The Blaze
October 13, 2013
A seemingly derogatory comment about 70-year-old Jewish men made by Miley Cyrus last week is being described in the American Jewish and Israeli press as an anti-Semitic slur.
In an interview with the website Hunger TV, Cyrus described herself as making her often controversial career choices on her own, sometimes in defiance of her professional music industry handlers.
“With magazines, with movies, it’s always weird when things are targeted for young people yet they’re driven by people that are like 40 years too old,” Cyrus said.
“It can’t be like this 70 year old Jewish man that doesn’t leave his desk all day, telling me what the clubs want to hear. I’m going out, I know what they want to hear,” she said.
“I know when you’re in a club, what makes everyone go crazy and when the time is where everyone’s like ‘alright I’m going go get a drink.’ I know when people walk off the dance floor and I know what’s driving it so I’ve got to be the one doing it because they’re just not in on what 20 year olds are doing,” Cyrus added.
The interview is getting prominent play on Jewish and Israeli websites. Here are some choice headlines:
- “Cyrus Takes Aim at ‘Old Jews’” (Ynet)
- “Miley Cyrus Knows Better than Old Jewish Men” (The Forward)
- “Miley Cyrus doesn’t want a 70-year-old Jewish man telling her what to do” (Jewish Telegraphic Agency/JTA)
- “Miley Cyrus vs. 70-Year-Old Jewish Men” (The Times of Israel)
Hebrew sites were loose with the translation, as in Mako’s headline, “Miley Cyrus: I Won’t Listen to Some 70-Year-Old Jew.”
Israel’s The Marker writes writes, “Finished Licking Hammers, Now Let’s Insult Jews,” referring to her latest music video “Wrecking Ball” in which Cyrus appears nude and licks a hammer.
Haaretz seemed to summarize the sentiment most were driving at: “Another Scandal around Miley Cyrus: This Time an Anti-Semitic Statement.”