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J.K. Rowling
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April 16, 2025, 7:37 pm
UK’s top court rules definition of a woman is based on biological sex
Government welcomes ‘clarity’ on issue; trans rights advocates condemn judgment, which Harry Potter author Rowling lauds for ‘protecting rights of women and girls’
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October 19, 2023, 4:52 pm
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Shared by Israel’s X account, story of autistic girl and her grandmother helped world see massacres; pair originally thought captured by terror group in vicious Oct. 7 incursion
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February 11, 2023, 4:27 am
Are the goblins in blockbuster Harry Potter game ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ antisemitic?
Newly released video game revives criticism that hook-nosed creatures running wizard bank echo racist tropes about Jews and money
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August 13, 2022, 10:27 pm
J.K. Rowling gets death threat by person who hailed Rushdie’s stabbing
In reply to Harry Potter writer’s post on stabbing of author, Pakistani Twitter user says: ‘Don’t worry you are next’; he previously wrote about his desire to destroy Israel
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March 25, 2022, 5:49 pm
Putin likens ‘canceling’ of Russian culture to Nazi book burnings, J.K. Rowling
Russian president makes false comparison at meeting with culture prize winners; says ‘last time such a mass campaign to destroy unwanted literature was carried out was by Nazis’
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January 5, 2022, 11:35 pm
‘Out of context nonsense’: Jon Stewart says he never accused Rowling of antisemitism
Comedian says media entirely misrepresented his point on portrayal of goblins in ‘Harry Potter’; adds: ‘I really love the Harry Potter movies. Probably too much for my age’
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Amy Spiro
January 5, 2022, 8:29 pm
Jewish groups defend J.K. Rowling over claim ‘Harry Potter’ goblins antisemitic
After comedian Jon Stewart says the books’ portrayal of goblins clearly based on Jew hatred, groups suggest Rowling was merely tapping into centuries of cultural context
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Amy Spiro
January 5, 2022, 1:31 am
Jon Stewart says J.K. Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ goblin characters clearly antisemitic
‘That’s a caricature of a Jew from an antisemitic piece of literature’: Comedian surprised there wasn’t wider outcry over depiction of hooked-nosed characters that run the banks
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Shira Hanau
June 11, 2020, 2:14 pm
Defending gender remarks, JK Rowling says she’s a survivor of sexual assault
In blog post, author discusses her own struggles with sexual identity in her youth, says ‘huge numbers of women are justifiably terrified by the trans activists’
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Dmitry Zaks
May 23, 2020, 5:10 am
For young translator of sold-out ‘Harry Potter,’ Yiddish is truly his mamaloshen
How Arun Viswanath, the 29-year-old scion of a US literary dynasty, translated series opener ‘The Philosopher’s Stone’ into the language of Sholem Aleichem is a story in itself
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December 24, 2018, 7:13 pm
J.K. Rowling attacks Corbynites and ‘Saint Jeremy’ on Twitter
British author issues biblical parody of Labour leader’s stance on Brexit and anti-Semitism scandals, the Jewish News reports
October 20, 2018, 9:01 am
How a Hanukkah song made its way into Harry Potter’s Hebrew version
Translator Gili Bar Hillel speaks about the challenges of interpreting the series in a manner that would resonate with Israeli readers
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Josefin Dolsten
September 22, 2018, 3:28 am
In J.K. Rowling’s new novel, a villain is an Israel-hating anti-Semite
‘Harry Potter’ author, who has been vocal in her criticism of bigotry, has seemingly incorporated her views into ‘Lethal White,’ the latest in her Cormoran Strike mystery series
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Yvette Alt Miller
August 28, 2018, 3:14 am
J.K. Rowling takes on ‘anti-Semite’ fellow author in Twitter spat over Corbyn
Simon Maginn attacks ‘Zionists’ in support of UK Labour Party leader; Harry Potter author challenges, ‘What other minority would you speak to this way?’
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JTA
April 19, 2018, 12:12 am
JK Rowling tells victims of anti-Semitism: ‘You aren’t alone’
In series of tweets calling for fellow non-Jews to take a stand, Harry Potter author asks, ‘Would response to any other form of racism or bigotry be to squirm, deflect or justify?’
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David Sedley
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