Tag Archives: Antisemitic

Turns out, Adam Sandler didn’t necessarily have just one person in mind when crafting a scathing lyric about an antisemitic musician in his Saturday Night Live 50th-anniversary special song, “50 Years.” In the emotional, funny, and at times cutting ditty meant to appropriately commemorate the show’s long history, Sandler sings at one point, “50 years of finding out your favorite …

Willem Dafoe, who is at the Sarajevo Film Festival to receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award as well as support Miguel Ángel Jiménez’s “The Birthday Party,” gave an in-depth career masterclass where he spoke about some of his most iconic roles. He also, very briefly, touched upon current American politics.  Speaking about his Oscar-nominated role in Sean Baker’s 2017 …

Willem Dafoe told a jam-packed masterclass at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival on Thursday about his work with the likes of David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, and Oliver Stone, among other things. The star, meanwhile, dodged a question about U.S. President Donald Trump. In an interview with Larry King at the dawning of the first Trump administration, Dafoe had shared that the country was …

Today, the Department of Justice finds George Washington University (GWU) in violation of federal civil rights law by acting deliberately indifferent to the hostile educational environment for Jewish, American-Israeli, and Israeli students and faculty. The Civil Rights Division’s investigation was conducted pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination, harassment, and abuse based on …

Josh Shapiro Says Zohran Mamdani Fails to Condemn ‘Blatantly Antisemitic’ Rhetoric  The New York Times Shapiro rebukes Mamdani for failing to condemn ‘blatantly antisemitic’ extremists  Jewish Insider Josh Shapiro joins Mamdani pile-on, saying candidate failed to condemn antisemitic rhetoric  Politico Dem governor criticizes Mamdani for not condemning ‘blatantly antisemitic’ rhetoric  Fox News Comedian Michael Rapaport mocks NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani as ‘Zohran the moron’  New …

Josh Shapiro joins Mamdani pile-on, saying candidate failed to condemn antisemitic rhetoric  Politico Shapiro advises Mamdani to rein in ‘blatantly antisemitic’ supporters  The Hill Shapiro rebukes Mamdani for failing to condemn ‘blatantly antisemitic’ extremists  Jewish Insider Stacy Garrity: Is Shapiro taking notes from NYC mayoral race?  TribLIVE.com Source link

Elmo returns to X after hacked antisemitic outburst  Politico Elmo’s X account hacked, shares antisemitic posts: “Disgusting messages”  CBS News Hacker Makes Antisemitic Posts on Elmo’s X Account  The New York Times Sesame Workshop regains control of Elmo’s hacked X account after racist posts  AP News Jon Stewart spoofs Elmo’s X account getting hacked  CNN Source link

Elmo hack marks latest antisemitic incident on X  Axios Elmo’s X account posts racist and antisemitic messages after being hacked  The Guardian Sesame Street puppet Elmo’s X account posts anti-Jewish rant after hacking  Al Jazeera Antisemitic posts appear on Elmo’s X account after hack  CNN Jon Stewart Invites Elmo on ‘The Daily Show’ to Explain His ‘Alt-Right’ Tweets  Rolling Stone Source link

X said it had removed the posts and that the problem was not related to the chatbot’s underlying large language model. Still, the Commission has called the company in for a “technical meeting” on Grok, spokesperson Thomas Regnier said. X is designated as a very large online platform under the EU’s Digital Services Act, meaning it has to follow strict …

Hackers gained access to the X account of the puppet Elmo over the weekend and used it to post racist and antisemitic threats as well as make profane references to Jeffrey Epstein. Sesame Workshop was still trying to regain full control on Monday over the red character’s account. “Elmo’s X account was compromised by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting …