? Kanye West spewed more antisemitism on an episode of the podcast “Drink Champs” released Sunday. West, who is legally known as Ye, said that “Jewish people have owned the Black voice” and “they came into money through the lawyers.” He also ranted about “Jewish business secrets” and being “used to getting screwed by the Jewish media.” And he has rejected an invitation to visit Los Angeles’s Holocaust Museum. (Twitter, Haaretz)

? A Massachusetts police officer who belonged to neo-Nazi social media groups helped plan the violent 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. Now, prosecutors are reviewing every case he ever worked on. The officer, John Donnelly, posted social media commends “full of racist and antisemitic slurs” that at times “advocated violence against leftists and minorities.” The district attorney who ordered the review said: “We are acutely aware of the way in which these allegations tear at the fabric of trust which exists between communities and the police departments which serve them.” (Yahoo! News, HuffPost)

? Public figures know they have the option to just not say creepy stuff about Holocaust victims, right? After a Swedish lawmaker wrote that Anne Frank’s diary was “horniness itself” and accused Frank of being “immoral” in an Instagram post, her far-right party suspended her. This is the same woman who performed the Swedish iteration of the Nazi salute at a September rally. (Haaretz)

? A British parole board recommended early release for a “Miss Hitler” pageant contestant who went by the charming moniker “Miss Buchenwald.” The contestant, Alice Cutter, 26, was sentenced to three years in prison for extremism in 2020; her trial included evidence that she had joked about gassing synagogues. (Independent)

? Nazi sympathizers were reportedly responsible for antisemitic vandalism in a Spanish town once named “Fort Kill the Jews.” The town changed its name in 2015 to Fort Jews Hill — a reflection of the name it bore on its founding in 1035, when it was settled by Jews fleeing a pogrom. (JTA)

?️ Britain’s Channel 4 faced backlash over plans for a TV show in which the audience would decide whether the host should destroy artworks by “problematic” artists like Hitler — yes, really. Among those not impressed by the concept was the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, whose chief executive said “this programme is simply a stunt for shock value, and cannot excuse the trivialisation of the horrors of Nazism.” (Guardian)

? You’ve never seen a college football promo like this before: A Southern Methodist University wide receiver posed for his official portrait wearing a tallit over his uniform. Carter Campbell said he chose to include the prayer shawl after players were encouraged to “show what best expresses ourselves” during the shoot. “Wearing my tallis, showing I’m a proud Jew, does that,” Campbell said. (Jewish Herald-Voice)

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On this day in history (1915): American playwright Arthur Miller was born in Harlem. When World War II broke out, Miller was exempted from joining the military due to a knee injury. He spent the war years writing plays, debuting “The Man Who Had All the Luck” on Broadway in 1944. It closed after just four performances, but a few years later, “All My Sons” brought Miller his first Tony Award. Miller’s impact stretched beyond the theater, especially in the case of “The Crucible,” one of his most notable plays, which drew an analogy between McCarthyism and the Salem witch trials.

Last year on this day, we recovered the history of David Duchovny’s grandfather, a Yiddish writer. Watch Duchovny’s emotional reaction when we shared what our archivist, Chana Pollack, found out about his family. 

On the Hebrew calendar, it’s the 22nd of Tishrei, the festival of Shemini Atzeret.

In honor of National Boss’s Day, let’s give a round of applause to Jodi Rudoren. Or perhaps a donation to your favorite Jewish publication in her honor?

How to prepare for Simchat Torah, the aforementioned bookish rager? Perhaps by practicing Yiddish conversation starters for the evening.

Thanks to Benyamin Cohen, Jacob Kornbluh and Rina Shamilov for contributing to today’s newsletter. You can reach the “Forwarding” team at editorial@forward.com.