Cheer Boy George for backing Jews over haters even as it costs him his career

Sometimes, bravery is found in unexpected places.The recording artist known as Boy George was so moved by an exhibition in London dedicated to the Jews slaughtered, tortured, sexually assaulted and abducted on Oct.7, 2023, at the Nova Music Festival in Israel — “The Moment Music Stood Still” — he recorded the hauntingly beautiful reggae tune “We Will Dance Again.”Some of the lyrics are openly supportive of the Jewish state, a risky move for an entertainer in the current climate.“You say genocide, I say war / When you’re attacked, that’s what the army’s for.“Does it get ugly? You bet it does / When I know you want to kill every last one of us.”Other lines are heartbreakingly evocative, describing unflinchingly the brutality inflicted by Hamas savages on young people who gathered at Nova to move their bodies for joy and peace.“You never mention Oct.

7 / Young girls raped against trees / Murdered brutally / For the crime of dancing.”The song, made with AI, is tragic, at times chilling.And unforgettable.It also expresses the deep support and affection the singer/songwriter, 65, whose real name is George Alan O’Dowd, has for Israel and the Jews.The gesture has spelled career suicide.The cancellation of the former Culture Club lead singer by virulent antisemites came on as swiftly and violently as a terrorist attack.He was forced to withdraw from playing King Herod in a revival, ironically, of the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the London Palladium.He was set to portray the Jewish king who flamboyantly mocked the Jewish Jesus in a memorable scene, a role he was to take over this month.Not only was his pro-Israel song removed from the online music-distribution platform Bandcamp, but Boy George’s profile was dropped from the site as well.Bandcamp bosses, whom he called a “bunch of c–ts,” were “bowing to the pressure of antisemites,” the pop icon lamented.He also parted ways with his record-label manager.It was the Jews or...