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TAYLOR SWIFT CALLS OUT SOROS FAMILY’S ‘SHAMELESS GREED’ IN BEEF WITH RECORD CO.


POP SUPERSTAR DRAWS CRITICISM AS WHITE SUPREMACISTS SEEN ASSOCIATING HER POST
WITH WIDESPREAD ANTI-SEMITIC CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT SOROS

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Taylor Swift at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 23, 2020.
(Neilson Barnard/Getty Images, via JTA)

JTA — Taylor Swift is drawing criticism for calling out “the Soros family” in an
Instagram post. It’s the latest salvo in the pop superstar’s ongoing battle with
her former record label.

The family long has been at the center of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about
Jewish domination of global banking. George Soros, a Hungarian billionaire and
liberal philanthropist, typically is the main target.

But his son Alex, the deputy chair of his father’s Open Society Foundations, an
international group that promotes liberal causes, has begun to feature in them
as well.




In a Twitter post in which the singer lashes out against a new album being
released by her former label, Big Machine Records, Swift claims that talent
manager Scooter Braun is using money taken from several sources, including Alex
Soros. The hugely popular singer has an ongoing nasty and public fight with Big
Machine Records.

Taylor Swift’s album “Lover”

Swift recorded her first six albums with Big Machine, but she left the label
before the release of her seventh, titled “Lover.” In June, the label sold the
original records of her songs, known as masters, to talent manager Braun. Swift
believes she should have been given the opportunity to purchase her own masters,
and has been pressing the case in interviews.

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“After I was denied the chance to purchase my music outright, my entire catalog
was sold to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings in a deal that I’m told was funded
by the Soros family, 23 Capital and that Carlyle Group,” Swift said in December.

Swift doubled down Thursday night on Instagram after she found out that Big
Machine was planning to put out an album of her live performances. She believes
they want to make more money off her during the coronavirus crisis.

Alex Soros attends the The Gordon Parks Foundation Annual Awards Dinner and
Auction at Cipriani 42nd Street on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in New York. (Photo by
Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Calling out the Soros family; Braun, the Jewish industry giant associated with
the likes of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande; and the private equity firms
involved in the sale, Swift wrote that the decision to release the new album is
“just another case of shameless greed in the time of Coronavirus. So tasteless,
but very transparent.”

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To many people who viewed Swift’s post, Swift was invoking language that many
have used to signal anti-Semitic sentiments.

“Taylor Swift deploying a Soros dogwhistle is …… a choice,” Tara Mulholland, a
CNN producer, tweeted.





Swift, who is rarely on record about her political leanings, has previously
endorsed Democratic candidates and told Rolling Stone magazine after former
president Barack Obama’s election, “I’ve never seen this country so happy about
a political decision in my entire time of being alive. I’m so glad this was my
first election.”

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At the same time, according to a 2016 Vice story titled “Can’t shake it off: How
Taylor Swift became a Nazi idol,” the singer has been adopted by a notable
number of white supremacists who see her as a sort of Aryan demigoddess. Alma
rounded up (but didn’t link to) some of the responses that make clear that some
are associating her post with widespread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about
Soros. (Also read this 2019 Alma piece to further understand Swift’s history
with American neo-Nazis. )

George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations, before the
Joseph A. Schumpeter award ceremony in Vienna, Austria, June 21, 2019. (AP
Photo/Ronald Zak)

Bend the Arc, a Jewish progressive political advocacy group with which Alex
Soros is closely involved, tweeted a message to Swift on Friday afternoon.

“You have every right to be upset about others profiting off your music. But
PLEASE don’t share antisemitic conspiracy theories about the Soros family,” the
group wrote. “‘Shameless greed’ is a dog-whistle used against Jews. Your Jewish
fans deserve better.”



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The failure of under-funded public services after Oct. 7 proves the need to
raise taxes to pay for a ’new deal’ for Israel
Ellen Ginsberg Simon
A university president with a principled stand on BDS
Brown University President Christina Paxson could have hid behind policy when
she rejected students’ divestment demands
Samantha Kahn
To Taylor Swift on supporting Israel
As a Swiftie, I know you have the ability to go visit, to learn, to see for
yourself. Please don’t close your eyes to the truth
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Signs of spring, though it’s still October 7th
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A simple act of defiance
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Even in the UK, all kinds of things trigger thoughts of October 7th
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pain and dealing with the rest of my life
Rachelli Prawer
The kindergarten’s ‘wishing tree’ made me cry
Some, to be sure, wish for a dog or a bunny, but it’s telling that more are
thinking about the soldiers and the hostages
Yedidya Naveh
A painful answer to the wrenching question of hostages
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Dan Illouz
A Saudi condition for peace that Israel can’t live with
Agreeing to the establishment of a Palestinian state would be a setback that
rewards decades of terrorism and violence
Scott Kahn
Idealistic… and completely, dangerously wrong
The religious Zionists who advocate ’voluntary transfer’ are too confident that
the world – and God – will back them
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The other side of the rain
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Full Coverage 2023-2024 Israel-Hamas war
 * US sees ‘real progress’ on framework for hostage release, says senior
   official
   By Reuters, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
 * Delete your account: How social media may be metastasizing terror in service
   of Hamas
   By Amir Ben-David
 * Top defense officials said to try to calm Egyptian counterparts on Rafah
   attack plans
   By ToI Staff

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Full Coverage What Matters Now
 * What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Clashing visions of victory
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 * What Matters Now to author Shlomo Brody: Jewish ethics and the Israel-Hamas
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   By Amanda Borschel-Dan

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Full Coverage Liveblog
 * IDF conducts intensive strikes on ‘significant’ Rafah targets; Hamas: Over 50
   killed
   By ToI Staff
 * Feb. 10: UNRWA head pleads ignorance after Hamas data center found under
   agency’s HQ
   By Ricky Ben-David and ToI Staff
 * Feb. 9: After Moody’s downgrade, PM says credit rating will rise again once
   Israel wins war
   By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

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 * Rally against UNRWA in Jerusalem
 * The voices screaming ‘Now!’
 * A stop to the trucks

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Those we have lost
Stories of the civilians and soldiers who have fallen in the Israel-Hamas war

 * 
   Those we have lost
   Sgt. Binyamin Airley, 21: Had a ‘love affair’ with the Land of Israel
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Keshet Casarotti-Kalfa, 21: Pirate-loving partygoer ‘a ball of light’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Noy Aviv, 29: English teacher and singer with an ‘incredible voice’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we have lost
   Police Commander Jayar Davidov, 44: ‘Always had a sparkle in his eye’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Staff Sgt. Daniel Rashed, 19: Druze soldier who ‘fought like a lion’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Eden Gez, 31: Partygoer with a twin sister and an ‘endless smile’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Yirmi Shafir, 76: Legendary kibbutz mailman
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Idan Edri, 36: Animal lover who ‘just went to dance’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Avraham Tyberg, 24: Law student ‘wanted to make a difference’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Mazal Bachar, 62: Single mother, teacher with a green thumb
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Lt. Yoav Malayev, 19: Wrote letter to his girlfriend in final moments
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Tamar Samet, 20: The ‘voice of an angel’ which hit radios posthumously
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Sgt. Osher Barzilay, 19: MDA volunteer planned to be a brain surgeon
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Nevo Arad, 25: ‘Brilliant’ and ‘innovative’ water engineering student
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Staff Sgt. Eliasaf Ben Porat, 21: Immortalized by his trance tracks
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we have lost
   Ofir Erez, 57: Tour guide, ‘incredibly funny’ community theater actor
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Staff Sgt. Adi Landman, 19: Observation soldier with a love of music
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we have lost
   Michel Yoav, 46: Rave attendee leaves behind wife and children
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Vladimir Zhukov, 63: Family man who went to go fishing with friends
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Master Sgt. (res.) Naftali Gordon, 32: A man of ‘honesty and justice’
   By ToI Staff


Those we are missing
The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown

 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Devoted uncle and Nir Oz resident Yair Horn
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Shiri Bibas and her redheaded babies
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Arbel Yehud, third generation on Kibbutz Nir Oz
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Hamza Ziyadne, Rahat resident working in Kibbutz Holit
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Gali Berman, from Kfar Aza’s ‘young neighborhood’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Argentine-born Fernando Marman, beloved handyman
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Presumed captive: Eli Sharabi from Kibbutz Be’eri
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Thai field hand Sriaoun Watchara
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Surasak Lamnau, Thai worker abducted with employer
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Daniel Perez, absence felt at brother’s wedding
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Presumed captive: Ohad Yahalomi, shot in the leg by terrorists
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Ofer Calderon, initially escaped through window
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Tal Shoham, held captive separately from family
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Matan Zangauker, ‘is a survivor’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Youssef Hamis Ziyadne from Rahat
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Argentine-born Louis Har, grandfather to ten
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: US citizen Keith Siegel, driven to Gaza in his own car
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Elad Katzir, farmer and social activist
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Edan Alexander, told mother he was safe
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Nadav Popplewell, held in tunnel under Gaza
   By ToI Staff


Those We Call Heroes
People saving others and making lives better

 * The 81-year-old woman who climbed out the window to escape Hamas
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Inside story
   How a Druze mom fooled Hamas into revealing its attack plans on Oct. 7,
   saving her town
   By Sue Surkes
 * A month after his son fell in battle, a father stages a one-man play about
   October 7
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * Under fire in Gaza, hero paramedic saved life of tank crew member
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Inside story
   Something is afoot: Volunteers fit IDF soldiers with US military boots amid
   Hamas war
   By Sharon Wrobel
 * Undeterred by Oct. 7 massacre, foreign interns keep Gaza-periphery dairy
   farms afloat
   By Bernard Dichek
 * The Persian-Jewish grandma who wants to feed the entire IDF from her
   apartment
   By Gavriel Fiske
 * Family of fallen Oct. 7 hero Tomer Nagar commissions line of beers in his
   honor
   By Stuart Winer
 * Fixing up old tanks and recruiting old reservists, a tech VP creates a new
   battalion
   By Sue Surkes
 * Officer tasked with arranging constant IDF funerals nearly died after heart
   gave way
   By Renee Ghert-Zand
 * Dad launches ‘Project Menorah’ to support Jews fearful of displaying Hanukkah
   lights
   By Matt Lebovic
 * 
   Interview
   ‘Life under Hamas is like under ISIS,’ says Syria-born journalist deported
   from Gaza
   By Gianluca Pacchiani
 * 
   Reporter's notebook
   Resurrecting Gaza border communities will take a lot more than sowing winter
   wheat
   By Canaan Lidor
 * 96-year-old woman escaped October 7 massacre at Be’eri; grandson held in Gaza
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Interview
   Lebanese Israeli advocate on US colleges post-Oct. 7: ‘Many don’t see
   Israelis as humans’
   By Gianluca Pacchiani
 * First wave out of 7,000 foreign doctors wanting to help amid war have come to
   Israel
   By Renee Ghert-Zand
 * 
   Inside story
   Archaeologists sift through devastation to help families of Oct. 7 victims
   gain closure
   By Melanie Lidman
 * Truck dashcam footage shows farmer dodging bullets as he saved 120 from music
   festival
   By Sue Surkes
 * Shepherding life into the world following catastrophe brings hope to Israeli
   midwives
   By Renee Ghert-Zand
 * Israeli charity aims to provide it all for soldiers, including mobile laundry
   and spas
   By Gavriel Fiske


Tales of the Times
The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting

 * 
   Bad rap
   Ozzy Osbourne slams ‘antisemitic’ Kanye after unapproved sample use
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   High note
   Israeli Opera original ‘Theodor’ named one of world’s best for 2023
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   It stinks
   Likud minister, MK face off over vodka breath, blather
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Ballsy move
   Pro-Palestinian porn star from US visits Tehran, sparking questions
   By AP and ToI Staff
 * 
   King David
   ‘Curb’ season premiere raises question: Will Larry go to Israel?
   By Ben Sales
 * 
   Crossover episode
   ‘Somebody had to do it’: Larry David attacks Elmo on morning show
   By Michael Horovitz
 * 
   Escar-no
   Airport inspectors seize 5 kg of Asian snails from Thai workers
   By Sue Surkes
 * 
   Mass marker
   Designer 3D-prints tens of thousands of yellow ribbon pins for hostages
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Pittfalls of aging
   Tarantino reunites with Brad Pitt for director’s final film – report
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Nature's resurgence
   Red anemones carpet south as annual festival, muted this year, celebrates
   them
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Soldiers of the book
   Unhooked from phones, troops in Gaza turn to reading to pass time
   By Tal Schneider
 * 
   Pyramid scheme
   Egyptian pyramid undergoes renovation, drawing anger, ridicule
   By AFP
 * 
   Undercover
   Police minister turns up at Jaffa station in fake beard and wig
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   She's a Fighter
   Luxembourg taps Israeli singer as Eurovision song entry
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Miss Lieser returns
   Gustav Klimt painting resurfaces in Austria after almost 100 years
   By AFP
 * 
   Called up for service
   Jon Stewart to return as part-time host of ‘The Daily Show’
   By jacob gurvis
 * 
   Time bomb
   Gaza war among fears as ‘Doomsday Clock’ stays close to midnight
   By Reuters and ToI Staff
 * 
   Loafing around
   35-foot challah in NYC attempts to break Guinness record
   By julia GERGELY
 * 
   Infonomicon
   What’s information? Yuval Noah Harari gives answer in new book
   By Hillel Italie
 * 
   Music stand
   Five for Fighting pens October 7 ballad: ‘We are not OK’
   By Amy Spiro


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