistication. Simply put, there exists a vast legacy and range of propaganda that has been applied and disseminated in the electronic media and politics, to fester in large groups of the population – from academia through to 'disaffected elements'. Once again, this has really been going on for a long time and in many countries: it is now a pandemic.
• It is important to look at both the morphology and intentions of a statement, image, or act – to scratch the surface and assess them calmly:
• Where an antisemitic motif is used to address Israel, it constitutes a form of this Antisemitism;
• Where the intention is to deprive Jews of their right to protection, representation, or to ignore their history, representation or claims, this is also one facet in the new face of Antisemitism;
• Where Jews or Jewish people are used as scapegoats - by any other name or for any ulterior motive - it is Antisemitism;
• When Jews are denied their right to their recorded history and their physical and cultural existence in the Land of Israel (Holy Land) today, the underlying cause is Antisemitism;
• If the news reports or resolutions condemning Israel's so-called 'persecution' are strongly reminiscent of antisemitic Christian claims that the Jews allegedly 'crucified Jesus', you are not being delusional. This is known as substitution theology and it is being widely used to delegitimize Israel, according to Professor Robert Wistrich.
• When major genocides and conflicts are less debated than Israel's ongoing crisis with the Palestinians, this may not be antisemitic - but it shows hostile bias.

Helpful Resources

• This is the Jewish Agency's online course on the new Antisemitism and web series, The New Face of Antisemitism
• This Wikipedia article provides interesting discussion of definitions of Antisemitism today, and some helpful references.
• Discussions, documentation, articles and books. Read works by Alain Finkelkraut, Professor Robert Wistrich, Professor Bernard Lewis, and Professor Deborah Lipstadt, as well as other reputable sources: ADL and the Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism www.antisemitism.org.il.