(JTA) — It was an unusual Academy Awards in several ways.
Forced to adapt to social distancing protocols, the ceremony was split into different venues but mostly took place in Los Angeles’ Union Station. For only the second time in history,...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 23, 2021
The year 1986 was not only a very good year at the movies, it also was a very good year for Jewish talent in the movies. Both the Best Actor and Best Actress awards went to Jewish people on that fateful Oscar night.
Paul Newman took home the coveted...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 22, 2021
The year 1929 may be known to many as the year the Great Depression settled in but for Jewish movie fans, it represents the first breakthrough. Norma Shearer won the Best Actress Oscar for "The Divorcee" that year. Six years later, Paul Muni would become...
BY ETHAN FINE, FRESHMAN, EUREKA high school
• Published February 8, 2017
The Oscars, also known as the Academy Awards, are an annual awards show for actors, actresses, screenwriters, filmmakers, and all others involved in the filmmaking industry. Many of the nominees typically are Jewish.How can teen filmmakers reach this...
Another Academy Awards season is over. I am always struck by how the film industry has no shame. Dozens of Oscar presenters or award winners predictably trot onto the stage to utter liberal pieties about inequality, Wall Street greed and other sins of...
