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OscarsWatch: Call Me By Your (Hebrew) Name
There are no Holocaust-related films up for awards at this year’s televised Oscars awards, but CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, which features the romantic story of two young Jewish men in Italy, has been...
My Rabbi Met the Emir of Qatar & All I Got Was a T-Shirt; Alex Jones Jew-Baits, & Other Newbits
The Jerusalem Post reports that several American Jewish leaders were invited to meet with the Emir of Qatar in September 2017. Several inquired with the Israeli Ambassador to the USA on whether they...
#OscarsSoSwedish – Israeli Entry Doesn’t Make The Cut
The Israeli film, Foxtrot, Israel’s entry to the 2018 Oscars was not selected as a nominee this morning. A winner of a Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival and...
Gloria Dissed, B&H Persists, ElAl Dismissed, Obama’s Jewish Liaison Coexists, and More Tidbits
My lede should be that a national retailer apologized for featuring a Jewish woman in its catalog. That would not be totally correct though. Heidi Stevens in The Chicago Tribune lambasted apparel...
Oscar Nominees Might Lose A Statue, But They Win Ten Nights on Rehov Sheinkin
Goodbye Birthright Hello Spotlight This year, 26 of the top category Oscar nominees and presenters will get gift bags containing among other things a coupon for a tour of Tokyo, sessions with a...
2015 Jewish Book Awards: Too White? Too Jewish?
Last Wednesday, just hours from the Oscar nominees announcements in Los Angeles, the Jewish Book Council announced its finalists and winners of the 2015 National Jewish Book Awards, North America’s...
Noble Arabs, Con-Men Jews Score Oscar Nods
I am voting for Nebraska (which was mostly filmed in Montana). Films depicting noble Arabs in the Middle East and Jews acting as con artists in America scored high among the Oscar nominations that...