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Gregory Sinaisky (Russian: Григорий Синайский) is a computer scientist and writer based in Zürich, Switzerland. A biographical note published with a 2020 essay states that he holds a Ph.D. in computer science and writes on media disinformation, military affairs, and social and scientific topics.[1]
His known writings include commentary on disinformation and the Iraq War, as well as Russian-language writings on Judaism, Jewish identity and Zionism. A 2003 work titled Иудаизм против сионизма (Judaism Against Zionism) is listed in Russian sources as a report presented at the founding congress of the International Eurasian Movement in Moscow.[2]
Biography
[edit]Little independently published biographical information about Sinaisky is available. A biographical note accompanying his 2020 essay states that he has a Ph.D. in computer science and lives in Zürich.[1]
Publicly accessible sources do not appear to establish his date and place of birth, the institution from which he received his doctorate, or details of his professional career in computer science.
Writing on disinformation
[edit]In April 2003, Sinaisky published Detecting Disinformation, Without Radar in Asia Times. The Project on Defense Alternatives lists the article in its archive of media coverage of the Iraq War and dates it to 3 April 2003.[3]
The article discussed ways of evaluating potentially misleading wartime reporting, including discrepancies between the certainty of headlines and the evidence presented in the underlying report. Sinaisky particularly emphasized vague claims and the absence of concrete, verifiable details.
The article subsequently circulated in educational material concerning propaganda and disinformation. Later compilations discussing propaganda techniques have cited Sinaisky's argument that vagueness can be an indicator warranting closer scrutiny of a news report.[4]
Writings on Judaism and Zionism
[edit]Russian-language sources document Sinaisky's writings on Jewish identity, Judaism and Zionism.
A Russian bibliography lists a work by him as:
- Синайский Григорий. Иудаизм против сионизма. / доклад на учредительном съезде Международного Евразийского движения. Москва. 20 ноября 2003 г.
("Grigory Sinaisky. Judaism Against Zionism. Report at the founding congress of the International Eurasian Movement. Moscow, 20 November 2003.")[2]
Sinaisky also wrote an essay titled Кто такой еврей? (Who Is a Jew?). A surviving 2005 web discussion reproduces substantial portions of the essay, attributes it to Grigory Sinaisky, and identifies the source as the website Иудаизм против сионизма ("Judaism Against Zionism").[5]
In Who Is a Jew?, Sinaisky argued against treating Jews as a racially homogeneous group and emphasized the historical role of religion, conversion and population mixing in Jewish identity.[5] The essay was later cited by Russian authors discussing Jewish identity and the relationship between ethnicity and religion.[6]
A 2013 article in the Russian newspaper Zavtra also discussed and quoted Sinaisky's Who Is a Jew? while considering competing religious and ethnic definitions of Jewish identity.[7]
Some Russian secondary sources describe Sinaisky and the Judaism Against Zionism website as associated with an Orthodox Jewish anti-Zionist position.[8] These sources also contain speculation that "Sinaisky" may be a pseudonym; no reliable source establishing this has been identified.
COVID-19 essay
[edit]In September 2020, Sinaisky published Fabricating a Pandemic – Who Could Organize It and Why on OffGuardian.[1] In the essay, he argued that aspects of media coverage and government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic displayed what he considered characteristics of a coordinated information campaign and speculated about political and economic interests that might have benefited from the response.[1]
These claims were presented by Sinaisky as his own analysis and hypotheses and are not established findings about the origins of the pandemic or the international response to it.
Selected works
[edit]- Detecting Disinformation, Without Radar. Asia Times, 3 April 2003.[3]
- Иудаизм против сионизма (Judaism Against Zionism). Report presented at the founding congress of the International Eurasian Movement, Moscow, 20 November 2003.[2]
- Кто такой еврей? (Who Is a Jew?). Published on the Russian-language Иудаизм против сионизма website.[5]
- Fabricating a Pandemic – Who Could Organize It and Why. OffGuardian, 6 September 2020.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Sinaisky, Gregory (6 September 2020). "Fabricating a Pandemic – Who Could Organize It and Why". OffGuardian. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Список использованной литературы". shahnov.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Media Coverage of Iraq – War Report". Project on Defense Alternatives. Commonwealth Institute. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ "Propaganda techniques". Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Гідна відповідь Томенка "шестикутному" Табачнику". Maidan (in Russian). 2005. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ "Иерусалимский храм как финансовый центр" (PDF) (in Russian). Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ "Блудный сын Израиля". Завтра (in Russian). Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ "История как Промысл Божий". Азбука веры (in Russian). Retrieved 17 September 2026.
External links
[edit]- Иудаизм против сионизма — Russian-language website containing writings attributed to Sinaisky
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