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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

racist slurs

File: Miami Heat's Meyers Leonard plays during an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers, in Philadelphia, December 18, 2019. (AP/Matt Slocum)
February 21, 2023, 9:16 am
NBA’s Meyers Leonard set for comeback, two years after antisemitism scandal
Former Miami Heat center signs 10-day contract with Milwaukee Bucks, allowing him to play first game in national league since using anti-Jewish slur online
By Tim Reynolds
Miami Heat's Meyers Leonard stands for the national anthem before an NBA basketball game against the Phoenix Suns, Saturday, August 8, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool)
February 4, 2023, 4:26 am
NBA’s Meyers Leonard opens up to Jewish ESPN reporter about his antisemitism scandal
The former Miami Heat center tells Emmy-winning sports journalist Jeremy Schaap how his ‘huge mistake’ led to his embrace by a forgiving and loving community
By jacob gurvis
Screen capture from video allegedly showing the arrest of Matthew Harris, a former lecturer, who is suspected of threatening a mass shooting at the University of California, Los Angeles. (Twitter)
February 2, 2022, 3:12 pm
Ex-lecturer arrested on suspicion of emailing UCLA shooting threat, Jewish slurs
Police act after Matthew Harris sent message to former students that included link to ‘manifesto’ with reference to a ‘mass shooting’ at school
By STEFANIE DAZIO and COLLEEN SLEVIN
Death row inmate Randy Halprin, then 26, sits in a visitation cell at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, December 3, 2003. (Brett Coomer/AP)
October 14, 2021, 11:47 am
Texas Jewish death row inmate granted new trial due to judge’s antisemitism
Randy Halprin, a member of the ‘Texas 7,’ alleged that Judge Vickers Cunningham referred to him using antisemitic slurs
By Shira Hanau
Gannett Media company logo seen displayed on a smart phone. (Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images via JTA)
March 24, 2021, 9:27 pm
US newspaper fires photographer over ‘total JAP’ caption of Jewish nurse
Asbury Park Press lays off Gustavo Martínez Contreras, apologizes to ‘women, the Lakewood Jewish community, the Asian American community, and all our readers’
By Gabe Friedman
In this Aug. 5, 2014, file photo, specialist Michael Cacace, foreground right, works at the post that handles Gannett on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. J(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
March 23, 2021, 6:21 am
‘A total JAP’: NJ newspaper sorry for using anti-Semitic epithet
Asbury Park Press apologizes to Jewish and Asian American communities after offensive caption left up for 14 hours
By Gabe Friedman
Miami Heat forward Meyers Leonard, center, greets his teammates before an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks, December 29, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, file)
March 11, 2021, 8:11 pm
NBA fines Meyers Leonard $50,000 over anti-Semitic slur
League commissioner says Miami Heat player spoke with ADL representatives ‘to better understand the impact of his words and we accept that he is genuinely remorseful’
By Tim Reynolds
Meyers Leonard of the Miami Heat warms up before a game against the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena on January 9, 2021, in Washington. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images North America/AFP)
March 10, 2021, 5:28 pm
NBA’s Meyers Leonard suspended by Miami Heat over anti-Semitic slur
Team says it won’t ‘tolerate hateful language from anyone associated with our franchise,’ after player apologized for using term
By AFP
Miami Heat's Meyers Leonard (0) cheers on the team from the sideline during the second half of an NBA conference final playoff basketball game against the Boston Celtics on September 19, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
March 10, 2021, 1:35 am
NBA player caught using anti-Semitic slur on video game platform
Meyers Leonard of the Miami Heat apologizes to people ‘in the Jewish community who I have hurt’
By Gabe Friedman
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu in 2013. (Flash90/Yonatan Sindel)
September 21, 2020, 6:14 pm
High Court orders disciplinary action against Safed’s acerbic chief rabbi
Justices censure Shmuel Eliyahu for ‘degrading’ comments toward Arab Israelis, say former justice minister Shaked was ‘extremely unreasonable’ in deciding not to act against him
By ToI Staff
The Miami Herald and its el Nuevo Herald are sold in Miami. (Art Seitz/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
September 17, 2020, 9:39 pm
Miami Herald apologizes for running anti-Semitic and racist ads for months
Paper admits ‘distressing’ oversight in allowing ads comparing Black Lives Matter to Nazis to run in its Spanish-language publication
By Josefin Dolsten
Mary Trump, US President Donald Trump's niece, in an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Jul 16, 2020. (Screen capture: YouTube)
July 17, 2020, 8:03 am
Trump’s niece: I heard him use anti-Semitic and racist slurs
In interview to promote her book, Mary Trump says US president’s alleged use of such language shouldn’t ‘surprise anybody given how virulently racist he is’; White House denies it
By ToI Staff and AP
Nikolaus Kramer of the far-right Alternative for Germany party. (Screen capture: YouTube)
December 19, 2019, 5:45 pm
German court backs far-right lawmaker who used the N-word
Judges rule Nikolaus Kramer was unjustly rebuked for repeatedly using the term during a parliamentary debate, say it can be used in non-derogatory way
By AP
Bulgarian fans make the Nazi salute during the Euro 2020 Group A football qualification match between Bulgaria and England at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on October 14, 2019. (Nikolay Dovchinov/AFP)
October 15, 2019, 1:49 am
England soccer game in Sofia halted twice as Bulgaria fans make Nazi salutes
Black players Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford, Tyrone Mings targeted with monkey chants; English FA calls for ‘very stringent’ action; England wins European qualifier 6-0
By AP
US President Donald Trump pauses while announcing an agreement with Guatemala regarding people seeking asylum in the Oval Office of the White House July 26, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
July 30, 2019, 6:18 pm
Presidents have made racist gestures throughout US history
Trump’s recent attacks on black lawmakers are far from unprecedented
By Russell Contreras
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