jewish actors

Variety’s star-studded Hollywood summit on antisemitism takes a turn amid war in Israel

In the first celebrity conversation of the day, award-winning actor Julianna Margulies said “it is shocking” how few members of her industry have spoken out against antisemitism.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
20/10/2023

Rachel Bloom’s one-woman musical comedy to open off-Broadway this fall

A Los Angeles native, Bloom, who studied drama at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, once told JTA that she always felt a kinship with New York Jews.

By LISA KEYS/JTA
25/07/2023
 Ed Asner speaking at the 2012 Phoenix Comicon in Phoenix, Arizona.

Ed Asner plays Holocaust survivor in film being released 2 years after his death

In “Tiger Within,” Asner plays a Holocaust survivor who becomes the unlikely friend of a homeless teenager who was raised by a Holocaust denier.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
04/07/2023

Alan Arkin, Jewish actor with uncommon versatility, dies at 89

Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor, Alan Arkin, died on Thursday at age 89.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
30/06/2023

Jewish actor plays a Nazi in new series about non-Jew who helped Anne Frank

Donskoy shared that it is difficult for him to watch himself playing a Nazi and to personally promote the show on social media with a picture of himself wearing a swastika.

23/05/2023

‘Parade’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ each nab 6 Tony nominations in a big year for Jewish Broadway

The Tonys will air on CBS and various Paramount-owned streaming services on June 11.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
03/05/2023

Boy meets voters: Ben Savage is running to replace Adam Schiff

Actor Ben Savage, 42, is among at least four Democrats running in the primary to replace Schiff in his Los Angeles-area congressional district.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
07/03/2023

The other side of Richard Belzer - the mensch

The writer shows the other side of Jewish actor and comedian, Richard Belzer.

By DIANE NEAL
22/02/2023

Richard Belzer, eminently recognizable Jewish comedian and character actor, dies at 78

The Jewish actor and comedian finally succeeded after many years of perseverance – by the time his career took off, he was nearly 50 years old.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
21/02/2023

Julian Schlossberg writes memoir about working with Jewish stars over 6 decades

Julian Schlossberg embarked on a long and successful career that included stops as a Hollywood studio executive and producer of Broadway shows.

By STEPHEN SILVER/JTA
07/02/2023
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