Are Jews Fools to Consider Forgiving Kanye West?

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. Photo: BANG Showbiz via Reuters Connect

Kanye West’s advertisement apologizing to Jews in The Wall Street Journal, which was not a good choice of publication, as it plays into stereotypes of Jews controlling money, has raised an important question at a time when many Jews feel desperate in the wake of rising antisemitism:

Should Jews forgive Kanye?

The conventional wisdom would be not to. In October 2022, he tweeted that he was going to go...