Roseanne Barr, the comedian whose television show was canceled last year after she made a racist remark on Twitter, visited Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday as part of a tour of Israel.
'There are no proper words for me to express the connection I feel, first of all to God, to Torah (Bible), to my people,' Barr, who is Jewish, said.
Barr, 66, arrived in Israel last week with celebrity US rabbi Shmuley Boteach, after Barr reiterated earlier this month that she felt her firing from ABC was a result of anti-Semitism.
She had previously made this claim in June, one month after she and her show were pulled from the air.
While in Israel on Sunday, which is also World Holocaust Remembrance Day, Barr visited the Kotel, which is also known as the Western Wall, and Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. The holocaust refers to the genocide of Jewish people by German Nazi soldiers before and during World War II.
She and Boteach were also photographed with Israel's Minister of Culture and Sport, Miri Regev, and Dana White, former Chief Pentagon spokesperson, who left her role after Gen. James Mattis announced his resignation as US Secretary of Defense.
In May, Barr's revival of her hit 1980s sitcom 'Roseanne' was abruptly canceled by ABC after she posted a racist tweet.
In the post, Barr compared Valerie Jarrett, a black woman who was a former president Barack Obama administration official, to an ape.
The tweet read: 'Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes had a baby=vj.'
At one point, Barr claimed she didn't know the woman was black. At another point, she told followers not to defend her and said that what she did was 'unforgiveable.'
And on January 10, Barr doubled down on a claim she made in June that her firing was a result of anti-Semitism.
Comedian Roseanne Barr (center), whose television show was canceled last year after she made a racist remark on Twitter, is being welcomed along with US celebrity rabbi Shmuley Boteach (rght) in Israel. Barr and Boteach are pictured with Dana White (left), former Chief Pentagon spokesperson, who left her role after Gen. James Mattis announced his resignation as US Secretary of Defense
'I feel that what happened to me, a large part of it is antisemitism,' the Jewish actor to the Jerusalem Post, over the phone from her Hawaii home.
'I think it played a part - the fact that I was never allowed to explain what I meant - and what I meant was a commentary on Iran - so they purposely mischaracterized what I said and wouldn't let me explain.
'And in haste they did something unprecedented that they've never done to any other artist. And at the base of that I think it's because I am the most vocal person about Israel and BDS [Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions].'
Barr, 66, arrived in Israel last week with celebrity US rabbi Shmuley Boteach, after Barr reiterated earlier this month that she felt her firing from ABC was a result of anti-Semitism. Barr (center) laughs as she meets Israel's Minister of Culture and Sport, Miri Regev (second from right), in Jerusalem's Old City January 27, with Boteach (left)
Boteach has consistently supported Barr, following the backlash from her comment.
He told the Post: 'She wrote one tweet, she apologized for it, she cried, she asked Valerie Jarrett publicly for forgiveness, she humbled herself.
The well-known America rabbi also said her treatment from ABC was harsh and hasty, especially in light of how he said others who have been accused of much worse have been treated in Hollywood within the past two years.
BDS is a Palestinian-led movement in existence since at least 2005, which calls on foreign actors to participate in various forms of boycotting the State of Israel.
In May, Barr's revival of her hit 1980s sitcom 'Roseanne' was abruptly canceled by ABC after she posted a racist tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett, a black woman who was a former president Barack Obama administration official, to an ape. Barr visits the Kotel, also known as the Western Wall, which is the holiest site where Jewish people go to pray, in Jerusalem's Old City on January 27 in Israel. The Western Wall is not the same thing as the West Bank barrier
Supporters of BDS want to see Israel withdraw from occupied territories, remove the separation barrier in the West Bank, and full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Those in favor view BDS in line with the anti-apartheid movement of the 20th century in South Africa. It's led by the Palestinian BDS National Committee and Barr, who is pro-Israel, is against it.
Opponents of BDS, like Barr, call BDS anti-Semitic, comparing it to the Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Boteach is also against the BDS movement. Barr is slated to speak against BDS at the Knesset, which is the legislative branch of the Israeli government, on January 31.
At different points Barr said she didn't know Jarrett was black and also that her followers should not defend her because what she did was 'unforgiveable.' Boteach has consistently supported Barr, following the backlash from her comment. Barr is seated, third from the left, at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, next to Boteach (second from left) and his son (left) on World Holocaust Remembrance day on Sunday, January 27 in Jerusalem
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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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