Derek Tassone

About Derek Tassone

Hello! My name is Derek Tassone. I am the Research and Data Manager for the Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) by CAM.I am a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), where I obtained an MA in Jewish History. Before that, I attended Georgetown University where I majored in Government and History with a minor in Jewish Civilization.My interest in antisemitism began in Fall 2019 after I took a class entitled “History of Antisemitism.” Ever since I have sought to utilize my open-source research, writing, and communication skills to fight the “world’s oldest hatred.”First with the ADL Florida Division, and then with the ADL’s Center on Extremism, I developed my open-source research skills, later honing them with the State Department’s Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism (SEAS).As a graduate student I was awarded the Israel Goldstein Prize in May 2023 for a paper examining the 38 CE anti-Jewish riot in Alexandria to investigate whether it was the “first pogrom.” Additionally, in Spring 2023 I undertook an independent research project that considered the overlooked Overman Committee as playing a part in the dissemination of the “Protocol of the Elders of Zion” and the mainstreaming of the conspiracy theory that Jews were responsible for communist revolutions.

Experience

1. Research and Data Manager

   Combat Antisemitism Movement

   Feb 2026 — Present

Education

• The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS)

  Master of Arts - MA, Jewish History

• Georgetown University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, History and Government with a Jewish Civilization Minor