Brooklyn Nets basketball player Kyrie Irving apologized for posting a documentary that included anti-Semitic material after the team suspended him without pay for at least five games.
“While doing research on YHWH, I posted a Documentary that contained some false anti-Semitic statements, narratives, and language that were untrue and offensive to the Jewish Race/Religion, and I take full accountability and responsibly for my actions,” Irving wrote on his Instagram. “I am grateful to have a big platform to share knowledge and I want to move forward by having an open dialogue to learn more and grow from this.”
YHWH is the spelling of God’s name in the Hebrew Bible and is typically rendered either as Yahweh or Jehovah.
Irving previously faced calls to apologize after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver denounced his tweet, but refused. After his suspension, Irving apologized.
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