Category
satire
French film starring Israeli-born actor to satirize anti-Semitism in France
Jewish Journal
May 12, 2016
The French film “They are everywhere,” premiering in the fall, will satirize rising anti-Semitism in France.
‘Gaza Girls’ spoof of Palestinian propaganda flagged as incitement in Spain
Jewish Journal
April 1, 2016
A Spanish judge recommended the prosecution for incitement to violence of a person who shared on Facebook an Israeli-made music video spoofing Palestinian propaganda.\n
How satire happens
Marty Kaplan
January 12, 2015
On May 4, 1970, when 29 Ohio National Guardsmen shot 67 rounds of ammunition at a group of unarmed Kent State University students protesting Richard Nixon’s expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia, killing four students and wounding nine others, I was the president of the Harvard Lampoon, the nation’s oldest college humor magazine.
Speaking truth to terror
Jewish Journal
January 8, 2015
In the wake of the acts of assassination and terror directed by Islamic extremists against the editor and cartoonists at the French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, a number of media news outlets, including CNN, Fox Cable, the Associated Press, MSNBC, ABC, the British-based Jewish Chronicle, and the New York Times, have elected not to show or republish the satirical images of Mohammed and other Muslims that appear to have prompted the violence.
Lights, Camera, Shalom! Major Movie Studios Producing Slew of Pro-Israeli Films
Jewish Journal
August 27, 2014
Ten major film studios are currently in production on projects that promote a decidedly pro-Israeli narrative. In famously liberal Hollywood, such a development has left mouths agape and set tongues a wagging.
A satirical neologism becomes a weapon in the fight over Ukrainian Jewry
Jewish Journal
April 28, 2014
At first glance, the red menorah symbol adorning the black T-shirt worn by Igor Kolomoysky doesn’t seem too strange for a casually dressed Ukrainian Jewish billionaire who has poured millions into Jewish causes and also happens to be a newly appointed regional governor in eastern Ukraine.\n\n
Yom HaAtzmaut special: California on Hebrew [VIDEO]
Jewish Journal
May 9, 2011
KassemJEW is on the streets of Westwood to talk to Angelenos about Israel Independence Day. Happy Yom Ha\’Atzmaut!
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