O site se apresentava como uma "biblioteca, sem fins lucrativos, para estudos, bolsas ou pesquisas particulares [que mantém] uma vigilância atenta sobre as comunidades e organizações judaicas em todo o mundo".
O site recebeu atenção da mídia em abril de 2004, quando surgiu como o primeiro resultado em uma busca no Google pela palavra "judeu". Iniciou-se então uma petição para que o site fosse removido dos resultados de pesquisa do Google. Um escândalo em 2006 envolveu pedidos de doações para ajudar as vítimas do furacão Katrina que estavam sendo redirecionadas para o Jew Watch.
Entre o final de 2022 e começo de 2023, o site saiu do ar e foi subsistido por um site de apostas online de esportes sediado na Tailândia, pertencente ao serviço UFABET
"Racists of all beliefs can find materials to their liking on the Internet. [...] One such site, Jew Watch, contains articles and other writings on anti Semitic themes, with such titles as "World War Two Slave Labor Issues and Greedy Jewish Lawyers" and "The Rothschild Internationalist Zionist Banking One World Order Family"." Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the use of the Internet for purposes of incitement to racial hatred, racist propaganda and xenophobia, and on ways of promoting international cooperation in this area. World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. Preparatory Committee Second session. Geneva, 21 de Maio - 1 de Junho de 2001. Item 6 of the provisional agenda. Review of Reports, Studies and Other Documentation for the Preparatory Committee and the World Conference. United Nations General Assembly. A/CONF.189/PC.2/12. 27 de Abril de 2001
"In fact, the No. 1 result for the search entry "Jew" turns out to be www.jewwatch.com. The fanatically anti-Semitic hate site is ranked first in relevance of more than 1.72 million Web pages..." Joe Eskenazi. No. 1 Google result for ‘Jew’ is fanatical hate site – for now, j., 19 de março de 2004.
"As previously reported, the anti-Semitic site Jew Watch used to be the first item returned from a Google search on the word "Jew," a result that attracted widespread criticism and several online protest campaigns." David Becker. Anti-Semitic site drops off Google, CNET, 26 de abril de 2004. Recuperado em 21 de maio de 2007.
"Money donated through multiple Web sites registered to Frank Weltner of St. Louis was redirected to a site that collected money for an anti-Semitic and racist organization, Nixon said... Nixon said Weltner registered at least 10 Internet domain names with Katrina-related themes, such as donatekatrina.com and katrinafamilies.com. The Web sites showed photos of neighborhoods in rubble and families in peril, along with a pitch to donate. Those who clicked on a link to donate were redirected to a central Web site, InternetDonations.org., the same collection point for individuals pledging donations to JewWatch.com." Nixon obtains permanent injuntion against Jewwatch.com operator who deceptively solicited Katrina donationsArquivado em 2012-09-20 na WebCite, Attorney-General Jay Nixon press release, 26 de outubro de 2006. Recuperado em 21 de maio de 2007.
"Google's review comes a couple weeks after the Anti-Defamation League and online petitioners expressed concern over an anti-Semitic Web site, Jew Watch, showing up among the top results for the search term 'Jew.'" Verne Kopytoff. Google revisits policy on hate sites, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 de abril de 2004.
"A New York real estate developer has launched an online petition to get an anti-Semitic site removed from Google's index after it came up as the first result when he did a search for the word 'Jew'." Online petition launched against anti-Semitic site, The Age, 7 de abril de 2004.
"Although not mentioned in the Audit, two specific antisemitic web sites came to the attention of the Canadian Jewish community. Jew Watch, a vehemently antisemitic web site, was being listed by an Internet search engine under the 'Jewish Resources' section." 1998 Audit of Antisemitic IncidentsArquivado em 2012-02-10 no Wayback Machine, B'nai Brith Canada. Recuperado em 21 de maio de 2007.
"In March, during a casual Web search, the 26-year-old real-estate investor accidentally found that Jew Watch, an anti-Semitic site, was the top Google result." John Brandon. Dropping the Bomb on Google, Wired News, May 11, 2004. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
"...even when they appear on the internet, the antisemitic extremes of Jew-watch.com and the ethnic boosterism of Jewhoo.com seem relics of an archaic time." Vincent Brook. You Should See Yourself: Jewish Identity in Postmodern American Culture, Rutgers University Press, 2006, ISBN0-8135-3845-9, p. 232.
"... Jew Watch (a hate site allegedly reporting Jewish monopoly, banking, and media control worldwide)." Eli M. Salzberger, Niva Elkin-Koren: Law, Economics and Cyberspace. The Effects of Cyberspace on the Economic Analysis of Law. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004. ISBN1-84064-669-1. p. 72
"Racist skinheads connect and reconnect online through a multitude of websites like Stormfront and Jew Watch, which are deep reservoirs of hate..." Barry Howard Minkin: Ten Great Lies That Threaten Western Civilization Ten Great Lies, 2007. ISBN0-9792904-0-6. p. 140.