Hollywood jews

Mazal tov to Mel Brooks: The 100-year-old man

Brooks, best known for directing irreverent films that became comedy classics, including The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and Spaceballs, was born in Brooklyn on June 28, 1926.

Mel Brooks speaks onstage at the "Spaceballs" screening during the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 21, 2024 in Hollywood, California.
 Sandra Bernhard performs during The Golden Probes Awards Gala at Sony Hall on November 03, 2025 in New York City.

Sandra Bernhard joins cast of 'The White Lotus' for upcoming season

Odessa A'zion at A24's "Marty Supreme" New York Premiere on Dec. 16, 2025 in New York, New York.

Jewish actress Odessa A’zion pushes back after IDF T-shirt controversy: ‘Not a zio!’

Lawrence Bender with Lana Melman.

Jewish producer Lawrence Bender talks antisemitism in films and Red Alert - interview


Gal Gadot celebrates daughter Alma’s Bat Mitzvah with family in Instagram post

In the photo, Gadot’s husband, Jaron Varsano, holds their daughter, Daniella, 3, while Gadot cradles their youngest child, Ori, who arrived eight months ago.

 GAL GADOT as Evil Queen in ‘Snow White.’

Spider-Man actor Andrew Garfield expresses support for Gazans

This is not the first time the actor expressed vocal support for Gaza.

Andrew Garfield gestures before "We Live in Time" is screened as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) returns for its 49th edition in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 6, 2024.

Academy Museum opens permanent exhibition that shines spotlight on Hollywood's Jewish founders

The exhibition shines a light on the creation of the Hollywood film industry and the studio system in the early 20th century by Jewish emigres from Eastern Europe.

 THE NEW ‘Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital’ exhibit at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

LA’s Academy Museum initially excluded Hollywood’s Jewish origins, a new exhibit fixes that

The exhibit’s debut comes two and a half years after the museum’s opening, which sparked controversy among supporters and visitors for not including the industry’s Jewish beginnings.

 The new "Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital" exhibit at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

Series finale of HBO’s ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ reunites Larry David-Jerry Seinfeld Jewish comedy duo

David, who created “Seinfeld” with Seinfeld, returned to write that final episode after having left the series after seven seasons.

 Larry David attends the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Season 11 premiere at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles, Oct. 19, 2021.

Hollywood is failing Jewish-Americans despite a history together - opinion

Far from Jews controlling Hollywood, it would seem that in order to get ahead, they must bury their Jewishness, or else prostrate to antisemites.

 BILLIE EILISH, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, and others wore a pin of a red hand at the Oscars (left), failing to understand that the red hand is a symbol of the red hands of Aziz Salha after he killed two Jews in a lynching in Ramallah in 2000 (right.)

Variety and Jewish Life Television to broadcast 'The State of Antisemitism'

Variety and Jewish Life Television have partnered to broadcast a panel about Hollywood combatting antisemitism.

 Placards lie on the ground after Israeli Americans and supporters of Israel gather in solidarity with Israel and protest against antisemitism, on the National Mall in Washington, U.S, November 14, 2023.

Variety to hold Hollywood summit on antisemitism with the stars

Variety will also publish a series of online essays in conjunction with the event, including writings by Maron, Kiss frontman Gene Simmons, Beanie Feldstein, Mayim Bialik.

A view of the iconic Hollywood sign

Disgraced Hollywood director Brett Ratner immigrates to Israel

In 2017, six women accused Hollywood director Brett Ratner of sexual harassment and misconduct. Now, he's moving to Israel.

Brett Ratner

Poor and working-class Jews are underrepresented in pop culture, new analysis argues

TEN estimates that one in five Jewish American households earn less than $50,000 a year.

Homeless person on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem.