Rapper Kanye West announced in a March 24 Instagram post that he’s back to liking Jews after watching Jonah Hill’s performance in the 2012 movie “21 Jump Street.”
West garnered headlines for previously praising Adolf Hitler and threatening to go “Def Con 3” against Jews; he wrote in the March 24 post that Hill “made me like Jewish people again.” “No one should take anger against one or two individuals and transform that into hatreds towards millions of innocent people,” West wrote. “No Christian can be labeled antisemite knowing Jesus is [a] Jew.”
Kanye West posts that Jonah Hill’s performance in 21 Jump Street has made him like Jewish people again. #KanyeWest pic.twitter.com/it5Po3kdJz
— Ari Ingel (@OGAride) March 25, 2023
Jewish groups weren’t convinced. Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called West’s social media post “ridiculous and not remotely serious.” “If Kanye West wants to make amends for his vile #antisemitism, and to heal the pain he inflicted, it’s a long road and he hasn’t even started the journey,” Greenblatt tweeted.
This is ridiculous and not remotely serious. If Kanye West wants to make amends for his vile #antisemitism, and to heal the pain he inflicted, it's a long road and he hasn't even started the journey. pic.twitter.com/VunI1DGYuS
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) March 26, 2023
Stop Antisemitism tweeted, “If Kanye West wants to mend his relationship with the Jewish people, he first needs to denounce white supremacist Nick Fuentes and issue a sincere apology for his promotion of Hitler.”
If Kanye West wants to mend his relationship with the Jewish people, he first needs to denounce white supremacist Nick Fuentes and issue a sincere apology for his promotion of Hitler.https://t.co/zOVrGt7ZHH
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) March 28, 2023
“That’s nice. We still don’t like you Kanye,” International Legal Forum CEO Arsen Ostrovsky tweeted. “Regards, The Jewish people.”
That's nice. We still don't like you Kanye.
Regards,
The Jewish people. https://t.co/mwQNRwRUBR— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) March 25, 2023
Hill was asked by reporters about West’s post as he was leaving a Santa Monica restaurant on March 28; Hill ignored their questions.
