Patriots owner Robert Kraft sponsored an ad Sunday … asking people watching NFL games to “stand up to Jew-hatred” after Kanye Westanti-Semitic comments.
The Foundation to Fight Anti-Semitism (FCAS) released a 30-second ad during the first quarter of the Patriots-Jets game … “calling attention to the alarming rise in anti-Semitism.”
Org. – which Kraft founded with the intention of building positive relations with Jews and non-Jews – said in a commercial that they need more people to denounce anti-Semitism.
“In light of the recent rise in conversations about anti-Semitism on social media, FCAS has launched #StandUpToJewishHate, encouraging Jews and non-Jews alike to stand up against hate and support the Jewish community,” the organization notes. site to read
Kraft’s ad was strategically chosen … and comes at a time when Kanye continues to face backlash over anti-Semitic remarks he’s repeatedly made in interviews.
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Kanye has seen several major companies break up with him – for example Adidas and Balenciaga. Professional athletes Aaron Donald and Jaylen Brown also left his sports agency.
You’re not the only celebrity to find yourself in hot water — over the weekend, Kyrie Irving was involved in a heated argument with a reporter about a controversial film he shared on Twitter.
Kyrie Irving shuts down a hack reporter.
Well done.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 31, 2022
@bennyjohnson
Irving tweeted a link to a movie on Amazon called Blacks Are Black: Awake Black America, which claims to expose the true “chosen people of God.”
Network owner Joe Tsai publicly criticized the superstar Nets point guard … and blasted him for promoting the movie on his platform.
I am disappointed that Kyrie seems to be supporting a movie based on a book full of anti-Semitic misinformation. I want to sit down and make sure he understands that this is painful for all of us, and as a person of faith, it is wrong to promote hatred based on race, ethnicity or religion.
— Joe Tsai (@joetsai1999) October 29, 2022
@joetsai1999
Irving has since deleted the controversial tweet.
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