Part 1

Talking to Human Beings

MemesIndependent

Rational Thinking

Memes

Memes

Memes

BELIEVE ME

BELIEVE ME BELIEVE

ME

BELIEVE ME

BELIEVE ME

Part 2

YIISAYale Initiative for the

Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism

In May 2009, Dry Bones Cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen was made a Visiting Fellow (Artist in Residence) at YIISA.

He was asked to study the relationship between antisemitism and political cartoons.

Putting Ideas in People’s Heads

Metaphoric Image

YIISA

2.Put into Categories

1.Collect Cartoons

18901941 NAZI Soviet

Egypt 2006

Palestinian Authority

1900 WoodcarvingJordan 2001India 2006

Palestine 2008 Qatar 2002

Demonizing ZoomorphicDehumanizing Family

Demonizing ZoomorphicDehumanizing Family

Demonizing ZoomorphicDehumanizing Family

Baby Eaters

Blood Drinkers

Clawed Beings

Demons

Devouring Mouth

Horns

Reaper

Dog

Mushroom

Octopus

Pig

Reptile

Snake

Spider

Vermin

Vulture

Worm

Demonizing

Devouring Mouth

Dehumanizing Family

Dehumanizing CodesJews are demonic, baby-killing, satanic, blood drinking, vermin

Stereotyping CodesJews are rich, ugly, money-grubbing, powerful, and they secretly

control the Banks, the Media, and the World

Virus!

A belief system which is contagious and destructive to the

functioning of the host society.

Part 3

Biological Viruses Infect people

Computer Viruses Infect our Digital Systems

Resistance and Adaptation!

The host population is suddenly immune to the virus.

Part 4

Moral Inversion Codes

Moral Inversion CodesJews are Nazis

3 Code Families1. Dehumanizing Codes2. Stereotyping Codes3. Moral Inversion Codes

Evolution of the Virus

Part 5

MemeticsDehumanizing

Stereotyping

The Virus in the 19th century

MemeticsDehumanizing

Stereotyping

Moral Inversion

The Virus today

Disease Control

1. Collect samples of its various strains. 2. Examine its methods of contagion. 3. Warn the public.

Viral Antisemitism

Code Continuity

NAZI

Soviet

Contemporary

Code Continuity

Contemporary

Turkey

Iran

South Africa

China

IndonesiaIran

Money

Nazi

SovietPalestinian Authority

Money

Chicago Tribune, May 30, 2003

Medieval

Nazi

Palestinian Authority

Baby Eating

Baby Eating

Best Cartoon of the Year (2003) The British Political Cartoon Society.

Killing Children in their Mothers’ Arms

Iran

Brazil

Turkey Mexico

Arab

Media Control

South Korea

Two Incidents

Pat Oliphant

Incident at Cologne

Incident at Cologne

Incident at Cologne

The Secret Codes

Hidden War

Part 6

www.SecretCodesHiddenWar.com

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