Olympics Opening Ceremony Director Fired Over Past Holocaust Joke

Olympics Opening Ceremony Director Fired Over Past Holocaust Joke
In 1998, Kentaro Kobayashi did a comedic sketch where he says to his partner about paper dolls: “The ones from that time you said, ‘Let's play the Holocaust.’”
Aaron Bandler is a staff writer for the Jewish Journal, mainly covering anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias. Originally from the Bay Area, his past work experience includes writing for The Daily Wire, The Daily Caller and Townhall.
Olympics rings are seen at sunset on July 22, 2021 in Yokohama, Japan. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)
The director of the opening ceremony in the upcoming Olympics was fired on July 21 due to a past Holocaust joke.

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