Key nominations for the 2016 Oscars
Jewish Journal
January 14, 2016
Nominations for the 88th Academy Awards, the highest honors in the movie industry, were announced on Thursday.
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Two Holocaust movies among top Oscar contenders
Tom Tugend
December 18, 2015
Two movies on the Holocaust and its aftermath have made the cut to compete for best foreign-language film among entries from 80 countries vying for Oscar honors, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Dec. 17.
Schindler’s List producer presents his Oscar to Yad Vashem memorial
Jewish Journal
July 22, 2015
Auschwitz survivor Branko Lustig, one of the producers of \”Schindler\’s List,\” presented his Academy Award to Israel\’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial on Wednesday, saying it had found its rightful resting place.
Design lessons from Oscar-nominated movies
Jonathan Fong
February 18, 2015
This year’s crop of Oscar contenders is filled with memorable performances, meditations on life and death, nail-biting suspense and, yes, valuable decorating lessons. If you’ve ever sat through a movie and wondered not whether the butler did it, but where the butler bought that sofa, you’ll know what I’m talking about.
Oscar nominee ‘Ida’ traces void left by Poland’s murdered Jews
Jewish Journal
February 18, 2015
For the past few decades, Holocaust films have been common — and often victorious — fare at the Academy Awards.
For ‘Aya,’ a long journey from Israel to the Oscars
Jewish Journal
February 17, 2015
The idea for “Aya” began with a daydream: What if you were waiting for someone at the airport and instead you picked up a total stranger? What then?
Why I don’t want to watch the (white) Oscars this year
Ellie Herman
January 23, 2015
In my family, the Academy Awards are an annual event celebrated with the kind of specific rituals more often associated with major cultural events.
And the 2015 Jewish Academy Award nominees are…
Tom Tugend
January 15, 2015
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” topped the field with nine Oscar nominations — in a tie with “Birdman” — as Hollywood unveiled the list of official Academy Award contenders on the morning of Jan. 15.
Top five Jewish moments from the 2014 Oscars
Jewish Journal
March 3, 2014
The high ratio of Members of the Tribe in Hollywood makes the Academy Awards sort of an inherently Jew-y event.
AIPAC vs. Oscars
Jewish Journal
February 28, 2014
Anti-Semites say that Jews control Hollywood. And they say that Jews control Washington. But can we control both at once?
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