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Harry Potter

A promotional image of a goblin from the Harry Potter movie franchise.
Posted inTV

ADL partners with SF-based Common Sense Media to counter Jewish stereotypes in films

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 11, 2023October 14, 2023

From the hook-nosed, money-hungry goblins of the Harry Potter films to the opinion-splitting prosthetic nose in the new Leonard Bernstein biopic, Jewish stereotypes are prevalent in Hollywood. Pushing back against […]

an image of a big-nosed goblin from the video game
Posted inGames

Are the goblins in the new ‘Harry Potter’ video game really antisemitic?

Jacob Henry by Jacob Henry and JTA February 13, 2023
Andrew Garfield in "Tick, Tick ... BOOM!"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Drake nixes Grammys; Jon Stewart talks Harry Potter; Larry David is bald; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 4, 2022January 6, 2022
Sam Blitzstein’s copy of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," opened to the most dramatic page.
Posted inCulture

An oral history of the most epic summer camp prank of all time: a Harry Potter spoiler

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward September 1, 2021
Queenie, with short blond hair a pink robe, strikes an aggressive pose holding out her magic wand
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