A pro-Israel watchdog is claiming victory after Manhattan cultural center 92Y cancelled an appearance by Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters. Richard Allen, head of JCC Watch, said Waters got the cold shoulder he should have expected from the Jewish community considering his harsh criticism of Israel. Allen mocked the rock legend for musing that he…
Pink Floyd rocker Roger Waters says Manhattan’s 92Y canceled his planned speaking event at the cultural center and he suspects it was because his criticism of Israel sparked “resistance in the local Jewish community.” “If that be the case, it saddens me,” Waters wrote on his website. “In these troubled times, opportunities for serious, measured…
A Manhattan cultural center has canceled an event with rock star — and outspoken Israel critic — Roger Waters. Waters was due to speak about his 45-year career as a solo musician and a key member of the British rock group Pink Floyd at 92Y on April 30. But “An Evening with Roger Waters” —…
Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters took partial credit for Stevie Wonder’s decision to pull out of performing at a Friends of Israel Defense Forces event. In an interview with Electronic Intifada, a pro-Palestinian media outlet, Floyd said he was one of several dignitaries who wrote to Wonder in an effort to dissuade him from playing at…
Each week The Arty Semite connects the Torah reading — however tenuously — with a classic work of rock and roll. In this week’s parsha, Ekev, Moses continues his lengthy speech from last week with more basic theology. He asks and answers questions such as why the Jews were chosen, what they have to do…
Like the song on Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” says, “the show must go on.” That’s the word from ex-Pink Floyd honcho Roger Waters, who has forcefully rebuffed accusations his new solo stage show includes anti-Semitic imagery. As the Shmooze reported this week, the Anti-Defamation League lashed out at Waters for an animated stage sequence where…
Crossposted from Haaretz The Anti-Defamation League has lashed out at rock star Roger Waters, claiming imagery used in his latest tour is anti-Semitic. Waters is a vocal critic of Israel’s policies and his 2010-2011 “The Wall Live” Tour takes aim at Israel’s West Bank security fence. During his performances of “Goodbye Blue Sky,” an animated…
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