Tag: Academy Awards
Jewish Hollywood’s Jewish problem
The 97th annual Academy Awards took place on Sunday night. A bit of mystery was added to all the pageantry. Long before statues were handed out, the anticipation was eclipsed by the glamorous parade...
Hollywood hype
The Academy Awards ceremony—with all its traditional Hollywood hype and international attention—is set to take place in Los Angeles on March 2. The Oscars represent the best talent the big screen has to offer,...
Purim, the Oscars and dying to fit in
Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish nation from the genocidal decree that was enacted by the Persian King Achashverosh through the dastardly machinations of his wicked advisor Haman. Haman’s plan called for the...
450-plus Jews in entertainment industry condemn Glazer’s speech
More than 450 Jewish executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing the speech film director Jonathan Glazer gave at the Academy Awards ceremony on March 10 when accepting his Oscar for...
Antisemitism ad that runs during Oscars draws criticism
An ad purchased by the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism that ran during the Academy Awards on Sunday is drawing criticism for depicting a bar mitzvah celebrated in a church.
“I’m sure they had decent intentions...
‘As a Jew’ Oscar moment shows how woke antisemitism works
Unless you’re a film buff, you may not have heard of Jonathan Glazer before his viral moment at this year’s annual Academy Awards ceremony. After “The Zone of Interest”—a highly-praised film about the commandant of the...
At Oscars, Holocaust film director talks ‘refuting’ Jewishness, Israel ‘hijacking’ Holocaust
Accepting the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Jonathan Glazer, director of the Holocaust movie “The Zone of Interest,” read, with quivering hands, from a prepared statement.
“All our choices are made to reflect...
Israeli entry for Best Foreign Film fails to make Oscar shortlist
Israel’s entry for Best International Film at the 2023 Oscars ceremony failed to make it onto a shortlist of 15 films that will vie for the award next year, according to an announcement on...
Jewish comedians react to Academy Awards ‘slap heard round the world’
When Will Smith jumped up on stage at the Academy Awards on Sunday night to approach fellow comedian and actor Chris Rock, the host of the show, many in the audience assumed it was...