Apology of the day

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Apprentice contestant apologises for selling Nazi memorabilia
Gregory Ebbs' Raven Yard Antiques has come under fire from community groups
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A candidate in this year's series of BBC reality show The Apprentice has apologised after criticism for stocking Nazi memorabilia in his online antiques shop.

Gregory Ebbs, who describes himself as a "Food Lover" and "Military History Buff" was forced to apologise after he was found to be selling a Nazi-era dagger emblazoned with a swastika.

Both the Campaign Against Antisemitism and the Board of Deputies criticised the decision to sell the weapon with CAA saying that Ebbs was "facilitating the sale of artefacts synonymous with death to sick collectors."

The blade, which was sold for £725 earlier this month, is believed to date from before the war and belonged to a German army officer. It was listed for sale by a third party on Mr Ebbs' website.

In a statement, Ebbs said: "I in no way condone or wish to be looking to be celebrating this abhorrent and shameful part of history and I apologise for any offence caused.

"My online business is an antique marketplace where independent sellers have a platform to sell a wide range of antiques, memorabilia & militaria from many different periods of history. The item in question was sold by a third-party vendor.

"This type of memorabilia is not something I would personally sell or stock. The website is relatively new and I will be looking to implement stricter vetting procedures for third-party vendors."

On the BBC's Apprentice website, LIb Dem councillor Ebbs says his peculiar habits would be his strength in the show, boasting: "I would say my willingness to try different things, and being slightly more unusual than most is a massive plus."

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Good "Nazi" that he is, here he is at the Sydney Jewish Museum.   

Dominic Perrottet addresses the media outside the Sydney Jewish Museum, Jan. 12, 2023

Australian politician under fire for wearing Nazi uniform at 21st birthday party
https://www.jta.org/2023/01/18/global/australian-politician-under-fire-for-wearing-nazi-uniform-at-21st-birthday-party

Dominic Perrottet, the premier of the Australian state of New South Wales and a leading member of the country's center-right Liberal Party, is facing harsh criticism after news surfaced that he wore a Nazi costume during his 21 birthday party, nearly 20 years ago.

Perrottet apologized during a conference he called outside of the Sydney Jewish Museum last Thursday, but critics complained that he did not disclose the incident years earlier. He told the Australian Jewish News on Wednesday that he was "deeply ashamed" by the incident and claimed that he considered admitting to the act in 2021, while giving the museum $6.25 million of state funds, or while working to pass a ban Nazi symbols last year.

"I knew the hurt the truth of this terrible mistake that I made would bring, to particularly the Jewish community," he said.

Perrottet has claimed that he did not know what the uniform was at the time but was educated about it by his parents after returning home from the party. The news has made headlines across Australia and beyond, and reports are swirling that Perrottet's position could be in peril.

Around 50,000 Jews, including some 2,000 Holocaust survivors, live in the state of New South Wales, where Australia's second-largest Jewish community, in Sydney, is located.

"We've had members of the community in tears over this particular incident," NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark told the ABC, Australia's main broadcaster.

But he also praised Perrottet.

"The premier has been a staunch supporter and friend of the NSW Jewish community throughout his time in public life," Bark said, pointing out that perrottet had supported Holocaust education during his time in office.

Perrottet told the Australian Jewish News that he is looking into creating an easier way for primary school students to report bullying and that he wants to allocate more funds for the Sydney Jewish Museum.

"My focus now is to really ensure that what occurred all those years ago becomes a force of good for our young people moving forward," Perrottet said.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I Wasn't Aware of The Fact That There Are Tropes About Jews and Money"
https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63574

Minnesota Rep Ilhan Omar (D) apologized once again for her past criticisms of Is

rael during a struggle session with CNN's Dana Bash and California Rep Adam Schiff (D) on Sunday.

Watch:

Partial transcript:

Bash: So when you apologized for the "All about the Benjamins" comment, you said, "anti-Semitism is real, and I'm grateful for Jewish allies and colleagues who are educating me on the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes." What did you learn?

Omar: A lot. I certainly did not, or was not aware, that the word "hypnotized" was a trope. I wasn't aware of the fact that there are tropes about Jews and money. That has been a very enlightening part of this journey. To insinuate that I knowingly said these things when people have read into my comments to make it sound as if I have something against the Jewish community is so wrong. If you remember when I first got elected to Congress, it was when the FBI report came out about the rise of anti-Semitism. As the Rep-elected, the first op-ed I wrote was on that report, which I talked about how it was important for us as a community to coalesce around the Jewish community and fight against anti-Semitism. I voted for every single resolution. No Republican can say that. Condemning anti-Semitism. My work is clear, and the collaboration and work that I do with my Jewish colleagues is very clear...

Notice how Omar's never been asked by the media to condemn her past anti-white comments?

"I would say our country should be more fearful of white men across our country because they are actually causing most of the deaths within this country, and so if fear was the driving force of policies to keep America safe, Americans safe inside of this country, we should be profiling, monitoring, and creating policies to fight the radicalization of white men," Omar said in an interview with Al-Jazeera in 2018.

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She's never apologized for any of them and Republican leaders like Kevin McCarthy -- who take great offense to her criticisms of Israel -- never asked her to.

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Islamic group sorry for branding synagogue a 'place of non-believers'
EXCLUSIVE: Dawat-e-Islami, the movement buying Wembley United Synagogue, has "apologised profusely" after distributing offensive fundraising flyers.https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/islamic-group-sorry-for-branding-synagogue-a-place-of-non-believers/



The Islamic movement buying Wembley United Synagogue has "apologised profusely" after its fundraising flyers sought help to purchase "a place of worship of non-believers".

Dawat-e-Islami, a global Sunni Muslim group founded in Pakistan, caused a wave of upset across social media sites including Facebook's 'Friends of Wembley Shul' in recent days. The synagogue received a written apology on Wednesday morning.

In an email sent to Wembley Synagogue chair Charles Vitez from Dawat-e-Islami's head of London region, a copy of which has been seen by Jewish News, Hasan Ali Safdar said: "I am writing to apologise for the hurt caused by our leaflet this week."

He said: "The wording on the leaflet stated the building is 'a former place of worship of non-believers', which was referring to non-believers of Islam i.e. any other religion. The wording was never intended to cause any offence.

"We have removed this text from the campaign immediately and apologise profusely for any offence it may have caused... We will not distribute the old leaflets and will only use the amended material."

The United Synagogue's sale of the 14,500 sq. ft. building is close to completion, the two parties having already exchanged. Dawat-e-Islami established a presence in the UK in 1995 and now has a network of around 40 Islamic centres and schools.

In December, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attended a farewell service at the shul on Forty Avenue, whose membership has dropped from 1,800 in the 1960s to about 150 families today, in part due to the shifting focus of north London's Jewish community.

The building was listed for sale for £4m, but the Dawat-e-Islami leaflets cited a £5m fundraising project, believed to include the estimated cost of refurbishment. In November 2020, the shul bought a smaller purpose-built site nearby.

David Collins, the United Synagogue's chief operating officer, told Jewish News: "We are pleased that the trustees of Dawat-e-Islami UK immediately recognised the hurt caused by the offensive language on their fundraising flyer. We are also glad that they have apologised to the members of Wembley United Synagogue and by extension the wider community, and have ordered a reprint of the flyer and removal of online content which contained the same language.

"The United Synagogue has robust due diligence processes.  The buyer was selected after a full marketing exercise for the sale. All the serious bids for the property came from other faith groups and following due diligence, the highest bidder was chosen as would be expected by the Charity Commission. In anticipation of the sale, we had already purchased and refurbished a new, fit-for-purpose site for Wembley United Synagogue and we look forward to supporting them to make the move and celebrate their first Shabbat in the new shul soon. We will invest the remainder of the proceeds in planned capital projects in our newer and growing communities."

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Labour MP apologises 'unreservedly' for calling Israeli government 'fascist' 
Kim Johnson urged Rishi Sunak to condemn the actions of the Israeli government without mentioning Palestinian terror
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Labour MP Kim Johnson has apologised "unreservedly" for calling the Israeli government "fascist" at Prime Ministers Questions (PMQs) earlier today.

Ms Johnson used the descriptor towards the end of PMQs on Wednesday, and asked the prime minister how he is "challenging" Israel on alleged human rights violations against Palestinians while failing to mention the terror attacks on Israeli civilians just days ago.

A Labour spokesperson slammed Ms Johnson's comments as "completely unacceptable", and after a meeting with the Chief Whip following PMQs, Ms Johnson apologised in the House of Commons and withdrew her assertion that Israel is an "apartheid state".

Speaking towards the end of PMQs today, Kim Johnson MP asked: "Since the election of the fascist Israeli government in the election last year, there has been an increase in human rights violations against Palestinian civilians, including children. So, can the prime minister tell us how he is challenging what Amnesty and other human rights organisations are referring to as 'an apartheid state'?"

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak responded: "Well, Mr Speaker, the honourable lady also failed to mention the horrific attacks on civilians inside Israel as well, and it's important in this matter to remain calm and urge all sides to strive for peace, and that's very much what I will do as prime minister and in the conversations that I've had with the Israeli prime minister."

On Friday, seven Israelis were killed outside a Jerusalem synagogue after a gunman opened fire. A 14-year-old boy and a married couple who ran to help the victims of the attack were among those killed.

In response to the comments, a Labour Party spokesperson said: "Kim Johnson's words were completely unacceptable.

"Labour sees the relationship with Israel as an important one, and Keir is committed to strengthening that."

Shortly after 2:30pm, Ms Johnson raised a point of order in the House of Commons and apologised for her comments, saying: "I would like to apologise unreservedly for the intemperate language that I used during PMQs. I was wrong to use the term 'fascist' in relation to the Israeli government and understand why this was particularly insensitive given the history of the State of Israel.

"And while there are far-right elements in the government, I recognise that the use of the term in this context was wrong. I would also like to apologise for the use of the term 'apartheid state'. While I was quoting accurately Amnesty's description, I recognise this is insensitive and I'd like to withdraw it."

Ms Johnson is the Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, and she succeeded Jewish MP Louise Ellman, who left the party in October 2019 citing allegations of antisemitism. She rejoined the party in 2021.

Ms Johnson was elected to Parliament in December 2019, becoming Liverpool's first black MP. She is a member of Parliament's Socialist Campaign Group, and is a supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, welcoming the party's decision to reinstate his membership in November 2020 (although he still does not have the Labour whip).

She sparked controversy in July 2021 by claiming that her predecessor Dame Louise Ellman "was not forced out" of the party by antisemitism, which Ms Ellman described as "gaslighting".

Ms Johnson later said that it was never her intention to negate Dame Louise's experience.

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Kyrie Irving apologizes for antisemitism controversy after Brooklyn Nets suspend him
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Kyrie Irving apologizes for causing 'pain' for 'Jewish families and Communities'

Nov. 4, 9:13 a.m. — Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving posted an apology to his Instagram late Thursday night, hours after being suspended without pay for at least five games for failing to condemn antisemitism.

"To All Jewish families and Communities that are hurt and affected from my post, I am deeply sorry to have caused you pain, and I apologize," Irving wrote in the post.

"I initially reacted out of emotion to being unjustly labeled Anti-Semitic, instead of focusing on the healing process of my Jewish Brothers and Sisters that were hurt from the hateful remarks made in the Documentary," Irving continued. He acknowledged that he shared the film without clarifying which parts he agreed with and which he did not, such as Holocaust denial. Irving said he had "no intentions to disrespect any Jewish cultural history regarding the Holocaust."

Here's something you don't see every day: an apology deletion. 

Kyrie Irving says he has Jewish family members, stands by deleting apology post
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NBA star Kyrie Irving's tenure in Brooklyn has come to an end, but the drawn-out saga over his antisemitism scandal apparently has not.

NBA reporter Sam Amick pointed out in a podcast published Tuesday that Irving had deleted his November Instagram post apologizing for sharing an antisemitic film on Twitter.

Irving had been suspended by the Brooklyn Nets for at least five games after he refused to apologize for the post and instead said "I cannot be antisemitic if I know where I come from."

During a press conference on Tuesday, as a new member of Jewish owner Mark Cuban's Dallas Mavericks, he was asked about his decision to delete the post.

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"I delete things all the time and it's no disrespect to anyone within the community," Irving said.

When asked if he stands by the apology, Irving ultimately said yes — after sharing new information about his family.

"I stand by who I am and why I apologized. I did it because I care about my family and I have Jewish members of my family that care for me deeply," Irving said. "Did the media know that beforehand, when they called me that word — antisemitic? No. Did they know anything about my family? No. Everything was assumed."

He continued: "I reacted instead of responding emotionally maturely. I didn't mean to be defensive or go at anybody. I stand by my apology and I stand by my people."

It is unclear which members of Irving's family are Jewish, or if the assertion is an expression of the Black Hebrew Israelite ideology promoted in the film he shared, which includes the claim that African Americans are the genealogical descendants of the ancient Israelites.

Such ideology has received increased attention in recent months, as a result of Irving's controversy and the antisemitic outbursts from Kanye West, the rapper who now goes by Ye.

"I actually can't be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew," West tweeted in October.

During Irving's media appearance Tuesday, a reporter asked if the Jewish members of his family spoke to him about the film he shared, and whether they were hurt by his decision to promote it.

Irving demurred, and restated his oft-repeated line about knowing "where I come from."

"I've had a lot of conversations about world history," he said. "What was contained in there was contained in there. I didn't agree with everything. I've been up here saying that."

He continued by again criticizing the media, suggesting that if "specific media members actually cared to do research — instead of being the first to report things — then they would know where I come from."

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This basketball player apologized almost two years ago, but he is still being forced to grovel.

Leonard apologized the following day, writing, "I am deeply sorry for using an anti-Semitic slur during a livestream yesterday. While I didn't know what the word meant at the time, my ignorance about its history and how offensive it is to the Jewish community is absolutely not an excuse and I was just wrong."

NBA player Meyers Leonard opens up on his antisemitism scandal to Jewish ESPN reporter
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Nearly two years after NBA player Meyers Leonard was caught using an antisemitic slur on a video game platform, the former first-round pick opened up about the incident and his subsequent journey toward forgiveness in an interview with Jewish ESPN reporter Jeremy Schaap.

"I know that I made a huge, huge mistake," Leonard told Schaap, an 11-time Emmy winner who has produced other Jewish-themed content for ESPN. "And like, how in the world did this ever happen? I couldn't harm a fly."

Leonard, then a member of the Miami Heat, used the word "kike" while livestreaming a "Call of Duty" video game on the Twitch streaming platform in March 2021. The backlash was swift: Leonard was suspended by the Heat and fined by the league. He was then traded and released.

Leonard apologized the following day, writing, "I am deeply sorry for using an anti-Semitic slur during a livestream yesterday. While I didn't know what the word meant at the time, my ignorance about its history and how offensive it is to the Jewish community is absolutely not an excuse and I was just wrong."

The 7-footer was also injured at the time of the incident, and hasn't played in the NBA since. But now he is healthy and attempting a comeback, having recently worked out for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Schaap spoke to Leonard for the ESPN Daily podcast, relaying the experience to host Pablo Torre.

Leonard, who said he has not yet forgiven himself, told Schaap about the toll the mistake took on him, which included needing 24-hour security because of threats made against him and his family. He even thought about ending his life.

"I felt like I had just destroyed my life and everything that I had worked for, to be honest," Leonard said.

Torre framed the Leonard episode in the context of Kyrie Irving's recent antisemitism scandal, saying Irving "became the new face of the foremost antisemitism scandal, in not just NBA history, but modern sports history."

Schaap alluded to the recent rise in antisemitism across the United States, including the deadly 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. "This has been, the last several years, a time at which the Jewish community has felt more under attack than it has in a long time," Schaap said.

Schaap said he began his interview by asking if Leonard knew what he was saying when he used the slur.

"Absolutely not," Leonard said. "Again, there are absolutely no excuses for what happened that day, and ignorance, sadly, is a very real thing. And that's what I was."

Leonard added that he likely learned the word from being active in online gaming, which is often a hotbed for antisemitism and other forms of hate.

Schaap and Torre provided a brief history and explanation of the slur, and Schaap said he was inclined to believe Leonard when he said he did not know its meaning.

"I talked to younger Jewish people from metropolitan areas who said they had never heard the word, and that was shocking to me," said Schaap. "Now Meyers Leonard, of course, had heard the word, because he used it, which is different. But it does seem highly plausible to me, knowing all these younger Jewish people who don't know what the word means, that he didn't know what it means."

Schaap and Leonard also retraced the timeline of the controversy, from the moment he uttered the word online to his engagement with the local Jewish community in South Florida. Just days after the incident, Leonard met with Pinny Andrusier, a rabbi affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in nearby Broward County.

"You're a good man with a good soul," Leonard recalled Andrusier telling him. "This happened for you, not to you. You'll understand eventually."

From there, Leonard met others in the local community, including Holocaust survivors, and also met with representatives from the Anti-Defamation League and the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

Schaap asked Leonard if he had absorbed anything from Jewish culture or tradition into his own life. His answer: love.

"Walk outside your door, love people," Leonard said. "Be kind. Forgive. Through a big mistake of mine, I met a loving community. I met people who had been through extremely difficult times, yet they loved me. And they wanted me to love myself."

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The word "apology" isn't used, but resigning is the same thing, only worse. 

Essex cricket chairman resigns following JC investigation
Azeem Akhtar liked a string of 'indefensible' tweets but was cleared of antisemitism by an independent review
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The chairman of Essex County Cricket Club has decided to step down following an investigation into social media posts sparked by a JC investigation.

Azeem Akhtar endorsed comments that the "Zionist lobby" has "oversized" control of the media and a string of other inflammatory social media posts.

The former board member of Sport England also "liked" on Twitter a defence of comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany, and another post that celebrated athletes boycotting the Jewish state.

In a statement published on Monday, Essex said they respected Mr Akhtar's "integrity" and stressed their due diligence process had found "no evidence" of antisemitism or racism by him."

It added: "The Club acknowledges again Azeem's all-round skill set and strength of character for the leadership role for which he was selected and is sorry to announce his resignation."

After Mr Akhtar's social media activity was revealed by the JC in December of last year, Essex launched an independent review while he stepped aside.

It has now concluded that Mr Akhtar was "supportive of the Islamic faith and beliefs as opposed to being antisemitic or indicating any other forms of racism."

Mr Akhtar said: "These last few weeks have been very difficult for my family and me. This has taken a toll on us and I am determined to do justice to my other professional and personal commitments.

"I am passionately committed to fighting all kinds of discrimination whether that be antisemitism, Islamophobia, or any other kind of prejudice.

"As concluded, my social media activity is reflective of my religious and political affiliations and the strong humanitarian stance I take on conflicts around the world.

"ECCC must lead the way with utmost sincerity in being a genuinely diverse and inclusive club. I wish ECCC the very best for the coming season and will continue to support the team as I have done every season since I was a boy."

Mr Akhtar was the club's first ethnic minority chairman and was appointed 12 months after a racism scandal led to the ousting of his predecessor. His appointment was intended to "signal the beginning of a new era for the club" following the row.

Speaking in December, the Campaign Against Antisemitism said: "Several of the tweets 'liked' by Azeem Akhtar breach the International Definition of Antisemitism.

"Essex County Cricket Club must investigate Mr Akhtar's social media activity immediately, lest cricket start to become a breeding ground for antisemitism denial."

Several of the comments endorsed by him, they added, were "indefensible".

A tweet posted on May 23 2021 and liked by Mr Akhtar declared: "It is not offensive to say that the Pro–Israel and Zionist lobby have deep pockets and oversized influence/control over the media.

"What happened to Emily Wilder, the Hadids, Dua Lipa and others proves this."

A photo posted in December 2021 of Jewish anti-racism campaigner Rachel Riley and liked by Mr Akhtar had the caption "#ShameOnRachelRileyForever". The accompanying picture showed the television star wearing a T-shirt that read: "Jeremy Corbyn is a racist endeavour."

The cricket boss also liked a tweet posted in May that claimed: "Comparing Israel with Nazis is not antisemitic. In fact, many Jewish people have done so themselves."

Mr Akhtar also signalled his approval of Algerian athlete Fathi Nurin withdrawing from the Olympics to avoid competing against an Israeli athlete in a "like" posted in July 2021.

Another tweet liked by Mr Akhtar said: "Zionism has very little connection with Judaism but very close relationship with fascism and white supremacy (sic)."

Speaking to the JC at the time, Mr Akhtar said he was "vehemently" not antisemitic and had liked the tweets because he was upset about killings in Israel and Palestine.

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NYC Legal Aid Group Forced to Apologize, Pay $170K Over Antisemitism Harassment
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A New York City taxpayer-funded legal aid group condemned for a 2014 "kill the NYPD" rap video and a 2021 director's email blasting Israel and cops have now been forced to issue an apology and a $170,000 settlement for alleged discrimination against a Jewish staffer, The Post has learned.

"You may remember that I was called a racist, a colonizer, and a Karen [slang for an entitled white person], and I was told that I was worse than the dirt under your feet and that my children were murderers," former Bronx Defenders staffer Debbie Jonas said in an email Wednesday to the politically charged legal assistance group's employees informing them about the settlement.

Jonas, a Zionist Jew, has children with dual citizenship in Israel and the U.S. who have served in Israel's Defense Forces. "I was cursed and badgered until I could no longer stand the hostility," said Jonas, who worked at Bronx Defenders for eight years.

While Bronx Defenders admitted to no lawful wrongdoing in the confidential settlement, its executive director, Justine Olderman, issued a heartfelt apology, and the firm has agreed to provide antisemitism training to all employees provided by the Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law.

Jonas praised Olderman's "courage" and "humility" for issuing the "since" apology. She said after subtracting legal expenses, she will donate a total of $40,000 to charities in Israel: Shurst Hadin, Tobeka, Yad L'isha, Technoda, and Bet Izzy Shapiro.

"Of course, this represents a great victory in the effort to combat Jew-hatred," said Dov Hikind, founder of Americans Against Antisemitism, who took up Jonas' cause. "But this saga also serves as a vital example of just how pervasive antisemitism is in every sector of society and as a lesson on the necessity for Jewish victims to fight for justice if there are ever to be meaningful consequences."

The Post first reported in June 2021 that Shannon Cumberbatch, director of Bronx Director's Office of Equity and Institutional Transformation, blasted Israel, the "US empire" and even the NYPD during an ongoing dispute with Palestinians in Gaza in an official email — likening the situation in the Middle East to "sanctioned genocide" against blacks and native Americans in America.

In her letter as part of the settlement, Olderman apologized for the staffers' mistreatment of Jonas. "I feel a special kind of shame for not speaking up in the face of internal emails containing hateful personal attacks on you and your family," Olderman said.

Bronx Defenders "stands for the fundamental principle of treating people, whether clients, community members, or staff, with compassion, care, and dignity; I am personally sorry and ashamed that both I and the organization I lead did not live up to those values," she told Jonas.

Bronx Defenders — which has obtained more than $300 million in city and state funding over the past decade to represent poor defendants in criminal and civil cases — previously came under fire in 2014 when two of its staffers appeared in a vile online rap video that urged black people to kill NYPD cops, and a DOI investigation found that staffers lied about their role in the video.

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Here's an apology to remember.  The jews were arguing about their fucking "holohoax," and one jew called another jew an asshole, and was forced to apologize.   


The now deleted tweet sent from the Board of Deputies' official account

Board of Deputies apologises for tweet calling journalist an 'a******'
The now deleted tweet criticising Jewish journalist Rachel Shabi was apparently sent from the wrong account
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The Board of Deputies of British Jews has apologised after a tweet was sent from its official account calling a Jewish journalist an "a******".

The since deleted tweet on Saturday night was in response to journalist Rachel Shabi's comments on Holocaust eduction.

The tweet read: "Rachel Shabi telling the head of the Holocaust Education Trust that she's plainly wrong about er, the Holocaust, is the definition of chutzpah. The shamelessness of this a******." (Stars added by the JC).

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Ms Shabi had criticised an opinion piece written by Karen Pollock, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, published by The Times.

Ms Pollock has urged people to stop invoking the Holocaust for "anything that we hate or fear, anything that evokes pain and horror, triggering a strong emotional response". It came after football presenter Gary Lineker said that the language being used around the government's immigration legislation is "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 1930s."

Ms Pollock wrote: "However passionately we feel about important and pressing issues of the day, it seems to me that comparing those current concerns to the almost unimaginable horrors of the Nazi period is wrong. These comparisons are wrong when the point being made is one we agree with, and when it is not.

"The appalling policies and actions of the Nazis took place in a specific period in history, rooted in a time and a place — so I urge caution from everyone when considering reference to this period of history to make any point."

Ms Shabi tweeted in response: "This is plainly wrong. A key tenet of Holocaust education in never again, for anyone. The Holocaust is unique, but 'never again' is universal. Drawing out similarities and parallels is critical and part of the education."

The tweet from the Board of Deputies' account was quickly deleted, but Ms Shabi shared a screenshot and wrote: "Hey @BoardofDeputies do you want to apologise and explain how this happened?"

The email sent from Board of Deputies Chief Executive Michael Wegier to Deputies on Sunday

On Sunday, the Board, which represents the Jewish community, tweeted an apology, writing: "Late last night there was a tweet issued in error from the Board of Deputies' Twitter account directed to @rachshabi. This tweet used inappropriate language, for which we unreservedly apologise.

"The tweet was immediately removed. We have also reached out privately to apologise."

Ms Shabi accepted the apology, but added: "The problem isn't just the language but the substance of the post. I'm concerned that the person intending to post this on their personal account is responsible for your Twitter account. Can you take action?"

In an email sent to Deputies on Sunday, obtained by the JC, the Board's chief executive Michael Wegier wrote: "We are currently considering a number of different options in order to ensure this does not happen again. Once a decision is made, these will be immediately implemented."

A spokesperson for the Board of Deputies declined to share any details on what the options under consideration are, nor the timeframe in which they envisage changes being made.

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Another apology by a jew.  This one is actually a jew apologizing to a goy - former President Jimmy Carter - about the "apartheid" word.   

It's a bit suspicious that this apology is getting publicity now, however, since it is widely know that Carter is near death, and, do we dare think that this jew is trying to get publicity as a result of the death of Carter, who he betrayed years ago? 

Man who led mass resignation from Jimmy Carter's Foundation apologised, admits to Israel apartheid
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230313-man-who-led-mass-resignation-from-jimmy-carters-foundation-apologised-admits-to-israel-apartheid/

The man responsible for leading the resignation of 15 members of the Carter Centre's Board of Councillors in 2007, over former US President Jimmy Carter's criticism of Israel has announced his apology to the ailing figure, admitting that Carter was right about Israel becoming an apartheid state.

In an article published last week by the American Jewish news outlet, The Forward, titled 'I was wrong about Israel. I apologised. Then President Carter gave me a lesson in grace,' Steve Berman – a former member of the Carter Centre's Board of Councillors from 2005 to 2007 – recounted his and other Board members' reactions to Carter's 2006 book 'Palestine: Peace not Apartheid', in which the former President identified Israel's occupation of and persecution in Palestinian territories as apartheid.

Stating that "I felt that even my left-of-centre sensibilities had been betrayed", he said he "wasn't convinced" by Carter's reasoning that, although Israel was apparently not yet an apartheid state at the time, but that it "was moving toward this state of affairs by its ongoing occupation of the West Bank".

Berman then led 15 members of the Board of Councillors to resign in 2007, but wrote that "in the intervening years, I realised that he [Carter] was likely right". Citing his deep ties with Israel and his children and grandchildren's subsequent connection with the country, Berman admitted that, over time, "I came to realise that the Jewish state was, indeed, burying its head in the sand. Israel was not facing the demographic realities, and was fast becoming a state that could not be both democratic and Jewish."

He criticised both the Israeli left which seemed "more consumed by espressos and stock options than with peace" and the Israeli right which focuses on deals such as the Abraham Accords "with nations thousands of miles away instead of any meaningful attempts to address the occupation taking place in its own backyard."

In that climate, Berman said, he "kept thinking about Carter's prediction that apartheid was in Israel's future if leadership kept ignoring the general direction of the country". Eight years ago, he then felt compelled to write to Carter to apologise, admitting to him that "as of late, I had started to view Israel's occupation of the Palestinians as something that started in 1967 as an accident but was now becoming an enterprise with colonial intentions."

Carter replied to him shortly afterward, in a handwritten note which read: "You have no reason to apologise, but I accept your wonderful letter as you obviously intend it. I sympathise & understand the feelings of my many friends, who reacted as you did. Best wishes, Jimmy Carter. P.S. You would be welcome back at the Carter Centre. JC."

Berman said he "was shaken and inspired by his humility. Carter owed me nothing, yet gave me a sense there is a capacity within us all for unconditional love."

As the 98-year-old Jimmy Carter was, last month, admitted to home hospice care in what seems to be his final days, Berman urged that "Before it is too late, American Jews should apologise to Jimmy Carter, and thank him for everything he has done for us and the world."

Famed for his administration's brokering of the Camp David Accords of 1978 and the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement, Carter has broken from the usual unconditional American pro-Israel bias by frequently and consistently advocating against Israel's occupation and for Palestinian rights and statehood over almost two decades.

In 2014, he slammed Tel Aviv for not being committed to a two-state solution, urged US policy to be less biased towards it, and called for Washington to recognise the Palestinian Resistance group, Hamas, as a legitimate political force. More recently, in 2020, Carter condemned former President Donald Trump's 'deal of the century' as breaching international law.

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WWE Issues Apology for Using Auschwitz Footage in 'WrestleMania' Promo
https://www.stopantisemitism.org/antisemitic-incidents-140/wwe-issues-apology-for-using-auschwitz-footage-in-wrestlemania-promo

WWE issued an apology Friday after facing backlash in recent days for using an image of the Auschwitz concentration camp in a promo video for a match that took place during WrestleMania 39.

The pro wrestling promotion has been under fire since the startling inclusion of a photo of Auschwitz was discovered in a video hyping the Rey Mysterio vs. Dominik Mysterio match after it aired on the Night 1 pre-show on April 1. After initially staying quiet on the matter, WWE addressed the controversy in a statement on Friday, confirming the image was promptly removed upon its discovery before apologizing for the offensive gaffe.

"We had no knowledge of what was depicted. As soon as we learned, it was removed immediately. We apologize for this error," the statement read, per NBC News.

The company's response to the controversial promo comes nearly a week after the backlash began, with many fans up in arms after a tweet of the image went viral during the show. In the promo, the Auschwitz footage was featured as B-roll behind audio of Dominik Mysterio, whose character went to prison, saying, "You think this is a game to me? I served hard time. And I survived."

As WWE faced waves of criticism in the days that followed, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum released a statement on Wednesday blasting the company for "exploiting the site." According to multiple reports following the event, the Auschwitz footage was replaced with generic images of an empty jail cell with barbed wire prior to Night 2, and has been promptly removed from all replays of WrestleMania 39 Night 1.

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"The fact that Auschwitz image was used to promote a WWE match is hard to call 'an editing mistake'," the Auschwitz Memorial stated in a tweet on April 5. "Exploiting the site that became a symbol of enormous human tragedy is shameless and insults the memory of all victims of Auschwitz."

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The Hackney MP has apologised for the remarks and said draft of letter had been sent in error

Labour suspends Diane Abbott after letter claiming Jews do not suffer racism
The Hackney MP has apologised for the remarks and said draft of letter had been sent in error
https://www.thejc.com/news/politics/labour-suspends-diane-abbott-after-letter-claiming-jews-do-not-suffer-racism-1KmGooq54psDxkhpCqFhR3

The Labour Party has suspended Diane Abbott, the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington,  following a letter in today's Observer which argued that Jews do not suffer from racism.

Ms Abbott apologised earlier today and withdrew the letter, which had argued that "Irish, Jewish and Traveller people" experienced prejudice but this was not the same as racism.

A Labour spokesman said, "The Labour Party completely condemns these comments which are deeply offensive and wrong."

The chief whip had "suspended the Labour whip from Diane Abbott pending an investigation," he added

In a statement on Twitter this morning, Ms Abbott, whose constituency has a large Strictly Orthodox Jewish population, said she wished to "wholly and unreservedly withdraw my remarks and dissassociate myself from them".

The errors, she explained, "arose in an initial draft being sent. But there is no excuse and I wish to apologise for any anguish caused".

Racism "takes many forms, and it is completely undeniable that Jewish people have suffered its monstrous effects,, as have Irish people, Travellers and many others".

In her published letter, she had written that prejudice was "similar to racism and the two words are often used as if they are interchangeable".

It was true, she had written, that "many types of white people" could experience prejudice. "But they are not all their lives subject to racism. In pre-civil rights America, Irish people, Jewish people and Travellers were not required to sit at the back of the bus. In apartheid South Africa, these groups were allowed to vote."

The letter had been sent in response an article about the recently published Evidence for Equality National Survey which found that 55 per cent of Jews said they had experienced a racist assault.

Rabbi Herschel Gluck, president of the Orthodox defence group Shomrim in Stamford Hill, who lives in the MP's constituency, said he had been "shocked" to read the letter but said Ms Abbott's apology was "sincere and heartfelt and I certainly appreciate that".

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Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, said on Twitter it was "good" the remarks had been withdrawn.

"There are those who deem antisemitism as a 'lesser' form of racism, a somehow less embedded or extreme form of hatred," she added.

"BUT anyone even superficially familiar with what white supremacists think and say, will know that they regard Jews as racially inferior - regardless of the colour of their skin. The fact is that acknowledging the long history of hatred and persecution of Jews including the systematic state sponsored annihilation of 6 million during the Holocaust - does not detract from the very real issues faced by other minority groups. "

Dave Rich, policy director of the CST, said, "While it is welcome that Diane Abbott has withdrawn her appalling denial of the reality of anti-Jewish racism, the harm caused by her views will be much more widespread and it is right that the Labour Party have suspended the whip.

"Omitting the Holocaust from a list of the most grievous examples of modern racism is the inevitable consequence of this drive to define racism as purely something based on skin colour. Much better, surely, to acknowledge that racism affects different communities in a variety of ways, and to find their common features rather than creating a divisive hierarchy."

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WWE Issues Apology for Using Auschwitz Footage in 'WrestleMania' Promo
https://www.stopantisemitism.org/antisemitic-incidents-140/wwe-issues-apology-for-using-auschwitz-footage-in-wrestlemania-promo

WWE issued an apology Friday after facing backlash in recent days for using an image of the Auschwitz concentration camp in a promo video for a match that took place during WrestleMania 39.

The pro wrestling promotion has been under fire since the startling inclusion of a photo of Auschwitz was discovered in a video hyping the Rey Mysterio vs. Dominik Mysterio match after it aired on the Night 1 pre-show on April 1. After initially staying quiet on the matter, WWE addressed the controversy in a statement on Friday, confirming the image was promptly removed upon its discovery before apologizing for the offensive gaffe.

"We had no knowledge of what was depicted. As soon as we learned, it was removed immediately. We apologize for this error," the statement read, per NBC News.

The company's response to the controversial promo comes nearly a week after the backlash began, with many fans up in arms after a tweet of the image went viral during the show. In the promo, the Auschwitz footage was featured as B-roll behind audio of Dominik Mysterio, whose character went to prison, saying, "You think this is a game to me? I served hard time. And I survived."

As WWE faced waves of criticism in the days that followed, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum released a statement on Wednesday blasting the company for "exploiting the site." According to multiple reports following the event, the Auschwitz footage was replaced with generic images of an empty jail cell with barbed wire prior to Night 2, and has been promptly removed from all replays of WrestleMania 39 Night 1.

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"The fact that Auschwitz image was used to promote a WWE match is hard to call 'an editing mistake'," the Auschwitz Memorial stated in a tweet on April 5. "Exploiting the site that became a symbol of enormous human tragedy is shameless and insults the memory of all victims of Auschwitz."

Not to forget.

WWE "President" Ari Emanuel, son of Jewish Terrorist Benjamin Emanuel.

Maybe they have some kind of Taco Two-fer going with the Auschwitz stuff.

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"Repellent explicitly racist cartoon": The Guardian has apologised for its depiction of Jewish former BBC chairman Richard Sharp (Photo: The Guardian)

Guardian apologises to Jewish community for 'explicitly racist' cartoon
The newspaper has removed a widely denounced sketch of Jewish former BBC chairman Richard Sharp
https://www.thejc.com/news/news/guardian-apologises-to-jewish-community-for-'explicitly-racist'-cartoon-45rOM40zIIyGUaBm1oqPfL

The Guardian has apologised to the Jewish community for publishing a cartoon of former BBC chairman Richard Sharp denounced as "explicitly racist".

The sketch, released after the Jewish former banker stepped down from his role on Friday, showed Sharp clutching his CV and a box containing a squid and Rishi Sunak's head.

"Sharp is drawn in a grotesque caricature that looks nothing like him, complete with sunken, drooping eyes, jowly cheeks, a sinister-looking grin and a noticeably prominent nose," the Spectator magazine wrote.

The cartoon also featured a depiction of Boris Johnson sitting atop a pile of muck clutching bags of money while saying, "cheer up, matey! I put you down for a peerage in my resignation honours list!"

The image, said Community Security Trust director of policy Dave Rich, "falls squarely into an antisemitic tradition of depicting Jews with outsized, grotesque features, often in conjunction with money and power. It's appalling." 

"First, the face," he said. "Antisemites have often imagined Jews as ugly and physically repulsive, focusing specifically on these features.

Sharp's squid, he added, was seemingly a reference to a 2009 description of Goldman Sachs - where he used to work - as, "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity".

"The problem is that a squid or octopus is also a common antisemitic motif, used to depict a supposed Jewish conspiracy with its tentacles wrapped around whatever parts of society the Jews supposedly control," he said. "Especially money. Are those gold coins in the box with Sharp's squid?"

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"Isn't [The Guardian] like Ianus Bifrons the Two-faced Janus," asked historian Simon Sebag-Montefiore.

"Sometimes urbanely liberal;  othertimes brazenly bigoted. Like today when the once-great liberal champion is auditioning to be Der Sturmer & The Protocols of Elders of Zion [with] this repellent explicitly racist cartoon?"

On Saturday, the newspaper removed the cartoon from its website and apologised.

In a statement, the Guardian said: "We understand the concerns that have been raised. This cartoon does not meet our editorial standards, and we have decided to remove it from our website.

"The Guardian apologises to Mr Sharp, to the Jewish community and to anyone offended."

The artist who drew the image, Martin Rowson, also apologised and provided a detailed account of how he created the cartoon.

"Satirists, even though largely licenced to speak the unspeakable in liberal democracies, are no more immune to f**king things up than anyone else, which is what I did here," he wrote in a statement published to his website.

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He knew Sharp was Jewish, he added, because he had known him at school.

"His Jewishness never crossed my mind as I drew him as it's wholly irrelevant to the story or his actions, and it played no conscious role in how I twisted his features according to the standard cartooning playbook," he said.

"Likewise, the cute squid and the little Rishi were no more than that, a cartoon squid and a short Prime Minister, it never occurring to me that some might see them as puppets of Sharp, this being another notorious antisemitic trope."

The cartoonist concluded: "So by any definition, most of all my own, the cartoon was a failure and on many levels: I offended the wrong people, Sharp wasn't the main target of the satire, I rushed at something without allowing enough time to consider things with the depth and care they require, and thereby letting slip in stupid ambiguities that have ended up appearing to be something I never intended."

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Mayor of Missouri town apologizes after saying trash collectors are 'not trying to Jew anybody'
https://www.jta.org/2023/05/18/united-states/mayor-of-missouri-town-apologizes-after-saying-trash-collectors-are-not-trying-to-jew-anybody

The mayor of a Missouri town has apologized for saying a local trash company is "not trying to Jew anybody" at a recent public meeting, writing in an open letter that the remark was "not in keeping with the beliefs and values" of the town.

Stephen Wright, the mayor of Odessa, made the remark at a Monday meeting of the local Board of Aldermen, amid a discussion of changes to trash pickup in the town of 5,500. On Wednesday, Wright posted an open letter on the city government's Facebook page, addressed "to our Jewish Community" and apologizing for the statement.

"Those statements were not in keeping with the beliefs and values of the City of Odessa," Wright wrote. "It was not my intent to degrade or marginalize anyone, or any group of people, nor to further any negative stereotypes based upon their heritage or belief."

Odessa, located 30 miles east of Kansas City, does not appear to have any organized Jewish presence. Joe Spaar, the co-publisher of a local paper, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, "I've lived here my whole life and I haven't met one Jewish person."

"It's not a thing that's in your consciousness here," Spaar said, adding that he assumes Wright also doesn't know any Jews. "There's no Jewish community. ... There's no Jewish church or anything around here."

The town removed video of Monday's meeting from its social media channels, and the mayor's apology letter did not specify what he had said. Odessa's city clerk, Karen Findora, said the city had removed the video because the mayor's comments had "violated our social media policy." She would not comment on the mayor's statement itself, but said Wright would likely make a more detailed apology at the next board meeting, scheduled for Monday.

JTA obtained video of the meeting via a public records request.

Referring to getting "Jewed" on a financial arrangement is a classic antisemitic trope referencing the stereotype that Jews are cheap. Other local government officials have gotten into hot water for using similar language: A Tampa Bay, Florida, city council member apologized for using the phrase in 2020 and subsequently met with a local Jewish leader. And last year, two state lawmakers in Kentucky apologized for using the phrase "Jew them down."

The mayor's remark did not elicit any audible reaction from the handful of people at the meeting, though one attendee who had been nodding along with him appeared to look away uncomfortably after he uttered the slur.

Some Facebook commenters said they supported the mayor and believed his apology was sincere, while others called for his resignation.

Among those sympathetic to the mayor is Spaar, co-publisher of a publication called The Odessan. Spaar told JTA he considered the mayor's comments at the meeting "a very innocent-type remark."

"He wasn't being mean or trying to disparage anyone," Spaar said. "He was just using an antiquated colloquialism."

Spaar lamented that the city removed the video.

"They should've just taken their lumps," he said. "They've got to realize that if you make a public comment, it's public."

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CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour apologizes for saying killing of British Israelis happened in a 'shootout'
https://www.jta.org/2023/05/24/israel/cnn-anchor-christiane-amanpour-apologizes-for-saying-killing-of-british-israelis-happened-in-a-shootout

CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour apologized on Monday for saying last month that the killing of three British Israelis happened in a "shootout."

Amanpour was referring to the shooting of three members of the Dee family, who were killed in a West Bank terror attack in early April by a Palestinian gunman. Maia and Rina Dee, ages 20 and 15, respectively, were killed, and their mother Lucy, 48, later died of her wounds.

Soon after the attack, Amanpour said on screen that the Dee daughters "were killed in a shootout, and now the mother has died of her injury." She made the comment amid a recounting of recent violence between Israelis and Palestinians, which has escalated this year.

Honest Reporting, a pro-Israel media watchdog, tweeted to Amanpour, "you owe a grieving family an apology." And this week, Rabbi Leo Dee, the husband and father of the victims, said he was considering suing CNN for $1.3 billion, according to the Jewish Journal.

The next day, Amanpour apologized on air.

"During that live interview, I misspoke and said that they were killed in a shootout instead of a shooting," she said. "I have written to Rabbi Dee to apologize and make sure that he knows that we apologize for any further pain that may have caused him."

Gil Hoffman, Honest Reporting's CEO, said in a statement that he hopes other journalists who saw his group's complaint and Amanpour's apology will be "careful to be completely accurate when they file their own reports."

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The Florida mom who sought to ban Amanda Gorman's poem says she's sorry for promoting the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
https://www.jta.org/2023/05/24/united-states/the-florida-mom-who-got-amanda-gormans-poem-restricted-says-shes-sorry-for-promoting-the-protocols-of-the-elders-of-zion

Months before a Miami-area mother persuaded a local school to restrict access to an Amanda Gorman poem, she was posting antisemitic memes on her Facebook page.

Now, Daily Salinas is apologizing for one of those things — and unrepentant about the other.

"I want to apologize to the Jewish community," Salinas told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Wednesday. She was saying sorry for a Facebook post she shared in March offering a summary of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion," a notorious antisemitic forgery written more than a century ago in Russia.

"I'm not what the post says," Salinas said. "I love the Jewish community."

The post came to light this week after the Miami Herald identified Salinas as the Miami Lakes, Florida, mother who petitioned her children's school to ban students' access to the Gorman poem. Gorman read the poem, called "The Hill We Climb," at President Joe Biden's inauguration.

Salinas also petitioned the school to restrict children's books about the Black poet Langston Hughes and about Black and Cuban history. After a committee reviewed her challenges, the Miami-Dade County school district opted to restrict all but one book about Cuba from grades K-5, while leaving them available to middle school students.

Salinas challenged the Gorman poem — which she says she hasn't read in its entirety — on the grounds that it contains "indirect hate messages." The review committee said it "erred on the side of caution" in deciding to limit students' access.

The Miami Herald did not mention Salinas' social media activity. But after the story about her was published, a left-wing group, Miami Against Fascism, called attention to a Facebook account it identified as hers. The account, which JTA reviewed, features a flood of political posts reflecting right-wing ideologies — and the antisemitic Protocols.

Salinas' post about the Protocols included a list of steps depicting how "Jewish Zionists" would achieve world domination. The graphic included stages such as "Place our agents and helpers everywhere," "Replace royal rule with socialist rule, then communism, then despotism," and "Sacrifice people (including Jews sometimes) when necessary."

Reached by JTA on Wednesday, Salinas confirmed that the post about the "Protocols" was hers and apologized for it, saying she hadn't read it beyond the word "communism." Salinas said her aversion to communism stems from her Cuban identity. She added that English is not her first language.

"I see the word 'communism,' and I think it's something about communism," she said. "I didn't read the words."

Salinas said that her heart became "tight" with pain when she thought that people would see her as antisemitic for sharing the Protocols post. After speaking with JTA, Salinas deleted the post.

Salinas said she was speaking with JTA after declining to talk with other media outlets so that she could apologize. She said she is Christian and added, "We are super protective of the Jewish people." She added that she has Jewish friends and is a fan of the Israeli Netflix series "Fauda."

She said the books about Cuba that she challenged "don't tell the whole story about Cuba, communism, the dictators, their people that are dying and trying to come to America." The significant population of Spanish-speaking immigrants from countries with a history of communism, many of whom tend to be politically conservative, has played a growing role in the region's culture wars.

Salinas' Facebook feed reflects the kinds of right-wing memes that continue to circulate widely, although she told JTA that she did not post everything on it herself. Miami Against Fascism also shared video of Salinas with the Proud Boys, a far-right group with ties to antisemitic activists, as well as a video of her attending a school board protest last year with Moms For Liberty, a "parents' rights" group active in pushing for book removals across the country. Such groups have been instrumental in leveraging laws signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that enable parents to challenge the presence of any book in school libraries. In some instances, those challenges have led to the removal of books about the Holocaust and Jewish culture.

Salinas told JTA she was not a member of either group and said she had just been in attendance at protests where they were both present. A Moms For Liberty media representative also told JTA Salinas was not a member of the group and said, "We denounce antisemitism in all its forms."

Asked why she wanted the books removed in the first place, Salinas said she had just been expressing her "opinion" that they did not "support the curriculum" but declined to elaborate.

She said she had only read parts of the books.  "They have to read for me because I'm not an expert," she said. "I'm not a reader. I'm not a book person. I'm a mom involved in my children's education."

A representative of the school district told JTA in a statement that "no literature (books or poem) has been banned or removed," and that "it was determined at the school" that Gorman's poem was "better suited for middle school students." In publicly available meeting minutes, the review committee said the "vocabulary" of Gorman's poem was "determined to be of value for middle school students," and similarly that the "content and subject matter" of the Hughes poems were determined to be for middle school readers. The district did not respond to JTA's queries about Salinas' Facebook activity.

Gorman said on Twitter that she was "gutted" by the removal in Salinas' children's school. "Often all it takes to remove these works from our libraries and schools is a single objection," she wrote.

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A real rarity: a jew apologizing to Christians.  But, only because he knows where the money comes from.   

Israeli Lawmaker Apologizes to Christians
Former Minister of Religious Affairs say Christians are Israel's "great supporters" and shouldn't be yelled at by anyone.
https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/israeli-lawmaker-apologizes-to-christians/

Evangelical Christian groups participating in the global Isaiah 62 fast for Israel gathered in the Israeli capital this week for the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast.

In a Wednesday session at the Knesset hosted by opposition lawmaker and former Minister of Religious Affairs Matan Kahana, he apologized for an anti-Christian demonstration by ultra-Orthodox Jews outside the Temple Mount a day earlier.

"A few days ago, some extremists, demonstrators shouted at a group of visitors to the holy places," Kahana was quoted as saying by All Israel News. "I would like to emphasize that shouting at the people who are the great supporters of Israel is counterproductive. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for this behavior on behalf of the Knesset."

The demonstration near the Southern Stairs of the Temple Mount, where the Christians held a worship service, decried what the Orthodox Jews called "missionary activity" aimed at "converting" Jews to Christianity. They had reportedly been triggered by a description of the Isaiah 62 fast as a campaign for the "salvation of Israel," by which the Orthodox Jews know Christians mean faith in Jesus.

Kahana is fully cognizant of the importance of Evangelical Christian support for Israel.

A month ago he traveled to the US and urged American Jews to support Israel as vigorously and unconditionally as the Christians do.

"I had a very important meeting with Christians and Evangelicals who support Israel," he told Israel's Kan public broadcaster while in the US. "This is a very important strategic relationship for the State of Israel – 70 million enthusiastic supporters of the country."

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Barber, who was firmwide managing partner at Barber Ranen, and Ranen, who was its chief financial officer, apologized in a joint statement Monday afternoon. They said they resigned "to allow our friends and colleagues to continue on without the cloud of our conduct hanging over them."

Partners at LA Law Firm Resign After Antisemitic Emails Surface
https://www.stopantisemitism.org/antisemitic-incidents-146/l2huun196omhhgk41jq83egmq64bee

The name partners of U.S. law firm Barber Ranen have resigned after their former law firm Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith found dozens of emails that showed the lawyers using racist, sexist, homophobic, and antisemitic language while they were there, according to Barber Ranen's chief executive officer.

John Barber and Jeffrey Ranen resigned after the firm requested their resignations, Barber Ranen CEO Tim Graves said in a statement on Monday.

Barber, who was firmwide managing partner at Barber Ranen, and Ranen, who was its chief financial officer, apologized in a joint statement Monday afternoon. They said they resigned "to allow our friends and colleagues to continue on without the cloud of our conduct hanging over them."

"The last 72 hours have been the most difficult of our lives, as we have had to acknowledge and reckon with those emails," they said. "They are not, in any way, reflections of the contents of our hearts, or our true values."

The two men co-founded Barber Ranen, which launched last month with more than 100 lawyers from Lewis Brisbois. Ranen was in the firm's Los Angeles office and Barber in Newport Beach, California.

Lewis Brisbois said in a statement it was not aware of the emails and that it launched an investigation after it received an anonymous complaint about the lawyers. Dozens of the lawyers' emails, some dating back to 2008, were first reported by the New York Post and later reviewed by Reuters.

In a March 2022 email provided by Lewis Brisbois, Barber — who led the firm's employment practice — said one Los Angeles County Superior Court judge likes being called "sugar tits."

In June 2012, when Ranen complained to Barber about an employee working overtime, Barber responded "Kill her," including a description of a violent sex act, according to the emails Lewis Brisbois provided.

Ranen in a March 2014 email to Barber, provided by the firm, said he almost always emails work questions to a Jewish lawyer outside of Lewis Brisbois Saturday morning, during the Jewish Sabbath.

"This Jew is cracking me up," Ranen wrote to Barber, who responded, "Jew hater." In other emails, the two men used racial, sexist and homophobic slurs.

Graves said in a statement that Barber Ranen will "form a new firm," adding that its equity partners expressed "their disappointment and disdain for the language Mr. Barber and Mr. Ranen used."

Lewis Brisbois' management committee said Lewis Brisbois is conducting a full review of Barber and Ranen's correspondence and interviewing other employees.

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I regret the wrong decision to organize Children's Day. We share a common history and a common home, and it was never our intention to hurt feelings — it was human error. I hope that this event will not interfere with our dialogue and cooperation in the future," he wrote. "I extend my apologies to you to the entire Jewish community."

Polish city throws children's bubble party on top of Jewish graves
https://www.jta.org/2023/06/06/global/polish-city-throws-childrens-bubble-party-on-top-of-jewish-graves

ng the eastern Polish town for throwing a festive children's bubble party on the site of a former Jewish cemetery where the dead are still buried.

The Kazimierz Dolny authorities filled the former cemetery with bubbles for Children's Day, a holiday celebrated on June 1 in many European countries.

In the letter sent to to Mayor Artur Pomianowski on Tuesday, Michael Schudrich wrote, "the party organized on the yard, which was after all fun on the graves, proves that for the municipal authorities, respect for human burial is not an important value."

Schudrich told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that it was "outrageous" that Pomianowski posted a video of the bubble party on his mayoral Facebook page.

"Is this what we want to teach our children about how we treat the dead, our ancestors?" Schudrich said.

Bartłomiej Godlewskia, Kazimierz Dolny's deputy mayor, sent a letter in response to Schudrich on Wednesday.

"I regret the wrong decision to organize Children's Day. We share a common history and a common home, and it was never our intention to hurt feelings — it was human error. I hope that this event will not interfere with our dialogue and cooperation in the future," he wrote. "I extend my apologies to you to the entire Jewish community."

The former cemetery, now a children's play area next to an elementary school, was demolished roughly 50 years ago, but the bodies were not removed. Jewish headstones were used to pave roads and used as building materials throughout Eastern Europe during the communist era.

Schudrich said that for the past five years, representatives of Polish Jewry have been trying to work with several mayors of Kazimierz Dolny, including the current one, as well as the town council, to move the cemetery so that it would not function as a playground. He estimated that a few hundred Jews are buried at the site.

"We offered a really nice solution that would involve us helping to fund a new playground and moving the cemetery to an empty field nearby," said Schudrich. "But they keep stalling or canceling meetings and it seems like the town just doesn't care."

"We deal with several cemeteries every week; 99% are resolved in a very positive and even sometimes quick manner. Kaziemierz is from the 1%," he added.

After Godlewskia's response on Wednesday, Schudrich said that he is "following up" on his request to meet with Mayor Pomianowski about a solution for moving the former cemetery.

It is believed that the 19th-century Rabbi Yehezkel Taub of Kuzhmiri is buried in the former cemetery. Haredi Orthodox followers of the Modzitz Hasidic dynasty, founded by the rabbi, flock to the cemetery-turned-playground each year to pay their respects, but their demand to protect the site has not been met.

Jews have lived in Kazimierz Dolny since the 14th century. The town today is a major local tourist attraction known for its stunning architecture on the banks of the Vistula river. Before the Nazi invasion in World War II, there were 1,400 Jews in Kazimierz Dolny, roughly half of its population. Fewer than 20 of the town's Jewish inhabitants are thought to have survived the Holocaust.

In his letter to the town's mayor, Schudrich wrote that the bubble party "puts into question whether further talks about the site make sense, and casts doubt on whether, regardless of religion, both parties are guided by common values drawn from it."

The director of the town's Kazimierz Center for Culture, Promotion and Tourism also released an apology statement on Wednesday.

"I declare that we had no bad intentions when organizing this event. We didn't want to hurt anyone or hurt anyone's religious feelings," wrote Józef Skrzeczkowski.

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Moms For Liberty chapter apologizes for quoting Hitler in its newsletter
https://www.jta.org/2023/06/23/united-states/moms-for-liberty-chapter-apologizes-for-quoting-hitler-in-its-newsletter

On Thursday, the chapter's president apologized for the quotation. An amended version of the newsletter with "context" for the quotation was posted online before the whole quote was later deleted and the newsletter reposted without it.

"We condemn Adolf Hitler's actions and his dark place in human history," the group's chair, Paige Miller, wrote in a statement posted to social media. "We should not have quoted him in our newsletter and express our deepest apology."

Founded in 2021 in Florida to oppose what it calls indoctrination in public education, Moms For Liberty now has dozens of chapters nationwide, a growing national profile and an uneasy relationship with Jewish-themed books.

At least one of its national chairs is Jewish, and the group has publicly supported haredi Orthodox yeshivas that are under fire for allegedly falling short of secular education requirements and other standards. But Moms For Liberty members have also been a driving force behind the removal of Jewish and Holocaust-themed books from schools, including a successful effort to remove an adaptation of Anne Frank's diary from a Florida school district. Chapters have also aligned themselves with extremist groups like the Proud Boys, and the left-leaning Southern Poverty Law Center has called them a hate group, sparking criticism from Republicans.

The quotation in question is sourced to a 1935 speech Hitler gave introducing the antisemitic Nuremberg Laws. It was previously quoted publicly in 2021, when Mary Miller, a Republican congresswoman, recited a version of the quotation during a rally shortly before the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 of that year. Miller, who said "Hitler was right on one thing," initially defended her use of the quotation before apologizing.

On Twitter, Moms for Liberty responded to the email by writing, "Everyone knows Hitler is bad" and calling coverage of the quotation "intentional dishonesty in reporting," though it added that "The chapter shouldn't have quoted Hitler without condemning him at the same time."

Moms For Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice responded to the quote with a statement that seemed to compare President Joe Biden to Hitler.

"Our Moms condemn Hitler and all he represents," Justice tweeted above a screenshot of an article about Biden criticizing parents-rights activists. Alongside a picture of a finger pointing at the article, she wrote, "Controlling the minds of the youth through government schools was done by Hitler, Lenin and Mao. Millions have died because of these monsters. They thought they owned the children. Sound familiar?"

The kerfuffle occurred as Moms For Liberty prepared to host its first-ever annual summit. Several candidates for president are scheduled to make appearances, including Republicans Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, along with Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Most of the group's activism nationally has revolved around fighting discussion of LGBTQ identity in schools, as well as matters related to race. The other items in the Hamilton County newsletter had included criticism of a local high school receiving an award from the It Gets Better Foundation, which advocates for LGBTQ youth. Immediately below the Hitler quote, there was another one from the group's national co-founders, Justice and Tina Deskovich: "Moms For Liberty will not be intimidated by hate groups!"

Among the figures condemning the newsletter is Miles Nelson, the Jewish Democratic nominee for mayor of Carmel, Indiana, which is located in Hamilton County. Nelson tweeted, "This hate speech has no place in our community."

The chair of the county Republican Party, Mario Massillamany, also condemned the newsletter, telling the Indianapolis Star, "I don't think that we as a society can say enough about the atrocities that the poor Jewish people had to go through."

According to an Indiana public radio report, the "context" the group provided for the quote had stated, "The quote from a horrific leader should put parents on alert. If the government has control over our children today, they control our country's future. We The People must be vigilant and protect children from an overreaching government."

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Finland government minister apologises for making Hitler joke
Vilhelm Junnila, from the far-right Finns Party, was only sworn-in to his new role on Tuesday
https://www.thejc.com/news/world/finland-government-minister-apologises-for-making-hitler-joke-5E1hoHnYk9gSop3GMgN0WQ

A Finnish government minister has apologised for making 'foolish' remarks which indicated sympathy towards Adolf Hitler.

Vilhelm Junnila, Finland's Minister for Economic Affairs, joked about the number 88, which was randomly assigned by the Finnish Election Commission as his candidate number in the 2019 parliamentary elections.

However, 88 is coded shorthand for 'Heil Hitler' for neo-Nazi's, as H is the eighth letter of the alphabet.

The incident took place during an event hosted by a local branch of Junnila's far-right Finns party in Raisio in March.

According to Finnish tabloid Iltalehti, he said: "First of all, congratulations on an excellent election number. I know it's a winning card.

"Of course, this 88 refers to the two letters H, which are not discussed further," he then said, drawing laughter.

Following his remarks, someone in the audience shouted "Heil Hitler" and he then quietly apologised.

AJunnila wrote on his Facebook page: "Over the years, I have joked in a way that, looking back, seems foolish and immature. I have acted incorrectly, and I apologise for my actions."

He also expressed regret for appearing at a rally organised by neo-Nazi groups in 2019.

The Yie news site reported that in 2019 Junnila spoke in front of neo-Nazis during a memorial event for the 2017 terror attack in Turku, when two women were stabbed to death.

The event's name was called "Flower 188" and was arranged by an organisation called the Coalition of Nationalists. The coalition was an umbrella group formed in 2017 for those on the far-right including the Finns Party, the now-banned Nordic Resistance Movement militia, and the Soldiers of Odin vigilante movement.

The Coalition of Nationalists had hit the headlines in Finland after they were exposed for organising firearms training at a camp where the targets were faces of Finnish government ministers.

Junnila added: "There was a crowd of people there. Delivered a speech at the event. It was an event to honour the memory of the victims of the attack, not a demonstration or political event. The video recording of the event is still available online.

"I would no longer participate in such an event if it was organised," he said, describing the Nordic Resistance Movement as "aggressive and deliberately seeking conflict."

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A Russian official has apologized after his deputy published an op-ed that referred to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of Orthodox Judaism as a "neo-pagan cult" striving for "global domination."

Russian official apologizes for op-ed that country's Jewish leaders called 'vulgar antisemitism'
https://www.jta.org/2022/10/30/global/russian-official-apologizes-for-op-ed-that-countrys-jewish-leaders-called-vulgar-antisemitism

A Russian official has apologized after his deputy published an op-ed that referred to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of Orthodox Judaism as a "neo-pagan cult" striving for "global domination."

Top leaders of Chabad in Russia, who have been navigating a fine line in their relationship with the government during the country's war on Ukraine, criticized the column published last week in a state magazine as antisemitic.

Russian chief rabbi, Berel Lazar, who is part of Chabad, called the column "a piece of vulgar antisemitism." His top deputy warned that the column heralded "a new era in Russia's relations with Jews."

In the column, published in the Argumenty i Fakty weekly newspaper, Aleksey Pavlov, secretary of the Security Council of Russia, a government committee of experts, spoke of the need to perform "desatanization" in Ukraine, which Pavlov claimed had hundreds of neo-pagan cults. He included "the Chabad-Lubavitch sect," as he called it, on a list of various religious groups that he said proved his point.

Nikolai Patrushev, a high-ranking official for the security council, said in a statement issued Friday that the column did not represent an official government position.

"I apologize for the op-ed, which contained several erroneous statements about the followers of Chabad-Lubavitch," read the statement. "This interpretation represented only Alexey Pavlov's personal point of view and in no way represents that of the Security Council of Russia. Talks have been had with the writer of the op-ed."

The episode is notable because of the force with which Jewish leaders inside and outside Russia responded. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Chabad's leaders in Russia have walked a fine line amid a crackdown on free speech in the country. They refrained from the open embrace that many other religious leaders showed — and that Moscow's former chief rabbi, who was not part of Chabad, said he faced pressure to demonstrate before he fled the country. Instead, they have expressed displeasure about the war while not denouncing Russian president Vladimir Putin and while continuing to serve Russian Jews, even as tens of thousands of them have left amid deteriorating conditions there.

As Putin's war has sputtered, signs of open antisemitism have crept into public discourse, including in state media, a worrying shift in a country where oppression of Jews and, at times violence against them, was policy for many decades until recently. The rare apology by a Russian public official suggests that the perception that antisemitism is government policy is unwelcome.

The Orthodox rabbi who left the country, Pinchas Goldschmidt, renewed his call for Russia's Jews to leave the country after the attack on Chabad last week. "An attack by the Russian government against Chabad, as well as the attacks against the Jewish Agency for Israel, are antisemitic acts against all of us," he said, referring to a government case against the organization that facilitates emigration to Israel for Russian Jews.

That message resonated beyond Russia. Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, also issued a statement condemning the criticism of Chabad.

"Alexi Pavlov's remarks accusing Chabad of being a neo-pagan cult in search of world-domination can be categorized as nothing other than antisemitism — Jew hatred — in its purest and ugliest form," said Lauder, who said Lazar was a longtime friend. "Chabad is an integral part of the global Jewish community. Any disparaging attack on Chabad and the Chabad community in Russia, let alone an attack that amounts to blood libel, is an attack on the Jewish people as a whole."

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Mayor of Missouri town apologizes after saying trash collectors are 'not trying to Jew anybody'
https://www.jta.org/2023/05/18/united-states/mayor-of-missouri-town-apologizes-after-saying-trash-collectors-are-not-trying-to-jew-anybody

So, "Jew" is a Verb, as well as a Noun, and a Nightmare.

Why was he ashamed for using Jew as a Verb ?

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Almost 900 fucking years.  Gentiles need to start preparing a list reasons for the jews to apologize. 

Norwich mayor apologies to community for 12th century Jewish blood libel         
https://eurojewcong.org/news/communities-news/united-kingdom/norwich-mayor-apologies-to-community-for-12th-century-jewish-blood-libel/

The Lord mayor of Norwich has apologised to the city's Jewish community for the religious persecution in the 12th century after false claims about the murder of a boy.

Dr Kevin Maguire referenced the impact the blood libel allegations had on the community after Jews were falsely accused of murdering the 12-year-old, called William, in 1144.

It was England's first recorded instance of a 'blood libel', in which Jews were wrongly accused of murdering Christian boys to use their blood in religious rituals.

"Medieval Norwich blamed the Jews and we see the horrendous events that followed.

"Today we see other 'not like me' groups turned upon and blamed for shortcomings in society.

"For me, the answer is to say 'no more' and to work for Norwich to be free of antisemitism – and to counter the lies told blatantly by those who would wish to foment hate."

Dr Maguire's apology came after he was invited to attend a Seder meal during Pesach.

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Almost 900 fucking years.  Gentiles need to start preparing a list reasons for the jews to apologize. 

Norwich mayor apologies to community for 12th century Jewish blood libel         
https://eurojewcong.org/news/communities-news/united-kingdom/norwich-mayor-apologies-to-community-for-12th-century-jewish-blood-libel/

The Lord mayor of Norwich has apologised to the city's Jewish community for the religious persecution in the 12th century after false claims about the murder of a boy.

Dr Kevin Maguire referenced the impact the blood libel allegations had on the community after Jews were falsely accused of murdering the 12-year-old, called William, in 1144.

It was England's first recorded instance of a 'blood libel', in which Jews were wrongly accused of murdering Christian boys to use their blood in religious rituals.

"Medieval Norwich blamed the Jews and we see the horrendous events that followed.

"Today we see other 'not like me' groups turned upon and blamed for shortcomings in society.

"For me, the answer is to say 'no more' and to work for Norwich to be free of antisemitism – and to counter the lies told blatantly by those who would wish to foment hate."

Dr Maguire's apology came after he was invited to attend a Seder meal during Pesach.

Of course it's possible that in that -1- case, the Gentiles didn't get all their facts right about who murdered their child.

But as for Blood Passover and the associated kidnapping & murder of Gentile children - it's the Jews who have a terrible amount to apologize for.

I recommend Prof. Ariel Toaff's book entitled, "Blood Passover".  Did he think that no one outside the "holy land of the chosen people" would read it ?

"BBLLOOOODD PPAASSSSOOVVEERR
TThhee JJeewwss ooff EEuurrooppee
aanndd RRiittuuaall MMuurrddeerr"

I did a copy-paste off the inside title page.

I have a *.pdf if anyone wants to read it.  I've read the whole thing.  The epicenter in the year 1470 was Northern Italy and Germany.

Too many cases to count.  The classic case is that of St. Simon of Trent - as if giving the young child an impressive title would compensate his community for the sickness of the SWEJ.

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BBC apologizes for anchor saying 'Israeli forces are happy to kill children'     
https://www.jta.org/2023/07/06/global/bbc-apologizes-for-anchor-saying-israeli-forces-are-happy-to-kill-children

The BBC has apologized for an on-air interview in which one of its anchors told former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that "Israeli forces are happy to kill children."

The journalist, Anjana Gadgil, was interviewing Bennett on Tuesday about the Israel Defense Forces' incursion this week into the Palestinian West Bank city of Jenin. Twelve Palestinians, including a number of children, and one Israeli were killed in the operation, which lasted two days.

Israel conducted the operation to root out terror cells in the city and maintains that all of the Palestinian dead, regardless of age, were militants. Near the beginning of the 8-minute interview, Bennett repeated that message, to which Gadgil responded, "Terrorists, but children. The Israeli forces are happy to kill children."

Bennett responded, "It's quite remarkable that you'd say that, because they're killing us. Now, if there's a 17-year-old Palestinian that's shooting at your family, Anjana, what is he?"

Gadgil's remarks drew condemnation from a number of groups and public figures. The Board of Deputies of British Jews, an umbrella community organization, said it was "appalled" by her statement and that it would reach out to the BBC due to what it called "a clear breach of the Corporation's own guidelines." The Anti-Defamation League called the remark "slanderous and hateful," and said it "speaks to a sustained anti-Israel bias within mainstream media outlets."

Bennett tweeted that the conversation was "one of the most hostile interviews toward Israel that I can remember."

In response, a spokesperson for the BBC told the Jewish Chronicle, a British newspaper, that the network apologizes for Gadgil's statement.

"While this was a legitimate subject to examine in the interview, we apologise that the language used in this line of questioning was not phrased well and was inappropriate," the BBC spokesperson said, adding that the network has endeavored to cover Jenin in an "impartial and robust way."

The British Board of Deputies said it welcomed the "speedy response" from the BBC.

"I am pleased that the BBC have apologised for the clearly unacceptable language which was used in their interview with Naftali Bennett," said Marie van der Zyl, the group's president, in a statement.

Gadgil's remarks come as the Palestinian Authority has called the operation a "war crime" and the top United Nations human rights official said in a statement that the operation "raises a host of serious issues with respect to international human rights norms and standards." The U.S. National Security Council, by contrast, said in a statement that it "support Israel's security and right to defend its people," though it added, "It is imperative to take all possible precautions to prevent the loss of civilian lives."

The BBC's apology comes about six weeks after CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour apologized for saying the killing of three British Israelis happened in a "shootout" rather than a shooting.

Bennett left Israeli politics last year after serving as prime minister for little over a year.

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Sainsbury's apologises after newspaper promoting antisemitism was found in stores   
Conspiracy theory paper The Light compared vaccination efforts to Nazi extermination camps
https://www.thejc.com/news/news/sainsburys-apologises-after-newspaper-promoting-antisemitism-was-found-in-stores-6RY4X8wMy3fjOiksq7QPHD

Sainsbury's has apologised after copies of The Light, a conspiracy newspaper, were found in two stores.

The paper, which compared vaccination campaigns to Nazi extermination camps, suggested that doctors and nurses be punished for "crimes against humanity" in trials they have called Nuremberg 2.0.

The Light has also featured an article by blogger Lasha Darkmoon, in which she argued that people should be able to question the Holocaust. Another article referred to author Eustace Mullins, previous member of the National Association for the Advancement of White People, as "renowned". His books include The Biological Jew and Adolf Hitler: An Appreciation.

The paper previously defended radio host Graham Hart, who called Jewish people "filth" and compared them to "rats" who "deserve to be wiped out". Hart was sentenced to 32 weeks in prison.

Retired Chief Inspector Andrew Smith found the copies of the Light at Sainsbury's stores in Surrey and East Sussex. Smith said the paper was an "extremist pamphlet" and continued: "I could hardly believe this was being made available in a local branch of Sainsbury's".

Sainsbury's told the BBC that the Light was left in stores in Warlingham and Newhaven without its permission. "We do not stock this newspaper and it is removed from any stores where it's left," a spokesperson for the supermarket said. "We apologise for any upset caused".

According to a review conducted by the Harvard Kennedy School, The Light not only presents misinformation but "includes content that is aimed at promoting participation...amongst adherents of conspiracy theories".

The paper has been linked to the British far right and climate change denial. It has also supported anti-lockdown and anti-vaccination movements, printing that vaccines are weaponised mind control devices.

On The Light's Telegram channel, they have endorsed content from far right group Patriotic Alternative. They have also promoted rallies against the "replacement" of white people.

The paper has been criticised by the anti-racist group Hope Not Hate for interviewing Anne Marie Waters, a UKIP politician who told ITV that she advocated reducing Muslim birthrates and stopping Muslim immigration.

The Light was founded by Darren Smith (also known as Darren Nesbitt) in 2020.

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I recognize my comment was insensitive. I apologized to Jennie for taking away from her father the full attention he deserves.

Baseball Hall of Fame Takes Antisemitic Turn at Cincinnati Induction       
https://www.stopantisemitism.org/antisemitic-incidents-150/vfcd7kcrv1z17c6ser2csoad4sjk5i

Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Johnny Bench has responded after making an antisemitic comment during the Reds Hall of Fame press conference Saturday.

Bench has called his comment about Jewish people "insensitive." He made the comment as a joke responding to Pete Rose, who was talking about Gabe Paul, a former general manager of the Reds who was Jewish.

The Reds Hall of Fame was inducting Danny Graves, Bronson Arroyo and the late Paul, who was represented by his daughter Jennie Paul. The inductees were joined on stage by previous Reds Hall of Fame Classes. The two biggest stars on stage were Pete Rose and Bench.

The three new Hall of Fame inductees were given a chance to speak to make opening remarks.

"I don't know if you know this, but dad (Gabe Paul) started this Hall of Fame. He didn't start this Hall of Fame so he could be in it. He started this Hall of Fame for all of you," Paul said, gesturing to the Hall of Famers on stage with her.

Gabe Paul was the general manager of the Reds from 1951-1960. Paul died in 1998.

"He (Gabe Paul) was a minority himself, I don't know if many of you know that he was Jewish. He was a very big proponent for the underdog because he was an underdog himself. He went into the Latin leagues and the Negro leagues and he signed as many minority players as he could. Which strengthened the Reds. You have a team in Cincinnati today because of Gabe Paul, I'm so proud to be representing him so thank you so much," Paul said.

About fifteen minutes into the press conference, Pete Rose was given the opportunity to speak about the late Gabe Paul.

"I was right out of high school in 1960. Gabe Paul signed me to a contract. For $400 bucks a month," Rose said.

"That's cheap!" Jennie Paul interrupted.

After a few laughs, Johnny Bench chimed in.

"He was Jewish!" Bench said across the stage.

Some in the room laughed, other kept to themselves.

After the comment, Bench said he apologized to Jennie Paul for taking away from her father's honor.

Watchdog Jewish organization StopAntisemitism remarked on the incident.

https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1680744198192939008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1680744198192939008%7Ctwgr%5E34c984988c4586398c9664b5459866e406940ae8%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stopantisemitism.org%2Fantisemitic-incidents-150%2Fvfcd7kcrv1z17c6ser2csoad4sjk5i

Here is Bench's full comment:

I recognize my comment was insensitive. I apologized to Jennie for taking away from her father the full attention he deserves. Gabe Paul earned his place in the Reds Hall of Fame, same as the others who stood on that stage, I am sorry that some of the focus is on my inappropriate remark instead of solely on Gabe's achievement.

WCPO has reached out to the Reds for comment, but they have not responded.