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\"\"<\/a>Netflix\u2019s \u2018The Umbrella Academy\u2019 Accused of Promoting Antisemitic Stereotypes by Continuing to Feature Yiddish-Speaking Villain<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Actress Kate Walsh. Photo: Vikram Valluri \/ BFA.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A show on Netflix is being criticized for continuing to feature a Yiddish-speaking villain in its recently-released second season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Umbrella Academy,\u201d starring Ellen Page, follows a family of adopted sibling superheroes who reunite to save the world from an apocalypse.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show\u2019s second season began streaming on July 31, and it includes an evil organization called the Commission whose boss, known as the Handler, speaks primarily Yiddish, a language spoken nearly exclusively by Ashkenazi Jews.<\/span><\/p>\n

The character, played by former \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u201d star Kate Walsh, also spoke Yiddish in the show\u2019s first season, which sparked outrage when it first aired in 2019 and resulted in the Board of Deputies of British Jews denouncing the series.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe use of a Yiddish saying by the evil boss of an organization which controls the world\u2019s timeline is clearly an anti-Semitic trope,\u201d Amanda Bowman, the Jewish group\u2019s vice president of the board, told The Sun<\/em><\/a> last year. \u201cWhether intentional or not, this makes for very uncomfortable viewing. Netflix should take action to remove the racism from this scene.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Some viewers accused<\/a> the series of promoting antisemitic stereotypes and deliberately including the Yiddish-speaking character in season two.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIdk what to tell you the umbrella academy having the \u2018secret world domination cult\u2019 speaking Yiddish is definitely, intentionally antisemitic,\u201d a Twitter user wrote<\/a>, adding that \u201cthe jewish people trying to get world domination is such an old and widely known anti semitic trope there is just no way it\u2019s a coincidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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