Joe Rogan defended Kanye West’s latest song, titled “Heil Hitler,” on his podcast Tuesday and echoed the song’s antisemitic stereotypes. West, who now goes by “Ye,” released the track last week, in which he sings the chorus, ““All my n—s Nazis, n—a, heil Hitler.” It’s the latest in Ye’s long stream of blatantly antisemitic comments […]
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In the hours before this article was published, rapper Azealia Banks posted or shared dozens of tweets about topics spanning astrology, Florida’s water supply and Drake — along with many musings about sex. On Monday, her digital stream of consciousness flowed elsewhere: to Jewish cuisine. “Nah Jewish American food is delicioooooous,” she opined. “A hot […]
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A Chicago theater canceled an advance screening of “Bring the Family Home,” a documentary about campus antisemitism, four hours before its showtime, citing “the safety and well-being of our community.” Rami Even-Esh, an Israeli-American Jewish rapper who uses the stage name Kosha Dillz, created the still-unfinished documentary about his music and life on college campuses […]
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Before there was Joan Rivers and Susie Essman, and long before showrunner Amy Sherman-Palladino dreamed up “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” one Jewish comedian helped blaze a trail for the generations of hilarious women who followed her. Her name is Jean Carroll, and she’s considered the first Jewish woman stand-up comedian. And if you’ve never heard […]
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Russell Brand, the actor and iconoclastic activist, defended Kanye West’s latest song, titled “Heil Hitler,” saying that the artist now known as Ye is “uncancellable.” “‘Heil Hitler’ @kanyewest is uncancellable because he reached such a zenith in the culture that he couldn’t be killed,” said Brand in a post on X. “I think people would […]
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If she found it unnerving to see someone make a throat-slitting gesture at her as she walked the carpet at the first event in the Eurovision song contest, Yuval Raphael wasn’t letting on earlier this week. “It was a stressful situation, scary at times,” Raphael, Israel’s competitor in this year’s song contest, told the Jewish […]
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On the surface, New York-based filmmaker Yael Melamede’s latest documentary is an intimate story about her mother, award-winning Israeli architect Ada Karmi-Melamede. Ada, 88, who was born Mandatory Palestine and comes from a family of architects, is renowned for creating some of Israel’s best-known public buildings, including Ben-Gurion Airport, the Ramat HaNadiv Nature Park Visitor’s […]
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Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood announced the cancellation of shows with an Israeli musician in the United Kingdom after he said a campaign by a pro-Palestinian group led to “enough credible threats to conclude that it’s not safe to proceed.” Greenwood said he would no longer perform in Bristol and London in June with longtime collaborator […]
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This article was produced as part of the New York Jewish Week’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around New York City to report on issues that affect their lives. “We’re not just a Jewish team but we are playing for the Jewish people.” So says Zevi Samet, a junior guard for […]
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Between showers on a rainy Sunday afternoon, an Upper West Side intersection played host to a lively outdoor salsa concert by a 13-piece band that included three trumpet players and three trombonists. The street party, which drew a mix of dancing celebrants and confused passersby, was in honor of the Jewish New Yorker who left […]
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