Utah Rabbi Ordered to Remove Sign after Kyrie Irving Complaint

A group of Jewish men attending a Utah Jazz basketball game on New Year’s Day was told to take down their blue-and-white signs featuring the slogan, “I’m a Jew, and I’m proud,” after basketball star Kyrie Irving took offense at the message.

Irving was suspended for several games in 2022 for sharing a Black Hebrew Israelite documentary that parroted antisemitic conspiracies accusing Jews of orchestrating the Atlantic slave trade and argued that African Americans are the true descendants of ancient Israelites.

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A group of Jewish men attending a Utah Jazz basketball game on New Year’s Day was told to take down their blue-and-white signs featuring the slogan, “I’m a Jew, and I’m proud,” after basketball star Kyrie Irving took offense at the message.

Irving was suspended for several games in 2022 for sharing a Black Hebrew Israelite documentary that parroted antisemitic conspiracies accusing Jews of orchestrating the Atlantic slave trade and argued that African Americans are the true descendants of ancient Israelites.