Adidas plans to resell parts of its remaining now-defunct shoe line with Kanye West following comments he made last year that were widely viewed as antisemitic, the company has announced. Björn Gulden, CEO of the German sports brand, revealed the decision during the company’s annual shareholder meeting on May 11. “What we are trying to do now…

A terror suspect who believed a “Jewish elite” dominated British politics, plotted to “topple the government” by attacking communications infrastructure such as mobile phone masts, a trial at Birmingham Crown Court has heard. Oliver Lewin, 38, from Coalville, Leicester, denies preparing terrorist acts, including carrying out reconnaissance of targets, including a transmitter at Sutton Coldfield,…

The BBC committed “significant editorial failings” in its coverage of an anti-Semitic attack on Jewish students in London, the UK’s media watchdog Ofcom has concluded. On Nov. 29, 2021, while a group of Jewish students were travelling on a privately-hired Hanukkah party bus in London’s Oxford Street, they came under attack from a group of…

Peloton and TJ Maxx have cut their ties with rapper and designer Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, following his recent controversial remarks. The two companies are the latest high-profile brands, such as Adidas, Balenciaga, Gap, and Vogue, to cut their longstanding ties with Ye after the row over his words in recent weeks. Adidas, Gap, and Balenciaga have…

Commentary Sometimes in life, you get sideswiped. And then you have to ask yourself about the degree it was your fault, the degree you were gullible, the degree you wanted something to be what it really wasn’t—not completely anyway. No sooner had this outlet published my article celebrating rapper/fashion designer/billionaire Kanye West after his interview…

Rapper Kanye West has been locked out of his Twitter account for violating the company’s policies after posting an allegedly anti-Semitic tweet on Sunday. West returned to Twitter for the first time since November 2020 after his Instagram account was restricted just one day prior for violating its policies following a string of other allegedly anti-Semitic posts. The rapper’s return to…

A family law attorney representing domestic violence victims at Women Against Abuse (WAA), Nicole Levitt has brought suit against her employer, alleging the nonprofit organization created a racially hostile work environment and censured her for simply raising concerns about anti-Semitism. Co-author of a paper with David Bernstein and Daniel Newman in 2021 called “How Social…

Two men have been arrested in the English city of Manchester as part of the investigation into the hostage-taking incident at a Texas synagogue involving British national Malik Faisal Akram, British police said on Wednesday. Akram, 44, originally from Blackburn in Lancashire, was shot dead when FBI officers rushed into Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in…

UK police have arrested two men in Birmingham and Manchester as part of the investigation into the hostage-taking incident at a Texas synagogue by British hostage-taker Malik Faisal Akram. Akram, 44, originally from Blackburn in Lancashire, was shot dead when FBI officers rushed into Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 15, following…

The UK government announced on Friday that it is seeking to proscribe Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation. Hamas calls for the establishment of an Islamic Palestinian state under Sharia law and has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel. It has long been involved in significant terrorist violence. Hamas’ military wing is already…