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CAM’s Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) has identified a new network of fake “rabbi” personas spreading antisemitic money tropes across Instagram, TikTok, X, and Telegram.
Unlike previously uncovered networks, this one has taken the next step — turning the stereotype of the money-obsessed Jew into a financial product and promoting a cryptocurrency meme coin to the audience it has built.
At the center of the network is “Rabbi Shnickerdoodle,” also known as “Rabbi Shnick.” Around the persona sits a group of fan, clip, and copycat accounts, as well as several look-alike “rabbi” characters built on the same formula.
CAM reported the network to Meta and TikTok on October 22.
Meet “Rabbi Shnick”
The Instagram account @rabbi_shnickerdoodle has roughly 13,000 followers and 17 posts. It is labeled “Public figure,” and its bio reads “Enter the Shnickverse.”
Its reels show a bearded Hasidic figure in a streimel and robe bearing a Star of David. The videos appear to be AI-generated. The captions play on Jewish money stereotypes, including “I stand with the Benjamins. Am Yisrael Chai” and “Until Moshiach comes, parnassa b’revach.” Here a traditional Hebrew blessing for an easy livelihood is twisted into a punchline about Jewish greed.
The comment sections show how audiences read the joke. Commenters post money and loan jokes such as “That money was promised 3,000 years ago” and “Bro charges interest on interest.” A number of the accounts commenting use openly antisemitic handles.
From Meme to Meme Coin
The persona is more than a joke account. It promotes “Shnick Coin” ($SHNICK), a Solana meme coin launched on the pump.fun platform on October 8, 2026. The coin is marketed through rabbishnick.com, which calls itself “The official home of Rabbi Shnickerdoodle and $SHNICK” and carries the disclaimer “Memes, not financial advice.” A merchandise store, rabbi-shnick-shop.fourthwall.com, sells branded products.
Market data from GeckoTerminal shows the familiar pattern of a speculative meme coin. $SHNICK’s market capitalization peaked at about $47,700 on October 9, a day after launch, and had fallen to roughly $3,500 by October 21. The top 10 wallets hold approximately 94% of the supply. That level of concentration leaves later buyers exposed to a small number of holders.
Copycats moved quickly to cash in on the character. A separate $RABBI token launched on Solana on October 7. It was promoted by the X user @drilladev, who wrote: “I have found the next viral instagram character and he fits pumpfun perfectly. Rabbi Shnickerdoodle.” Another copycat token appeared on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) on October 16.
The result is a business model built on antisemitism. An apparently AI-generated “rabbi” draws engagement by acting out the stereotype of the greedy Jew. That engagement is then turned into speculative trading, with the familiar hallmarks of a pump-and-dump.
A Coordinated, Cross-Platform Operation
The persona does not operate alone. Amplifier accounts on Instagram, including @shnickstan (about 450 followers) and @shnickclips (28 followers), recirculate its content. The character is mirrored on TikTok (@rabbi_shnickerdoodle, @rabbishnickerdoodle, and @rabbishnick) and on X (@RabbiShnick). The X account joined in October 2026, carries paid verification, and describes itself as the “Official X for Rabbi Shnickerdoodle. From the viral IG.” On Telegram, t.me/shnickcoin presents itself as the “Official Rabbi Shnickerdoodle Currency.”
ARC researchers also identified related personas built on the same template:
- “Po$t $halom” (Instagram @_p0st_shal0m_, about 750 followers; TikTok @p0st_shal0m, about 976 followers and roughly 9,500 likes). Its bio includes “I<3GOYIUM,” “J3WGG3R WITH MOTIONS,” and “I aint with the bibi shit.”
- “Yosef Chaim” (Instagram @officialyosefchaim, about 2,800 followers; TikTok @officialyosefchaim, about 488 followers). It depicts a Black man in Hasidic dress in front of the Oval Office, with the bio “No official meme coin.” It names a joke “accountant” account, @renny.steinberg.
- @rabbi.sheckel (about 944 followers) and @lordbigyahu on Instagram follow the same money-pun “rabbi” pattern.
Taken together, these accounts show coordinated inauthentic behavior. They use synthetic Jewish religious identities, recycle the same money-centered tropes, cross-promote across platforms, and are tied to commercial products.
The Latest Chapter in a Growing Trend
This network continues a trend that CAM has documented throughout 2026. In March, the ARC’s Engineered Exposure report identified 12 AI-generated “rabbis” on Instagram with a combined following of 2.1 million. They included “Rabbi Goldman,” an account with more than 1.4 million followers that was taken offline after the report was released. In May, ARC exposed 49 AI “rabbi” accounts on TikTok with more than 950,000 followers and over 10 million likes, followed weeks later by 63 YouTube channels with more than 30.7 million views. Following outreach from CAM, Meta removed more than 60 identified Instagram accounts. In August, Meta and TikTok removed the AI-generated persona “Gideon Smith” after CAM reported it.
The earlier networks sold “Jewish wealth secrets” through e-books and courses. The Shnickerdoodle network turns the joke itself into a product. The persona is the brand, the stereotype is the content, and the coin is the payoff. It is cheap to produce and easy to copy. As the copycat tokens show, others are quick to exploit it.
The harm does not depend on whether viewers believe the character is real. By putting antisemitic money tropes in the mouth of a figure dressed as a religious Jew, the content makes those tropes look like self-parody. It normalizes them for young audiences and gives cover to the antisemitic commenters who gather beneath each post.
Accounts Identified
Rabbi Shnickerdoodle / Rabbi Shnick
- Instagram: @rabbi_shnickerdoodle (~13K followers)
- Instagram amplifiers: @shnickstan (~450), @shnickclips (28)
- TikTok: @rabbi_shnickerdoodle, @rabbishnickerdoodle, @rabbishnick
- X: @RabbiShnick
- Telegram: t.me/shnickcoin
- Website and merchandise: rabbishnick.com; rabbi-shnick-shop.fourthwall.com
- Token: $SHNICK (Solana, pump.fun, launched October 8, 2026)
Copycat promotion
- X: @drilladev (promoting the $RABBI token on Solana)
Related personas
- Po$t $halom: Instagram @_p0st_shal0m_; TikTok @p0st_shal0m
- Yosef Chaim: Instagram @officialyosefchaim; TikTok @officialyosefchaim; linked account @renny.steinberg
- Instagram: @rabbi.sheckel, @lordbigyahu
What CAM Is Calling For
CAM urges Meta, TikTok, X, and Telegram to remove the accounts in this network and to treat synthetic religious impersonation used to spread hate as coordinated inauthentic behavior. CAM is also calling on platforms to stop recommending such content and to cut off the links that connect it to crypto tokens and merchandise.
Help expose hate. If you come across AI-generated “rabbis” or similar accounts spreading antisemitic tropes, report them to the platform and to CAM through our Report It portal. You can follow the accounts CAM has reported, and how platforms respond, on CAM’s platform accountability tracker.
Previous CAM Research
- Instagram’s Algorithm Feeds Antisemitic Content to Millions, New CAM Research Finds (March 25, 2026). Full report
- Fake AI ‘Rabbis’ Push Antisemitic Conspiracies to Millions Online (May 5, 2026)
- Fake AI ‘Rabbis’ Spread Antisemitic Tropes in Coordinated TikTok Campaign, New CAM Study Reveals (May 5, 2026). Full report
- New CAM Study Exposes Network of Fake AI-Generated ‘Rabbi’ Accounts Disseminating Antisemitic Tropes on YouTube (May 24, 2026)
- In the news: Meta, TikTok Remove AI-Generated Account That Released Anti-Israel Song (JNS, August 28, 2026)
- In the news: Report Exposes Network of Fake AI ‘Rabbis’ Promoting Antisemitism on TikTok (JNS)
