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The Elmo Sesame Street puppet (Credit: Flickr/Thomas Hawk)
July 14, 2025, 9:49 am
Hacked Sesame Street character’s Twitter account posts antisemitic messages
The show's producers confirmed Elmo's account had been taken over, after it posted messages calling for the murder of all Jews
By Daniel Sugarman
Ernie (left), with his rubber duckie, and Bert (right)
September 21, 2018, 2:19 pm
Sesame Street Jewish writer says Bert and Ernie were gay
Mark Saltzman reveals the characters on the PBS children's show were modelled as a gay couple after himself and his life partner
By JTA
The Main Building of Israel Broadcasting Corporation in Jerusalem
August 17, 2018, 12:12 pm
Hebrew ‘Sesame Street’ channel goes off the air after 50 years
Children's TV show finishes after more than half a century being beamed into living rooms by the Israel Public Broadcasting Authority
By JTA
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