jewish actors

Cameri Theatre offers ‘Angels in America’

Angels in America was quickly placed within the Western canon of theater by no other than late literary critique Harold Bloom.

Comedian Richard Lewis, dark prince of Jewish neurosis, dies at 76

Lewis had been in ill health for a number of years and last April announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease two years earlier.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
29/02/2024

Not all heroes wear capes: Robert Downey Jr. commended for Jewish necklace

Jewish star Robert Downey Jr. wore the necklace as he accepted the Maltin Modern Master Award for his role in Oppenheimer.

‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Fleishman,’ Natasha Lyonne among Jewish nominees at strike-delayed Emmys

The awards come in a new context for show business and the Jewish world: one in which parts of Hollywood are wearing pins in support of Israeli hostages while the other criticizes Israel.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
12/01/2024

Famed actress Ginnifer Goodwin speaks on behalf of child hostages held by Hamas

The Once Upon A Time actress shared the story of 4-year-old Roz Asher, who is currently being held by Hamas terrorists.

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
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