Jews, once prominent in Hollywood and publishing, are now being blacklisted By Andrea Widburg For decades, Jews were the driving force behind Hollywood, as well as playing a prominent role onscreen. In the same way, they were once important behind-the-scenes publishers and, of course, major contributors as writers. Now, though, both Hollywood and the publishing world are blacklisting Jews, as antisemitism is the name of the game in these leftist bastions. Thankfully, one publishing house is still there for them, especially if, as Jews, they’re “out and proud.” With few exceptions, the big players in old-time Hollywood were Jewish, whether it was Louis B. Mayer (MGM), all the Warner Brothers, Adolph Zukor (Paramount), William Fox, David Sarnoff (RKO), Carl Laemmle (Universal), or the Cohn Brothers and Jack Brandt (Columbia). Many of the most famous actors and directors were also Jews: Theda Bara, Al Jolson, the Marx Brothers, Jack Benny, George Burns, Billy Wilder, Hedy Lamarr, Peter Lorre, Mel Blanc, the Three Stooges, Lauren Bacall, Danny Kaye, Shelley Winters, Kirk Douglas...I mean, the list is endless.
...None of that is true anymore. In woke, leftist Hollywood, as David Christopher Kaufman writes, antisemitism is the norm, Jews are no longer welcome, and Hollywood’s loathing for Israel is nothing short of pure antisemitism:Take a quick look at the nominations for the Academy’s two documentary categories, Documentary Feature Films and Documentary Short Films. In the former, a pair of features have clear anti-Israel agendas: “The Bibi Files” focuses on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption scandals, and “No Other Land” details the destruction of a Palestinian village by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank.There’s also Palestine’s official selection for the Documentary Short category, “From Ground Zero,” an anthology of 22 “video diaries” from Gaza. The topic matter speaks for itself. Important stuff, but what about the other side? More than a year after the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre — a period of remarkable cultural response to the terrorist attack and its impact on Israeli society and the Jewish world — no Israeli or Jewish-themed films have made the Academy shortlist, despite plenty to choose from. Both “OCTOBER H8TE,” which chronicles antisemitism across American college campuses, and “We Will Dance Again,” about the survivors of the Nova massacre, were submitted for consideration but did not make the cut. Perhaps not by chance: Earlier this month, the International Documentary Association (IDA) removed paid advertising to support “We Will Dance Again.”[snip]And who can forget the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which opened in 2021 with exhibits about Hollywood diversity that conspicuously left out Jews? [snip]Things only got worse when the museum finally debuted a follow-up exhibition highlighting Jewish achievement in Hollywood but filled with anti-Jewish stereotypes..
