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Oops: Chicago TV Station Wishes Jews A Happy Yom Kippur With Nazi Emblem


A Chicago television news station made a truly unfortunate art choice to accompany a segment on the Jewish High Holidays on Wednesday: the yellow Star of David that Jews were legally required to wear during the Holocaust.

The stock photo was first flagged by a Chicago editor, who posted a screenshot of the WGN news broadcast online.

Read entire article at Talking Points Memo