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A Yello star sticker on a Jewish grave in Denmark on Nov. 10, 2019. (Courtesy of Rabbi Yitzi Loewenthal via JTA)
November 11, 2019, 12:33 am
On Kristallnacht anniversary, yellow stars placed at Jewish sites in Scandinavia
Stickers found on homes of Jews, a synagogue, gravestones and a café in Sweden and Denmark; authorities investigating incidents as hate crimes
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: MGM Cotai Resort is seen in Macau Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
July 25, 2019, 11:16 pm
MGM to remove six-pointed star from security uniforms after complaint
Jewish woman says emblem set on yellow shirts reminds her uncomfortably of the Holocaust
By AP
Star/executive producer Sarah Silverman participates in a panel during the Hulu Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton on Thursday, July 27, 2017. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
November 13, 2018, 3:44 am
Sarah Silverman: Better to get a Hollywood star than have to sew one on
Jewish comedian mentions recent rise in anti-Semitism while accepting star on Hollywood walk of fame
By Josefin Dolsten
Billy Joel wears a jacket with the Star of David during the encore of his 43rd sold out show at Madison Square Garden on August 21, 2017, in New York City. (Myrna M. Suarez/Getty Images via JTA)
July 25, 2018, 4:46 pm
Billy Joel says he wore Star of David at concert after ‘enraged’ by Trump
Singer-songwriter says he donned the Holocaust-style patch in protest of US president’s statement that both sides were to blame for Charlottesville violence
By Gabe Friedman
A yellow star patch with the words 'Gun Owner' for sale on gun enthusiast site Tacticalshit.com (screenshot)
January 25, 2018, 9:29 pm
US gun website pulls yellow stars reading ‘Gun Owner’
Gun parts dealer says he canceled sale of patches due to ‘religious implications’ and because they’re ‘no longer relevant’ under Trump
By JTA
A yellow star patch with the words 'Gun Owner' for sale on gun enthusiast site Tacticalshit.com (screenshot)
January 19, 2018, 10:37 pm
US website offers yellow star patches for ‘persecuted’ gun owners
Site’s administrators explain ‘similarities of current legislative attitude and the systematic persecution this star represents are uncanny’
By TOI staff
Miu Miu dress with a yellow star. (Facebook via JTA)
August 23, 2017, 5:22 pm
Prada subsidiary drops clothing line featuring yellow stars
Italian firm apologizes for offense following outcry from Jewish leaders
By JTA
Aliza Lipkin
August 23, 2017, 2:35 pm
Aliza Lipkin
Right sentiment, wrong star, Billy Joel
The yellow star was a forced badge of shame, but in a world with the State of Israel, no Jew is a helpless victim
Billy Joel wears a jacket with the Star of David during the encore of his 43rd sold out show at Madison Square Garden on August 21, 2017, in New York City. (Myrna M. Suarez/Getty Images via JTA)
August 22, 2017, 5:29 pm
Billy Joel wears yellow Star of David during New York concert
As singer plays encore of ‘Goodbye to You,’ screen behind him flashes pictures of fired White House staffers Bannon, Spicer and Scaramucci
By JTA
Ondrej Dostal, member of OLaNO-NOVA party with a yellow David star on his jacket, takes the oath of office on the Slovak Constitution, March 23, 2016. (AFP/SAMUEL KUBANI)
March 23, 2016, 5:16 pm
Slovak MPs wear yellow stars to protest far-right party
Lawmakers don symbol used to identify Jews during Holocaust to express disgust after ‘neo-Nazi’ group wins 14 seats in national parliament
By AFP
A migrant wrapped in a blanket to keep warm waits at a registration camp in southern Serbian town of Presevo on January 22, 2016, after crossing the Macedonian border. (AFP / DIMITAR DILKOFF)
January 25, 2016, 4:19 pm
UK asylum seeker wristbands likened to Jewish yellow stars
Migrants fitted with bands that entitle them to claim food at support center, but critics demand practice be stopped
By AFP
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