This is not Whataboutism, this is the same language: calling black people monkeys.
The fact that two important figures have done so in the headlines in the same month is noteworthy.
The difference in the consequences is shocking, with the Chief Rabbi being given the role of greeting and blessing the emissaries from the US.
The irony is, as a Jew, she could have claimed this as a religious belief based on the Chief Rabbi's teachings.
It's not good PR to keep Roseanne, and it's not good PR for Judaism to keep, much less honor, this Chief Rabbi.