Roseanne Barr, Shunned Since Racist Tweet in US, Welcomed in Israel

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Sunday, 27 January 2019 06:43 AM EST ET

JERUSALEM, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Roseanne Barr, the American comedian whose television show was cancelled last year after she made a racist remark on Twitter, visited Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday as part of a tour of Israel.

Barr arrived in Israel last week with celebrity U.S. rabbi Shmuley Boteach.

"There are no proper words for me to express the connection I feel, first of all to God, to Torah (Bible), to my people," Barr, who is Jewish, told reporters.

In May, Barr posted a tweet comparing a black former Obama administration official to an ape, prompting Walt Disney Co's ABC network to cancel her U.S. television comedy "Roseanne". Barr subsequently said that what she did was "unforgiveable."

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