Tagged Morrissey

 Lorde cancelled her concert in Israel. Here’s what 5 other artists did this year.

Lorde performs during the iHeartRadio Secret Sessions by AT&T at the magical Houdini Estate in Los Angeles, California, Aug. 29, 2017. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
December 31, 2017 / Josefin Dolsten, JTA

(JTA) — Pop star Lorde’s decision to cancel her scheduled concert in Israel has sparked some fierce reactions, even if most of them were expected. The 21-year-old New Zealand native’s move earned praise from proponents of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, who said she was taking a stand for the… Read more »

Singer Morrissey: Those who criticize Israel are ‘jealous’

Morrissey performing at the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Del., June 19, 2015. (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Firefly)
November 13, 2017 / Gabe Friedman, JTA

(JTA) — The British rocker and former Smiths frontman Morrissey has not one but two Jewish-themed songs on his forthcoming album, “Low in High School.” Perhaps the more notable one is simply called “Israel” and offers a blunt rebuke of critics of the Jewish state. “In other climes they… Read more »