Overview
- Instagram removed the AI persona after it built an audience above 1.4 million by posing as a rabbi and pushing conspiracies as financial wisdom.
- A related page on Facebook remains active with about 180,000 followers, and new Instagram clones have already drawn followings in the tens of thousands.
- The operation steered viewers to a $9, 62-page PDF titled “How to Make and Invest Money Like the Jews,” which it claimed had more than 4,000 purchases.
- Videos leaned on classic antisemitic stereotypes and claims about fake moon landings, looming government control, and tax evasion tricks, using a hook-to-pitch script designed to boost watch time.
- A report by Combat Antisemitism Movement flagged at least 12 AI “rabbi” accounts with 2.1 million followers, and Rep. Josh Gottheimer called for tougher oversight as Meta declined to comment.