Supporters of a grassroots movement committed to the Jewish liberation plan to hold a protest outside NBC studios on Saturday in response to a recent “anti-Semitic” joke by “Saturday Night Live” star Michael Che, Fox News found.
The protest is being co-sponsored by End Jew Hatred, former Brooklyn MP Dov Hikind, Liberate Art and Yad Yamin New York.
Individuals who plan to protest at New York studios countered Che’s joke in last Saturday’s “SNL” episode, in which the comedian said, “Israel is reporting that it has vaccinated half its population. I will guess it is the Jewish half.”
“Michael Che is a fanatic – pure and simple. His ‘joke’ was not only the most lazy form of comedy, but also perpetuated a vile lie that exacerbates the already growing anti-Semitism in the United States. NBC must make it clear that the hatred of Jews nowhere in their network and hold Che and the SNL writers responsible for spreading hatred, “said Brooke Goldstein, executive director of The Laware Project and partner of End Jew Hatred, in a statement to Fox News.
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Michael Che faced reaction this week for making a joke on “SNL” that critics called “anti-Semitic”.
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Che faced a reaction throughout the week because of the joke, which many critics called “anti-Semitic”.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) told Fox News in a statement late on Monday that while the segment is “known for strong criticism and public downfalls,” Che’s joke “not only missed the mark, but crossed the line – based on the premise of the joke about factual inaccuracies and playing on an anti-Semitic trope in the process. “
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The group went even further in saying that it has been monitoring “Weekend Update” this season and that the segment has “misuse”[d] Jews like the joke “several times.
The statement drew attention on social media, causing an uproar among viewers and generating a petition from the American Jewish Committee (AJC) for NBC to “retract its outrageous complaint and apologize immediately”.
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NBC continues to face criticism for a series of incidents that have been labeled “anti-Semites”.
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The organization called the joke “categorically false” and a “modern and dangerous turnaround on a classic anti-Semitic trope that inspired the mass murder of countless Jews over the centuries”.
The petition continued: “Words have consequences and Jews are at risk when a large American TV company joins those who claim that Israel is favoring only a portion of its citizens in their admirable efforts, praised by Dr. Anthony Fauci and others , to vaccinate all of its residents. “
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NBC told Fox News that it “has no comment”. Che’s representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News’s request for comment on Saturday.