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Amazon apologizes for Hitler book disguised as dog-training manual
Amazon on Wednesday apologized to a British customer who called on the online retail giant to “immediately” remove from sale a book disguised as a puppy-training manual that in fact contains a full reprint...
Amazon reverses ban, still selling Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’
Amazon is still selling editions of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, reversing a recent ban.
A spokesperson for the online retailer told The New York Times last week that the company enables “customers with access to a variety of viewpoints,” adding that...
Amazon bans selling of most editions of ‘Mein Kampf,’ books on Nazi propaganda
The online retail-giant Amazon has banned the sale of most editions of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf and other Nazi propaganda books after being pushed to do so for decades by leading Holocaust-education charities and Jewish groups, The...
Creator of Amazon series ‘Hunters’ defends show from Auschwitz Memorial criticism
David Weil, creator and executive producer of the new Amazon Prime series “Hunters,” defended the show on Sunday following criticism by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial over its untrue depictions of the Holocaust.
The drama,...
Amazon pulls books by author accusing Jews of ‘active role in promoting war’
Following outrage, Amazon has stopped selling two books by an author who praises Hitler and has accused Jews of “promoting and inciting war,” The Jewish Chronicle reported on Wednesday.
The online retailer has removed Thomas Dalton’s new...
Amazon removes ornaments showing images of Auschwitz
Amazon has removed Christmas ornaments, a bottle opener and a mouse pad that showed images of the Auschwitz concentration camps amid a backlash from the memorial that manages the site where the Nazis killed...
Amazon officially launches its service in Hebrew
The online-retail giant Amazon officially launched a Hebrew-language website on Monday, the same date as the shopping holiday Chinese Singles Day, CTech reported.
In August, it did so first for vendors.
In addition to having access to Amazon services...
Amazon aims to launch in Israel in September, ahead of elections and Jewish holidays
Amazon is reportedly aiming to open its operations in Israel in ahead of the country’s Sept. 17 elections and Jewish holidays, which fall at the very end of the month.
Were the online retailer not...
From A to Israel: Amazon prepares to enter new market
Amazon is expected to enter the Israeli marketplace, with the online retailer sending an email on Monday night to Israeli sellers already using its site “to register to reach customers in Israel,” reported Ynet on Tuesday.
Amazon will...
What it’s like to be the rabbi of the rainforest
Nestled deep in the Amazon rainforest lies one of most isolated Jewish communities in the world. Located where the Solimões and Negro rivers join to form the Amazon—1,500 kilometers upstream from the Atlantic and...