Jews Flop in Big Oscar Award Wins
The 76th Academy Awards brought much cheer to New Zealand, home of the 11 Oscar-winning \”The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,\” but little to ethnocentric Jews.\n\nThere was a dollop of consolation in the best actor win for Sean Penn, son of the late Jewish television director Leo Penn. The elder Penn was the grandson and great-grandson of rabbis and the son of Russian and Lithuanian immigrants, whose surname, Piñon, was anglicized at Ellis Island.