Scarlett Johansson: Film backer tried to change Shoah plot
A financial backer of Scarlett Johansson’s feature directorial debut “Eleanor the Great” asked her to change the film’s Holocaust-centered storyline just one month before production was scheduled to begin. Read more
Scarlett Johansson voices fear of antisemitic violence
Jewish-American actress Scarlett Johansson called out the alarming rise in antisemitism in a recent interview with Israel’s Channel 12 News, discussing concerns that it could lead to physical violence. Read more
Hollywood pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions
September 10, 2025 by Associated Press
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Some prominent Hollywood figures have signed a pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions they say are “implicated in genocide” of the Palestinian people. Read more
Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The whole equation
July 20, 2025 by Anne Sarzin
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Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more
LA film museum that first ignored Jews will hold exhibit on Hollywood’s Jewish founders
When the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened in Los Angeles in September 2021, it drew criticism for failing to feature Jews, who have played essential roles in developing the film industry in Hollywood. Read more
Open letter about Oscars calls out diversity initiative exclusion of Jews
New rules by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—known for presenting the annual Oscar awards in Hollywood, Calif.—go into effect this year to qualify for the Best Picture category. Read more
Dotcom blames ‘Jewish’ Hollywood
January 8, 2015 by Keren Cook
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Kim Dotcom has angered the New Zealand Jewish community after lashing out on Twitter over the FBI’s new legal move against his estranged wife Mona. Read more
Hollywood urged to speak out against BDS
Ronald S. Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), has condemned a call by a group of American actors led by Danny Glover for an all-out cultural boycott of Israel. Read more
