New Yorker' Dodges Questions, Dismisses Lena Dunham's - Jew or Dog' Controversy

Despite blowback from the Anti-Defamation League and others , The New Yorker is dismissing claims that a satiric piece written by Lena Dunham is meant to be offensive to Jews or anyone else. In the piece, Dunham, whose mother is Jewish, asks readers if "the following statements refer to my dog or my Jewish boyfriend?" Of the 35 statements, some unquestionably promote well-worn Jewish stereotypes.

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