(JTA) — Kyrie Irving returned Sunday from an eight-game suspension after again apologizing for promoting an antisemitic film on Twitter.
“I just want to offer my deep apologies to all those who were impacted over these last few weeks, specifically...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published November 21, 2022
(JTA) — A few days after the comedian Dave Chappelle appeared to justify the never-ending appeal of Jewish conspiracy theories, this sentence appeared in the New York Times: “Bankman-Fried is already drawing comparisons to Bernie Madoff.”
I’ll...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published November 17, 2022
The Anti-Defamation League, Heartland, which provides services to Southern Illinois, Missouri, and Eastern Kansas is partnering with the Jewish Community Center of St. Louis in response to some St. Louis area schools banning several Holocaust books,...
BY JACKIE HAJDENBERG, JTA
• Published November 17, 2022
(JTA) — Prominent Jewish comedians have begun to weigh in on fellow comic Dave Chappelle’s “Saturday Night Live” monologue in which he joked about Jews running Hollywood.
The verdict from his peers has been mixed after Chappelle delivered a...
Philissa Cramer, JTA
• Published November 17, 2022
(JTA) — One of two Jewish women tapped for the next season of a popular reality TV show has backed out, citing “a torrent of antisemitism” that she said she had received since the cast was announced.
Lizzy Savetsky, 37, had been set to appear...
(JTA) – Art Spiegelman’s “Maus,” along with six books about the Holocaust geared toward young readers, are among the hundreds of books that a handful of school districts in Missouri have reportedly removed from their shelves since the start of...
By PJ Grisar, The Forward
• Published November 16, 2022
Tuesday on “The Late Show,” Jon Stewart sat down with his old friend Stephen Colbert to talk Kyrie Irving, Kanye West and Dave Chappelle’s “SNL” monologue. In jest, he referred to himself as our “spokesjew.” His read of the situation has...
By Edward “Coach” Weinhaus
• Published November 16, 2022
Jews grouped together to form the state of Israel. They (we) run the place. It is not crazy to think or say that.
It is “delusional” to even think that “the Jews run Hollywood” even if there are “a lot of Jews there…I mean a lot.” And...
(JTA) — Last week saw Dave Chappelle deliver a brilliant monologue on “Saturday Night Live” addressing the antisemitism controversies surrounding Kanye West and Kyrie Irving.
Unfortunately, “brilliant” doesn’t inherently mean “moral”...
BY ANDREW LAPIN, JTA
• Published November 16, 2022
(JTA) – On “Saturday Night Live” last weekend, Dave Chappelle really wanted his audience to know there are a lot of Jews in Hollywood.
“I’ve been to Hollywood, this is just what I saw,” he said during his widely dissected monologue. “It’s...
Dov Waxman, University of California, Los Angeles
• Published November 16, 2022
Antisemitism has been in the news a lot lately. Hip-hop megastar Ye – formerly known as Kanye West – tweeted Oct. 8, 2022 that he would “go death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” and then made antisemitic comments during a series of interviews. Basketball...
By PJ Grisar, The Forward
• Published November 13, 2022
In Saturday’s “SNL” monologue, Dave Chappelle offered a canny pro-tip to Kanye West.
Trotting out a variation on George Carlin’s “Seven Words,” the comedian said there are “two words in the English language that you should never say...
