The Umbrella Academy has been accused of anti-Semitism by some viewers.In season two of the Netflix superhero series (premiered July 31), a villain called The Handler is occasionally heard speaking in the Jewish language, Yiddish.Since the character’s casual use of Yiddish implies she’s Jewish – and she is regarded as power-hungry in the show – the depiction has been accused of perpetuating a harmful conspiracy theory that Jewish people control much of global society.The Gerard Way-created franchise, which is based on his comic book of the same name and also showed The Handler speaking Yiddish in its first season, has upset some viewers online who said they were surprised the series returned to it in new episodes.Twitter user @gabsaporta.
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