Academy Awards
Timothée Chalamet in "Marty Supreme" (Courtesy of A24)
January 22, 2026, 3:34 pm
Timothée Chalamet and ‘Marty Supreme’ net 9 Oscar nominations for Jewish sports fable
“The Voice of Hind Rajab” also picked up a surprise nomination.
By Andrew Lapin
Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra accept the Oscar Best Documentary award for their film "No Other Land," March 2, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
March 5, 2025, 1:49 pm
Oscar-winning filmmakers caught on video pestering IDF troops
The scene in "No Other Land," described in the film as "settler violence and IDF cruelty," was a staged provocation, according to the local council.
By JNS
Actor Adrien Brody accepts the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for "The Brutalist" onstage during the 97th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, March 2, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)
March 3, 2025, 5:12 pm
Adrien Brody wins best actor Oscar for ‘The Brutalist’
Mikey Madison, who is Jewish, won best actress for her role in “Anora,” which won best picture.
By Philissa Cramer
Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham at the 97th Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Rich Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images)
March 3, 2025, 5:04 pm
‘No Other Land,’ about demolition of Palestinian village, wins best documentary Oscar
An Israeli and a Palestinian co-director called in their speeches for Palestinian rights and a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
By Ben Sales
Guy Pearce (front), Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones in a scene from "The Brutalist." (Lol Crowley/A24)
January 28, 2025, 9:16 am
Jewish postwar epic ‘The Brutalist’ picks up 10 Oscar nominations, with ‘A Complete Unknown’ close behind
A documentary about Israel’s military in the West Bank also picked up a nomination.
By Andrew Lapin
Still from 'The Art of Weightlessness' courtesy of Moshe Mahler
September 6, 2024, 6:35 pm
Moshe Mahler’s ‘The Art of Weightlessness’ braces for upcoming award season
'I learned a long time ago that you want to work on stuff that you would want to see yourself'
By Adam Reinherz
Jonathan Glazer (Photo by Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
March 20, 2024, 4:36 pm
Amy Sherman-Palladino, Eli Roth among 1,200+ Jewish creatives rejecting Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech
A coalition that formed shortly after Oct. 7 attack on Israel aims to demonstrate the scope of dissent within Hollywood.
By Philissa Cramer
Jonathan Glazer (Photo by Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
March 11, 2024, 3:09 pm
In Oscars speech, director denounces ‘occupation’ and ‘dehumanization’ in Israel and Gaza
"Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people..."
By Andrew Lapin
Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer." (Universal Pictures)
January 24, 2024, 2:36 pm
‘Barbenheimer,’ ‘Maestro’ and ‘The Zone of Interest’ lead large crop of Jewish-inspired Oscar nominations
"Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan’s biopic of the Jewish “father of the atomic bomb,” led the year’s nominations with 13.
By Andrew Lapin
Hollywood sign in Los Angeles. (Credit: Thomas Wolf/www.foto-tw.de via Wikimedia Commons)
January 10, 2024, 4:12 pm
Open letter about Oscars calls out diversity initiative exclusion of Jews
“This must be addressed immediately by including Jews in these standards,” the more than 260 signers write.
By JNS
Jamie Lee Curtis accepts her first Oscar (Screenshot)
March 15, 2023, 12:50 pm
‘Fabelmans’ flops at the Oscars, but Hollywood’s Jewish history gets a nod
Veteran actress Jamie Lee Curtis picked up her first-ever Oscar, for “Everything Everywhere All at Once."
By Andrew Lapin
Andrew Garfield attends the GQ Men Of The Year Celebration in West Hollywood, Nov. 18, 2021. (Leon Bennett/Getty Images)
February 8, 2022, 3:03 pm
Spielberg, Gyllenhaal, Garfield among 2022 Jewish Oscar nominees
"West Side Story" drew seven nominations.
By Andrew Lapin
Sacha Baron Cohen attends a screening of the Oscars on Monday, April 26, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Rick Rycroft-Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
April 28, 2021, 12:45 pm
Oscars 2021: Jewish nominees (nearly) strike out
While awards to Jews were rare this year, several were included in the show's In Memoriam segment, paying tribute to stars and other industry veterans lost in the past year.
By Gabe Friedman
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