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Alice Walker attends the 'The Color Purple' Broadway Opening Night at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on December 10, 2015, in New York City. (Photo by Mark Sagliocco / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
December 27, 2023, 1:21 am
‘Color Purple’ release brings Alice Walker’s history of antisemitism back into focus
Despite the author’s groundbreaking work, her difficult relationship with Israel and Judaism, and outright flirtations with antisemitism, put her at odds with the Jewish community
By Andrew Lapin
In this April 23, 2009 file photo, Alice Walker stands in front of a picture of herself from 1974 as she tours her archives at Emory University, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
December 21, 2018, 2:43 am
Novelist Alice Walker defends anti-Semitic bedside reading
‘Color Purple’ author says critics trying to silence her’s and British conspiracist David Icke’s support for Palestinians after she endorses his book in New York Times interview
By JTA
Alice Walker at the “The Color Purple” Broadway opening night at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York City, December 10, 2015. (Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images/via JTA)
December 18, 2018, 8:13 pm
Alice Walker endorses bizarre anti-Semitic tract in NY Times interview
Famed African American author enthuses about book by David Icke that purports to detail Jewish-backed global conspiracy by lizard men to control the world
By JTA
Thom Yorke performs with Radiohead at Philips Arena, Atlanta, April 1, 2017. (Robb Cohen/Invision/AP)
June 2, 2017, 6:19 pm
Radiohead frontman: BDS efforts to derail our Israel show ‘patronizing in the extreme’
Thom Yorke pans Roger Waters and other boycott-backing artists for ‘assuming we are not capable of making a moral decision’
By ToI Staff
Thom Yorke of Radiohead performs in Seattle, April 2017 (YouTube screenshot; youtube.com/rc529)
April 30, 2017, 3:22 am
Roger Waters says Radiohead determined to play Tel Aviv
Pink Floyd founder admits British rock group’s members weren’t swayed by his letter urging them to boycott Israel
By ToI Staff and AFP
Thom Yorke of Radiohead performs in Seattle, April 2017 (YouTube screenshot; youtube.com/rc529)
April 25, 2017, 4:25 am
Roger Waters, Alice Walker urge Radiohead to scrap Israel show
Signatories of letter to band urge it to ‘take small step to help pressure Israel to end violation of basic rights and international law’
By AFP
Illustrative photo of shelves filled with books. (CC BY 2.0 Stewart Butterfield/Wikipedia)
April 6, 2016, 9:01 am
US writers festival rebuffs call to reject Israeli sponsorship
PEN American Center says it opposes ‘cultural boycotts of any kind’ after Pulitzer winners urge group to keep Israel out of World Voices fest
By JTA
In this April 23, 2009 file photo, Alice Walker stands in front of a picture of herself from 1974 as she tours her archives at Emory University, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
February 7, 2014, 12:00 pm
Alice Walker discusses marriage to Jew in documentary
‘Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth,’ scheduled to air Friday night on PBS stations in the US
By Hillel Italie
Alice Walker (photo credit: CC BY Virginia DeBolt/Wikipedia)
August 19, 2013, 6:01 am
Alice Walker, disinvited to speak at U. of Michigan, gets new invite
BDS-supporting author will address a public forum on campus
By JTA
Alice Walker (photo credit: CC BY Virginia DeBolt/Wikipedia)
August 16, 2013, 9:51 pm
Alice Walker disinvited from U. of Michigan
Prominent Israel critic claims donors opposed her participation, a claim university officials deny
By Talia Lavin
Alicia Keys in concert (photo credit: Shutterstock)
June 28, 2013, 12:15 am
YouTube pulls clip calling on Keys to cancel Israel gig
American group said to have infringed singer’s copyright with Palestinian video to advocate boycott
Alice Walker (photo credit: CC BY Virginia DeBolt/Wikipedia)
June 18, 2013, 8:12 pm
ADL: Alice Walker ‘unabashedly infected with anti-Semitism’
New book, ‘The Cushion in the Road,’ filled with ‘comparisons of Israelis to Nazis, denigrations of Judaism and Jews’
By ToI Staff
Alicia Keys (photo credit: courtesy)
June 1, 2013, 5:25 am
Alicia Keys to perform in Israel despite boycott calls
‘Music is a universal language that is meant to unify audiences in peace and love,’ says singer
By ToI Staff
Alicia Keys (photo credit: courtesy)
May 30, 2013, 11:12 am
Alice Walker, Roger Waters urge Alicia Keys to cancel TLV gig
Israel is an ‘apartheid country,’ BDS activists tell R&B diva in open letters; Israelis launch counter-effort as debate spills over to Facebook
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative photo of pro-Palestinian demonstrators facing pro-Israel demonstrators at an Israel Apartheid Week event at the University of California, Berkeley, in February 2012. (CC-BY/James Buck/Flickr)
April 18, 2013, 11:56 pm
UC Berkeley students pass Israel divestment bill
Non-binding resolution calls for university to halt relations with companies that participate in Israel’s ‘illegal occupation and ensuing human rights abuses’
By Gavriel Fiske
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