{"id":1199926,"date":"2022-01-08T14:05:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T19:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1199926"},"modified":"2022-01-08T14:05:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T19:05:08","slug":"sometimes-a-goblin-is-just-a-goblin-uk-jewish-groups-defend-rowling-against-anti-semitism-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sometimes-a-goblin-is-just-a-goblin-uk-jewish-groups-defend-rowling-against-anti-semitism-accusations\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Sometimes a Goblin Is Just a Goblin&#039; \u2013 UK Jewish Groups Defend Rowling Against Anti-Semitism Accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsometimes-a-goblin-is-just-a-goblin-uk-jewish-groups-defend-rowling-against-anti-semitism-accusations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1199926&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1136771652-e1641555153908-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A number of Jewish groups in the United Kingdom have backed <em>Harry Potter&nbsp;<\/em>author JK Rowling against allegations that the avaricious goblin bankers in her novels are anti-Semitic caricatures.<\/p>\n<p>Rowling, once a darling of the left noted for making large donations to the left-wing Labour Party and a comparison of Donald Trump to her fictitious villain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2015\/12\/08\/harry-potter-author-j-k-rowling-trump-is-worse-than-voldemort\/\">Lord Voldemort<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 and branding of Brexit campaigners as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jkrowling.com\/opinions\/monsters-villains-eu-referendum\/\">\u201ca bunch of mini-Trumps\u201d<\/a> \u2014 has now fallen foul of the woke movement for her insistence on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1269406094595588096\">reality of biological sex<\/a>&nbsp;and reluctance to regard <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1470092815506063365\">\u201cpenised individuals\u201d<\/a> convicted of rape as women.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>This has led to her being raked over the coals for a series of other historic offences against political correctness \u2014 for example, naming an East Asian character in the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> novels \u201cCho Chang\u201d and an Irish character \u201cSeamus Finnigan\u201d, both now regarded as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChardineTaylor\/status\/1478784667167903753\">\u201cproblematic\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, American comic Jon Stewart appeared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/01\/05\/jon-stewart-trashes-harry-potter-as-anti-semitic-claims-goblins-represent-jews\/\">claim<\/a> that the goblins who run the underground Gringotts Wizarding Bank in her novels are anti-Semitic \u2014 suggesting that Rowling had seen Jewish caricatures in <em>The Protocols of the Elders of Zion<\/em> and \u201cwas like, \u2018Can we get these guys to run our bank?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/01\/06\/jon-stewart-walks-back-anti-semitism-accusations-against-harry-potter-and-j-k-rowling\/\">denied<\/a> thinking the British author is anti-Semite and accused news outlets reporting otherwise of acting in bad faith, however.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sometimes a goblin is just a goblin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Rich (@daverich1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daverich1\/status\/1478717660351377421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dave Rich,&nbsp;director of policy for Jewish non-profit the Community Security Trust, pooh-poohed the furore by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daverich1\/status\/1478717660351377421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1478717660351377421%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\">tweeting<\/a> that \u201cSometimes a goblin in just a goblin,\u201d going on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10370787\/Jewish-charity-defends-J-K-Rowling-Harry-Potter-anti-Semitism.html\">tell<\/a> the MailOnline that \u201cJK Rowling has been very supportive of the Jewish community in recent years and tweeted repeatedly against antisemitism, so it is hard to imagine that she used antisemitic caricatures in her books.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes a goblin is just a goblin,\u201d he said again for good measure.<\/p>\n<p>Rich also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/jon-stewart-jk-rowling-anti-semitism-harry-potter-1235069688\/\">told<\/a> the <em>Hollywood Reporter <\/em>that he found it hard to believe Rowling&nbsp;\u201cis an antisemite or is responsible for creating antisemitic caricatures\u201d due to the fact that \u201cThere is nothing in her record to suggest that she holds antisemitic views: quite the opposite in fact as she has spoken out consistently and repeatedly in support of the Jewish community and against antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grassroots activists also weighed in, with the Standing Against Antisemitism social media account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/s_antisemitism2\/status\/1478690199886602243\">tweeting<\/a> that the author \u201chas been a consistent and incredible ally in the fight against antisemitism, throughout one of the darkest times in modern political history. When many were silent,\u201d and adding the hashtag&nbsp;#IStandWithJKRowling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rowling Warns on Trans Therapy for Kids: \u2018We\u2019re on Brink of a Medical Scandal\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A9PCt9V0vV\">https:\/\/t.co\/A9PCt9V0vV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1287751343751405568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of Jewish groups in the United Kingdom have backed Harry Potter\u00a0author JK Rowling against allegations that the avaricious goblin bankers in her novels are anti-Semitic caricatures. 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