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“Throw him off the team,” said Dov Hikind, founder of Americans Against Antisemitism.
“This also signifies that the City of Los Angeles stands against all forms of hate and will help guide efforts to identify anti-Semitism and equip policymakers to address an alarming rise in hate,” said Rabbi Noah Farkas, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.
“We ask at this time that you take all security precautions to protect your community and facility,” the FBI tweeted.
“I am aware of the negative impact of my post towards the Jewish community, and I take responsibility,” Kyrie Irving said in a statement.
“In basketball, there’s out of bounds, and insulting faith is out of bounds,” Rabbi Erez Sherman of Sinai Temple, who has had NBA players train in his synagogue, told JNS.
“Anti-Semitism has generally declined in the areas where the IHRA definition has been implemented,” said B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn.
We need a widely accepted definition that will equip us to fight bigotry against Jews, said Roz Rothstein, CEO and co-founder of StandWithUs.
The Bloomberg report follows a Forbes story that Ye’s net worth dropped from $2 billion to $400 million after Adidas ended the “Yeezy” brand partnership over the rapper’s anti-Semitic comments.
“Kayne is right about the Jews” was digitally displayed at Jacksonville stadium.
The basketball legend said, “Look what happened in the time it took for all the people who ended up condemning Kanye, look how long it took for them to get around to saying what they had to say. In the meantime, Jewish kids were intimidated and bullied and had to deal with a whole lot of violence or violent thoughts directed at them because someone like Kanye West says it’s okay. It’s not okay.”
“It was a Jewish doctor that diagnosed me of having a disorder that would’ve had me on medication right now,” Ye, who was originally diagnosed with bipolar disorder after being hospitalized for a psychiatric emergency in 2016, said in a video circulated on Twitter.
The honor comes just days after a TV ad urging Americans to stand up against Jew-hatred aired during Sunday’s game between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets.
