Comedians in Portugal are boycotting a major festival headlined by Jerry Seinfeld over his pro-Israel stance, the latest chapter in a campaign of confrontation and protest that has followed the comedian since 2024. Multiple Portuguese performers pulled out of the Commedia a la Carte Fest in Lisbon, where Seinfeld is scheduled to headline on November […] The post Jerry Seinfeld faces growing international backlash over his unapologetic support for Israel appeared first on American Almanac .
Comedians in Portugal are boycotting a major festival headlined by Jerry Seinfeld over his pro-Israel stance, the latest chapter in a campaign of confrontation and protest that has followed the comedian since 2024. Multiple Portuguese performers pulled out of the Commedia a la Carte Fest in Lisbon, where Seinfeld is scheduled to headline on November 1, citing his vocal defense of Israel. Comedy duo Cebola Mol were among the first to withdraw, posting an Instagram image featuring a watermelon, a symbol widely used by pro-Palestinian activists, to announce their decision. Actress and comedian Inês Aires Pereira followed, telling Breitbart : "We cannot relativise or normalise a genocide." The boycott marks an escalation from heckling and…Open
Anna Wintour put her full power and prestige behind a designer convicted of an antisemitic hate crime. Behind the scenes, influential New Yorkers revolted.
Civil rights groups have called on Black college athletes to boycott schools in states that are rolling back voting rights. But highly paid NIL-era athletes are proving to be unwilling protesters. Why it matters: It's exposing a disconnect between advocates who rely on 1960s-style protest tactics, and prominent athletes in today's $3 billion NIL economy who have different views of activism — and who are unwilling to sacrifice unprecedented financial opportunities . The big picture: NIL (name, image, likeness) was championed as a tool to end the systemic exploitation of Black college athletes in big-revenue sports. - Irony has taken hold: Those NIL funds can now shield southern institutions from some political pressure, even as state…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has canceled its spring 2027 exhibition honoring controversial British designer John Galliano, who was fired from Dior in 2011 after an antisemitic rant. CNN’s Leah Dolan reports on the public backlash that followed after the museum announced the exhibit just weeks ago.
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Nazi boycott of Jewish shop in Berlin, April 1, 1933: “Germans Resist! Don’t buy from Jews” by Diana Zapata • News Writer /Editorial Specialist Published August 25, 2026 BERLIN — A political firestorm has erupted [...]
