Hollywood
Israeli actress and "Wonder Woman" star Gal Gadot attends the opening ceremony of the Jerusalem Film Festival on June 17, 2025. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
November 11, 2025, 4:49 pm
Gal Gadot wins Genesis Prize for ‘defense of Israel’ as Gaza war divides Hollywood
The prize foundation cited the “Wonder Woman” star’s “moral clarity” in her advocacy for Israeli hostages in Gaza.
By Shira Li Bartov
Debra Messing addresses a pro-Israel rally in Washington on November 14, 2023. (Screen capture/YouTube)
September 25, 2025, 11:27 am
‘Blatant discrimination’: 1,200 Hollywood stars slam industry call to boycott Israel
US entertainment industry leaders sign letter denouncing call to shun Israel’s film industry, say boycotters ‘aligning themselves with a dark legacy of antisemitism’
By Jessica Steinberg
Hannah Einbinder accepts the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series award for "Hacks" onstage during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
September 15, 2025, 1:15 pm
‘Free Palestine,’ Jewish actor Hannah Einbinder says in Emmys speech
Paramount publicly opposed the boycott petition as Andrew Garfield added his name.
By Andrew Lapin
A view of the topographical map inside the "Hollywoodland" exhibit. (Josh White, JWPictures/Academy Museum Foundation)
June 14, 2024, 12:08 pm
LA’s Academy Museum to revise exhibit on Jewish founders after criticism from Jewish Hollywood figures
The exhibit drew fire for portraying some of the Jewish founders of Hollywood in a negative light.
By Jacob Gurvis
Hollywoodland : An Exhibition on Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital on Display May 8, 2024 at the The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. (Photo by Josh White, JWPictures/Academy Museum Foundation)
May 17, 2024, 2:33 pm
LA’s Academy Museum initially excluded Hollywood’s Jewish origins. A new exhibit on Jewish film pioneers fixes that.
“Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital” traces the history and legacy of early 20th century.
By Jacob Gurvis
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
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
Susan Sarandon joins flight attendants, members, and supporters of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA on the picket line outside Netflix and Warner Bros. on August 17, 2023 in New York City. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
November 22, 2023, 4:04 pm
Susan Sarandon and Melissa Barrera among Hollywood figures facing blowback for stances on Israel and Jews
Sarandon said that American Jews facing antisemitism are now “getting a taste of what it feels like to be Muslim in this country.”
By Andrew Lapin
Jeremy Jordan as Neil Bogart in “Spinning Gold” (Photo courtesy of Hero Entertainment Group)
April 14, 2023, 8:06 am
‘Spinning Gold’ departs from Hollywood stereotypes about Jewish music producers
Movie tells the real-life story of Neil Bogart, the founder of Casablanca Records and a top music executive of the 1970s.
By Stephen Silver
Laurence Lerman (Photo courtesy of Laurence Lerman)
June 29, 2022, 11:03 am
FilmShul pays homage to Jewish Hollywood
The project is an interactive series of presentations of Jewish film and film history.
By Sasha Rogelberg
Guests take photos in the costume exhibit in the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, Sept. 30, 2021. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
March 24, 2022, 7:37 am
Jewish stories were excluded from a new movie museum
Is Hollywood’s push for diversity leaving Jews behind?
By Andrew Lapin
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