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A disruptive passenger on an American Airlines flight had to be escorted off the plane after yelling antisemitic slurs and causing a 30-minute delay after engaging in a physical altercation with other flyers.A man aboard American Airlines Flight 2506, set to fly from Tampa International Airport to Philadelphia, USA, ended up being put in a headlock on Tuesday (March 19).Causing a half-hour delay, the man kept on yelling “ki*e” at a flight attendant, which is an extremely offensive word for a Jewish person, according to…

An Israeli film-maker who won one of the top prizes at the Berlin film festival has said German officials’ description of the awards ceremony as “antisemitic” has led to death threats and the physical intimidation of family members, causing him to hold off plans to return to Israel.Yuval Abraham, 29, was on Saturday awarded the Berlinale’s best documentary award for No Other Land, which charts the eradication of Palestinian villages in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank.Abraham’s acceptance speech, in which he decried a…

Despite regularly promoting and engaging with antisemitic conspiracy theories on his platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Elon Musk would like you to know that he doesn’t hate Jews, thank you very much. On Monday, he kicked off his I <3 Jewish People tour with a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland, where he managed to evince a look of sober introspection for the photographers present (though the fact that he had his child perched on his shoulders as if they were watching the majorettes at…

Elon Musk has announced that external auditors have found that X has far less antisemitic content compared to its competitors. Musk defended the platform's commitment to free speech as a fundamental principle Elon Musk,…

Elon Musk, who has been accused of allowing antisemitic messages on his social media platform, X, visited the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Monday, saying afterwards that the tragedy of the Holocaust "hits you much more in the heart when you see it in person."Musk toured the most notorious extermination camp established by Nazi Germany during World War II before attending a conference on antisemitism organized by the European Jewish Association in the nearby Polish city of Krakow.Elevate Your Tech Prowess…

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, apologized Tuesday to the Jewish community after his long string of antisemitic remarks and song lyrics.“I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for my unplanned outburst caused by my words or actions, it was not my intention to hurt or disrespect, and I deeply regret any pain I may have caused,” Ye said in an Instagram post written in Hebrew, according to a translation by the Jerusalem Post. “I am committed to starting with myself and learning from this experience to ensure…

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has issued a statement in Hebrew on his Instagram expressing regret over his antisemitic comments over the past year. That includes recent statements allegedly made in Las Vegas earlier this month, and caught by live streamers in attendance, invoking Hitler and Jesus Christ alongside himself, and addressing his loss of brand sponsorships and partnerships during a Vultures album event, as reported by Rolling Stone. Set to release on Jan. 12, the…

Kanye West has apologised to “the Jewish community” for a series of antisemitic remarks he made in 2022.In a statement posted in Hebrew on his Instagram account, where he has 18.2m followers, he wrote (as translated by Google): “I sincerely apologise to the Jewish community … It was not my intention to hurt or demean, and I deeply regret any pain I may have caused. I am committed to starting with myself and learning from this experience to ensure greater sensitivity and understanding in the future. Your forgiveness is…

Kanye West has issued an apology note “the Jewish community” in a new Instagram post written in Hebrew. The rapper, who has unleashed a series of antisemitic comments in recent years, wrote that he was sorry for any pain he has caused. “I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any ‘unintended outburst’ caused by my words or actions,'” he wrote (via Google Translate). It was not my intention to hurt or demean, and I deeply regret any pain I may have caused. I am committed to starting with myself and…

Someone scrawls “Free Gaza” under a mural on a Jewish deli. Demonstrators rally outside an Israeli-owned restaurant in Philadelphia. A Hanukkah candle-lighting at a community event in Virginia is not allowed unless the rabbi agrees to call for a cease-fire. Are these instances of antisemitism? Or are these appropriate expressions of political opinion against the Israel-Hamas war?To answer these questions, The Times gathered a panel of Jewish thinkers to talk about recent incidents and help define what antisemitism is and…