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Rapper Kosha Dillz wrote a song about the antisemitic controversy surrounding Kanye West. Courtesy of YouTube

Jewish rapper Kosha Dillz releases song dissing Kanye West

By Alan Zeitlin, The ForwardPublished October 23, 2022
West has been in the news this month for making many antisemitic statements.

‘Kanye was right about the Jews,’ antisemitic group says on Los Angeles highway banner

PHILISSA CRAMER, JTAPublished October 23, 2022

(JTA) — Drivers heading south on the freeway in Los Angeles Saturday could view a Kanye West-related provocation by a vocal group of antisemites. “Kanye was right about the Jews,” read a banner hung by members of the Goyim Defense League, a white...

Prominent Jewish YouTuber Ethan Klein makes Holocaust joke about Ben Shapiro, leading to his suspension

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished October 21, 2022

(JTA) – Popular Jewish YouTube personality Ethan Klein was suspended from the platform for a week after he made a Holocaust joke about prominent right-wing Jewish pundit Ben Shapiro, escalating a war of words between two large Internet political factions...

Ramy Youssef opens up on filming in Israel, writing Jewish characters and reading Heschel

JACKIE HAJDENBERG, JTAPublished October 21, 2022

(JTA) — Ramy Youssef expected some glitches during the production of the third season of “Ramy,” his award-winning show about an Muslim-American millennial that has, perhaps unexpectedly, resonated with many American Jews. What he didn’t expect...

St. Louisan Jessica Radloff's new “The Big Bang Theory” book cracks NYT Bestseller list

St. Louisan Jessica Radloff’s new “The Big Bang Theory” book cracks NYT Bestseller list

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 20, 2022

On Oct. 10th, we shared the big news that St. Louis native Jessica Radloff was set to release her first-ever book, “The Big Bang Theory. The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series." Now, just 10 days later, Radloff's book has joined the...

‘Bad Jews’ describes a history of American Jewish infighting

Published October 20, 2022

(JTA) — The history of Jewish identity and politics in America has been told as a triumph of spiritual renewal (“A Certain People,” Charles Silberman, 1986), as an overdue flexing of political muscle (“Jewish Power,” J.J. Goldberg, 1996) and...

2 Jewish women join the all-new cast of ‘The Real Housewives of New York’

By Julia Gergely, JTAPublished October 19, 2022

(New York Jewish Week) – Two Jewish housewives will join the cast of “The Real Housewives of New York” for its 14th season.  Among the new cast members is Jewish internet influencer and social media activist Lizzy Savetsky, 37. Originally from...

Courtesy HBO.

What you need to know before watching the “Tree of Life” HBO documentary

By DAVID RULLO, Special To The Jewish LightPublished October 19, 2022

Filmmaker Trish Adlesic’s “A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting” is a deeply personal portrait of those who survived the horror of the Oct. 27, 2018, massacre. Told through first-person accounts, the film documents the violence and...

Tehilla and Elisheva Raskas make challah dough during the Great Big Challah Bake of St. Louis on Nov. 10 at the Clayton Plaza Hotel. The event drew close to 500 people. Photo: Kristi Foster

What you knead to know about the Great Big Challah Bake 2022

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 19, 2022

Shabbat has long been an occasion to reconnect with ourselves, our families and our community. And nothing embodies the Shabbat table more than delicious fresh baked challah. Baking challah can be an occasion as well. And that's exactly the premise...

Kanye West: I’m targeted by ‘Jewish media mafia’

JNSPublished October 19, 2022

(October 19, 2022 / JNS) After sparking outrage following multiple anti-Semitic outbursts, Kanye West clashed with NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo when the musician continued to double down on his comments. In an interview Monday, West, who now goes...

Mackenzie Mercer will play the role of Young Elsa when a touring production of “Frozen: The Musical”

Breaking the ice with the young Jewish star of ‘Frozen’ before it opens at The Fox

JUSTIN VELLUCCI, Special For The Jewish LightPublished October 19, 2022
Mackenzie Mercer, 11, stars as "Young Elsa" in the touring production that will come to the Benedum Center next month.

I listened to Kanye West slander Jews for three hours so that you don’t have to

Laura E. Adkins, The ForwardPublished October 19, 2022
In a recent interview, the rapper blamed all of his problems on the Jews.
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