Jews Fight Fire with Satire
In the wake of an Iranian newspaper's cartoon contest to mock the Holocaust, an Israeli cartoonist is asking Jewish artists to draw anti-Semitic cartoons themselves. We wonder: Is this sort of like African Americans reclaiming the N-word as their own?AP
: An Israeli cartoonist is responding to Iran’s efforts to mock the Holocaust with an unconventional contest of his own: He’s asking Jewish artists to draw anti-Semitic cartoons themselves.
Amitai Sandarovich, a cartoonist for the Yediot Ahronot daily, said he came up with the idea for the competition after an Iranian newspaper launched a contest for cartoons about the Holocaust.
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We wonder: Is this sort of like African Americans reclaiming the N-word as their own?
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