Award-winning journalist Allison Yarrow is a former deputy digital editor at the Forward and a National Magazine Award finalist who has also written for, among others, The New York Times, the Washington Post and Vox. She was a TED resident and author of an ebook about the sex abuse trial in Brooklyn of ultra-Orthodox counselor…
Actress Roseanne Barr apologized on Monday to the Holocaust survivor and billionaire financier George Soros after writing on Twitter late last month that he was “a nazi who turned in his fellow Jews 2 be murdered in German concentration camps & stole their wealth.” “I apologize sincerely to @georgesoros,” Barr wrote. “His family was persecuted…
In a rare interview with The Washington Post, billionaire Holocaust survivor George Soros, a favored target of the “alt-right,” opened up about the current political climate and anti-Semitic attacks against him. Most recently, Soros found himself in the crossfires of Roseanne Barr’s Twitter rant. Barr tweeted that Soros is “a nazi who turned in his…
(JTA) — Rosanne Barr retweeted a statement that alleged former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett had evil intent towards Jews and Israelis. The retweet came several minutes after Barr tweeted on Tuesday that “I’m making restitution for the pain I have caused.” You didn’t cause any pain. Those people always hated you. Valerie Jarrett wants Israelis…
(JTA) — Roseanne Barr reportedly cried and apologized for her racist tweet in a podcast interview with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. Barr “was sobbing and very apologetic about the whole thing,” according to the Hollywood Reporter, which cited an unnamed source. Boteach did not air the interview. The call in to the podcast came two days after…
Now that Roseanne is kaput, eliminated by the power of cultural backlash against Ambien-fueled racism, network ABC is considering if there’s any money left to squeeze out of the franchise. Could a spinoff dedicated to Darlene, played by Sara Gilbert, ever capture the same working-class spirit as the original? Or the remake, which inspired mixed…
Have Your Say is your chance to tell us what you think. Tell us in the comments below or on Facebook and let us know what you think about the question posed in the headline. Vote: Have Your Say: Was @ABC Wrong Or Right To Axe @RoseanneOnABC?https://t.co/nEdhwcmsgH — The Forward (@jdforward) May 31, 2018
For much of this week, the actress and rabid Israel-supporter Roseanne Barr has dominated headlines. After making a hugely successful comeback this year with the return of her show “Roseanne” after a decades-long hiatus, ABC cancelled the show and fired Barr after she posted a racist tweet comparing former Barack Obama aide Valerie Jarrett to…
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