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Apple asked to remove app offering 'Medieval' anti-Jewish stereotypes

February 17, 2012 14:01

ByJennifer Lipman, Jennifer Lipman

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Stumped for an unflattering word that also means "Jew"? Spanish-speaking iPhone users have found a solution.

A Spanish-language thesaurus application called "iSinónimos" is available in the iTunes store for free. But the app, sold by developer Alberto Garcia Hierro, brings up some surprising results.

According to the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, the words offered instead of Judio (Jew) include terms meaning stingy, tightwad and miser.

The Los Angeles-based centre has called on Apple to remove the app because of its "bigotry".