Jon Stewart is not our ‘spokesjew’ — he normalized hate speech
In his interview with Stephen Colbert, Stewart failed to truly address antisemitism and erased Black Jews in the process
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Film & TV Jon Stewart is right about how to fight antisemitism — and should maybe be our ‘spokesjew’
The comedian gave a sober (if funny) analysis of the frenzy surrounding Kyrie Irving, Kanye West and Dave Chappelle
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Fast Forward WATCH: Omar Defends Herself On Colbert About Anti-Semitism, Stephen Miller
Rep. Ilhan Omar appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Wednesday, and right away was pressed to talk about the accusations of anti-Semitism that have bedeviled her in the last year. After Colbert gave a rundown of one of her controversies – specifically, her tweet claiming that congressional support for Israel was “All…
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The Schmooze Stephen Colbert Compares Trump Declaring National Emergency To A Bar Mitzvah Boy
What’s the difference between Donald Trump and a bar mitzvah boy? A bar mitzvah boy has studied, worked hard, and is finally mature enough to be treated as a man. Ba-dum tssss. On Monday night on “The Late Show,” the ever-affable Stephen Colbert gave the comic treatment to President Trump’s declaration of national emergency. Breaking…
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The Schmooze Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Addressed by Late Night Comedy Hosts
Late night hosts Trevor Noah, Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, and many others had a lot to address this week, and very little of it was funny. The denizens of the late night world harnessed their star power to address the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue shooting during their sets. We at the Schmooze applaud these…
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The Schmooze Stephen Colbert Offers To Live-Circumcise ‘Jewish’ Paul Ryan On His Show
Stephen Colbert really tore Paul Ryan a new one this weekend. Responding to last week’s revelation that Catholic Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has roughly 3 percent Ashkenazi-Jewish ancestry, Colbert asked the question weighing on so many of our hearts: “Haven’t the Jewish people suffered enough?” He went on to point out that if…
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The Schmooze Stephen Colbert Confronts Les Moonves, His Boss, In Brave Monologue
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. Sure, that’s what a certain fictional wizard said before awarding ten points to Gryffindor. (Happy birthday, Harry Potter!) Today, it’s true of Stephen Colbert as well. Colbert knew nothing, he said on…
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The Schmooze Jake Tapper Defends Kaitlan Collins after White House Ban
After President Trump chose to single out and banish CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins from attending his Rose Garden announcement at the White House after she asked him hardball questions during a press event on Wednesday, Jake Tapper leapt to his coworker’s defense during an interview with Stephen Colbert. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and…
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