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Anthony Cumia (right) and John Catsimatidis. (Getty Images)

John Catsimatidis on Anthony Cumia: ‘He says anything antisemitic, he’s off the network’

Catsimatidis owns WABC, the radio station that just hired Cumia, who has posted a string of antisemitic comments online.

Anthony Cumia, pictured in 2014. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

Anthony Cumia, right-wing shock jock with history of antisemitism, gets nationally syndicated show

Cumia, who was previously fired for racist remarks, launched a new radio show this week.

Ideas

Two middle-aged women defied the Nazis. One ‘wrote’ a book that betrayed the other.

Matthew Goodman tells the true story of Kate Bonnefous and her Jewish friend Etta Shiber, who rescued Allied soldiers trapped in France under the Nazi occupation.

Jesse Eisenberg receives Polish citizenship after ‘A Real Pain,’ set in Poland, wins Oscar

Israeli officials are criticizing Oscar-winner “No Other Land.” So are Palestinian activists.

A Purim-themed circus is coming to town

This Jewish musician is bringing a jazzy, New Orleans-style spin to Broadway classics

New Passover children’s books include a mystery, Obama’s White House seder and a graphic novel from writer Dara Horn

Gen X Jewish media darling Heeb magazine mounts a comeback

Adrien Brody wins best actor Oscar for ‘The Brutalist,’ his 2nd for playing a Holocaust survivor

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