This is the Forward’s coverage of Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, whose career collapsed in autumn 2022 after he went on an antisemitic tirade.
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Looking Forward Is Kanye’s antisemitic vitriol seeping into our schools and streets?
A superintendent's vague condemnation falls flat in a district with its own real problems
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Fast Forward ‘How are you supposed to enjoy music by somebody that hates you?’: Jewish fans press pause on Ye’s songs
For many Jews, it's become impossible to separate the art from the artist
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Culture This Halloween, antisemitism might just be the scariest look around
Timely and terrible costumes to terrify your Jewish friends and neighbors!
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Fast Forward Kanye West wanted to title his 2018 album ‘Hitler’
Sources told CNN that West's antisemitism goes back years
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Opinion Post-Kanye West, Black and Jewish solidarity is even more crucial
Black and Jewish Americans have the power together to halt the rising tide of white supremacy
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Fast Forward Oy vey shmear! Still trending for antisemitic rants, Kanye makes a bagel run
His eventful Manhattan Beach trip also included a failed stop to Skechers headquarters
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Fast Forward In newly released interview with Kanye West, a Jewish podcaster fails to elicit remorse for antisemitism
The artist known as Ye repeated antisemitic tropes and refused to back down as he spoke to Jewish MIT professor Lex Fridman
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Fast Forward Jewish educator cuts ties with Kanye West’s Los Angeles school
Tamar Andrews had consulted on the Donda Academy since July
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