Tag: Harry Potter

In the aftermath of the recent conflict with Hamas, Israel has been employing a social media strategy to garner support.
In a light-hearted yet critical take on the Harry Potter universe in light of J.K. Rowling's controversies and Jewish sensitivity, the article suggests humorous Jewish plotlines for a potential Harry Potter reboot.
The release of the Hogwarts Legacy video game, set in the Harry Potter universe, has sparked criticism over its portrayal of goblins with antisemitic undertones, such as controlling the economy with large, growing noses.
The article explores the presence of antisemitic stereotypes in British literature, particularly focusing on the depiction of goblins in Harry Potter and other works.
Jon Stewart clarified in a video that he was joking when he suggested that goblin characters in the Harry Potter series resembled antisemitic stereotypes.
The author expresses frustration over the ongoing debate about whether the goblins in the Harry Potter series are antisemitic Jewish caricatures.
In the summer of 2005, a group of 14- and 15-year-old boys at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California pulled off a legendary prank by spoiling the biggest twist in the recently released Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
The author discusses their experience of translating the characters and objects from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone into Yiddish.
Caroline Calloway recently discussed her post of an antisemitic meme and attributed her desensitization to anti-Semitic imagery to her upbringing with children's books like Harry Potter and Disney movies.
The official Yiddish translation of the first Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone," has been released nearly 23 years after the original publication, thanks to Indian-American Orthodox Jewish translator Arun Viswanath and Swedish publisher Nikolaj Olniansky.
In episode 26 of Unorthodox, the hosts discuss Bloomberg, Bernie, and Trump, with Jewish guest Mark Seidenfeld from Scholastic sharing his experience picking up a manuscript from J.K. Rowling in Scotland and safeguarding it on the flight back to New York.