E. Michael Jones is the founder of Fidelity Press and editor of Culture Wars magazine. A self-proclaimed Catholic intellectual, Jones is best known for promoting virulent antisemitism cloaked in religious rhetoric and pseudo-academic language. His work advances conspiracy theories alleging Jewish control of media, government, finance and culture. In recent years, he has become a prominent figure in Holocaust revisionism.
Jones claims to be “anti-Jewish” rather than “antisemitic,” but his writings, interviews and public statements reveal deep-seated hostility toward Jewish people. He routinely alleges that Jews are orchestrating societal changes that have led to moral decay, including pornography, feminism, LGBTQ+ rights and secularism. His 2008 book The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit and his 2023 volume The Holocaust Narrative recycle classic antisemitic tropes, dressed in theological language and styled as historical analysis.
In his own words
“As soon as the Jew loses the argument, he claims his opponent is guilty of holocaust denial.” — Post on X, Nov. 16, 2023
“In spite of their control of the media, the Jews are losing the battle of the public mind, proving that truth is not the opinion of the powerful. In the long run, truth is the only thing that will prevail.” — Post on X, Nov. 15, 2023
“The ADL [Anti-Defamation League] is here to guarantee that Jews retain Jewish privilege, that they do not have equals, they don’t get prosecuted when they are involved in crimes.” — Our Interesting Times Podcast episode, Sept. 21, 2023
“The creation of the Holocaust narrative was a collaborative effort which involved Jews with Hollywood connections and Ivy League WASPs from the intelligence community.” — The Holocaust Narrative, 2023, p. 66
Background
E. Michael Jones holds a doctorate in American literature from Temple University. He briefly taught at Saint Mary’s College in Indiana before his 1981 dismissal. Jones has claimed college officials cited his ideological views, including his hostility toward abortion and feminism, for his firing, which he has framed as evidence of anti-Catholic persecution. Rather than reentering academia, he launched Culture Wars magazine and founded Fidelity Press to promote an increasingly radical agenda. Over the decades, Jones has recast long-standing antisemitic tropes as religious commentary, repackaging bigotry into a pseudo-intellectual analysis.
In his books, magazines, podcasts and social media, Jones employs consistent tactics — asserting his perspectives as fact, dismissing opposing views, and cherry-picking anecdotes, historical passages and quotes to cast doubt on verifiable events. Early on, Culture Wars magazine embraced the notion that Jewish people possess a “revolutionary spirit” whose sole purpose is to wreck American culture and Catholic dogma.
In his 2023 book The Holocaust Narrative, Jones perpetuates the conspiracy theory that Jews clandestinely control all aspects of society, operating a shadow government or “deep state.” Though he advertises the book as groundbreaking, it offers nothing novel within the realm of Holocaust revisionism. Instead, it relies heavily on the works of other revisionists and lacks substantial credible sources. His approach mirrors that of other Holocaust deniers and revisionists who frequently cite each other’s work as evidence and regurgitate centuries-old antisemitic tropes. Jones blames Jewish people for events ranging from the Protestant Reformation to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and Vatican II– Jones’s narrative about Vatican II is rooted in classic antisemitic conspiracy theories, falsely claiming that Jewish influence corrupted the Church and led to reforms he deems destructive.
He portrays himself as a Catholic scholar defending Western civilization, but his body of work reveals a calculated campaign to inject antisemitism into all realms of American thought, religion and politics. Far from a misunderstood intellectual, Jones is a propagandist whose work has fueled dangerous ideologies at the intersection of religious fundamentalism and white nationalism.
Antisemitism and the ‘Logos’ doctrine
At the center of Jones’ ideology is his interpretation of “Logos”— a term he uses to signify divine order, truth and Christian civilization. He argues that because Jews rejected Christ, they rejected Logos, and in doing so, became revolutionaries bent on destroying social, moral and religious order. This foundational belief allows him to present antisemitism as theological reasoning.
Jones holds Jews collectively responsible for the supposed decline of Western society and erosion of Christian values. He accuses Jews of promoting pornography, abortion, feminism, LGBTQ+ rights and other “social evils” that he believes have corrupted modern Western society. These accusations form the cornerstone of his worldview, positioning Jewish identity as inherently destructive and subversive.
Holocaust revisionism
By the early 2020s, E. Michael Jones began to openly position himself at the forefront of contemporary Holocaust revisionism, dispensing with even the pretense of historical authenticity. In his 2023 book The Holocaust Narrative, Jones argues that the Holocaust is not a historical fact but rather a manufactured myth created by Jewish elites to manipulate political discourse. In Jones’ opinion, Jewish groups have turned the genocide of 6 million Jews into a “weapon” to shut down debate, smear critics and advance their influence across Western institutions. “As soon as the Jew loses the argument,” Jones claimed in an post on X, “he claims his opponent is guilty of Holocaust denial.”
On an Iranian state broadcast, Jones has repeated classic Holocaust denial talking points, including claims that Auschwitz was a benign labor facility equipped with swimming pools, and that incarcerated Jewish people misinterpreted delousing showers for gas chambers. In a 2023 appearance, Jones stated, “Their clothing was deloused with Zyklon-B. … These Jews had never seen a shower. … They didn’t know what it was.” He dismissed the role of gas chambers entirely and claimed that the story of industrialized genocide was fabricated by Hollywood and disseminated by Jewish-controlled media for political gain.
Jones has also described the Holocaust as “the fundamental myth of the American empire,” alleging that postwar global politics and modern social norms are founded upon a falsehood created to sanctify Jewish suffering while delegitimizing criticism of Jewish power. According to him, this “narrative” is part of a broader psychological “taboo” meant to “enslave” the West under guilt and prevent open discussion of Jewish influence in culture and politics. He frames Holocaust memory not as a reckoning with atrocity, but as a manipulative rhetorical device engineered to suppress truth and uphold Jewish agendas. These accusations form a central pillar of Jones’ broader ideological project, in which Jews are cast as enemies of Christianity, Western order and divine reason (or Logos).
His Holocaust revisionism is both a historical and a theological attack, characterizing Jewish identity as deceitful and subversive in nature. Although Jones typically veils these arguments in theological language, their structure mimics traditional antisemitic propaganda: denying Jewish suffering, delegitimizing Jewish memory, and accusing Jews of falsifying history for control. By appearing on fringe outlets like Press TV and publishing The Holocaust Narrative through his own publishing house, Fidelity Press, he continues to disseminate these distortions to a worldwide audience of conspiracists, Christian nationalists and far-right ideologues.
The ‘Jewish Problem’ conferences
In 2024, Jones took part in the “JP [Jewish Problem] Conference” in Somerset, Kentucky, organized by the antisemitic hate group Network Radio. The event featured known extremists such as Germar Rudolf and Ayo Kimathi and provided a platform for Holocaust revisionism and conspiratorial antisemitic ideology.
Jones’ speech at the event laid blame on Jewish people for what he sees as the destruction of the United States’ moral core: “What America did have was a moral consensus. And that was the beginning of the end. The group that destroyed that moral consensus was the Jews, and they dealt with it first by things like pornography and then abortion.” He used the Israel-Hamas war to accuse Jews of exploiting global sympathy: “Now we have Gaza, and this created a tidal wave of moral indignation which simply overwhelmed the thought police on the internet.” He continued, “It is now possible to say ‘Jew’ with impunity,” suggesting that Jews previously held unchecked control over public discourse.
Jones reiterated these claims at a follow-up event, JP Con II, where he spoke to a virtual audience of conspiracy theorists and Holocaust deniers, amplifying his message to a growing far-right digital network.
Affiliations and reach
Jones has openly engaged with various prominent extremist figures and outlets, both as host and guest.
He has been interviewed on Red Ice TV, a white nationalist media company, and he is a frequent guest on Iran’s state-owned TV, where he offers antisemitic conspiracy theories as geopolitical commentary. Jones has also appeared on podcasts hosted by or featuring well-known extremists, including Kevin MacDonald, a retired psychology professor and white nationalist who regularly espouses antisemitic theories of Jewish power. His work has been featured on websites such as The Unz Review and the Occidental Observer — websites with a history of featuring both Holocaust denial and white nationalist content. Jones has, in turn, cited and praised individuals such as David Duke and Michael Hoffman, openly aligning himself with some prominent antisemites and conspiracy theorists.
Though usually confined to extremist circles, Jones’ influence has seeped into mainstream conservative discourse. In 2024, conservative commentator Candace Owens hosted Jones on her podcast, exposing a broader audience to his antisemitic rhetoric. During their exchange, Jones repeated his usual lies about Jewish people and pornography, and the pair lamented that accusations of antisemitism are used to “bully” people, with Owens dismissing the term “antisemite” by claiming “everyone is an antisemite, which means nobody’s actually an antisemite,” and accusing those who make such claims of trying “to assert control.” These statements echo Jones’ frequent claim that Jews weaponize the Holocaust to shut down criticism.
Jones continues to present himself as an intellectual authority. His claims are unsupported by peer-reviewed research and rest on circular citations and fabricated histories. Yet he maintains a loyal following among antisemites, Christian nationalists and conspiracy theorists.