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Comedian Roseanne, shunned since racist tweet, visits Israel
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In this file photo taken on January 08, 2018 actress Roseanne Barr attends the Disney ABC Television TCA Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, California. (AFP/Valerie Macon)
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oseanne Barr, the American comedian whose television show was canceled last year after she made a racist remark on Twitter, visited Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday as part of a tour of Israel.
Barr arrived in Israel last week with celebrity U.S. rabbi Shmuley Boteach.
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'Roseanne loves the Torah and the State of Israel' - Israel National News https://t.co/bkK5pX9lgA
— Rabbi Shmuley (@RabbiShmuley) January 28, 2019
“There are no proper words for me to express the connection I feel, first of all to God, to Torah (Bible), to my people,” Barr, who is Jewish, told reporters.
In May, Barr posted a tweet comparing a black former Obama administration official to an ape, prompting Walt Disney Co’s ABC network to cancel her U.S. television comedy “Roseanne”. Barr subsequently said that what she did was “unforgivable.”
