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By Lior Zaltzman February 29, 2016

So we were going to write about the Jewish celebrities’s best looks on the Oscars red carpet, but guess what? Despite #OscarsSoJewish, there weren’t that many in sight…

So we scrapped that idea and found our Jewish celebs where they usually are found in the wild: ranting and raving about the Academy Awards on twitter. Here are some of the funnier and most inspiring Oscars posts from Jewish celebs who got to watch the Oscars in their PJs from the comfort of their own homes:

It was not even Oscar time on Sunday afternoon, and diva Bette Middler already hit us with a heavy dose of truth RE: #OscarsSoWhite:

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The Oscars are today! You know, the awards show where Leonardo DiCaprio is “overdue” but black people can “wait till next year.”

— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) February 28, 2016

Sarah Silverman was pretty nervous for her presenter gig:

I wasn’t nervous about presenting until now- I just found out there might be a talent scout in the audience!#Oscars

— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) February 28, 2016

Nine time consecutive host, Billy Crystal, took to twitter to wish current host, Chris Rock, the best of luck:

Have a great show @chrisrock I know you’ll be brilliant.

— Billy Crystal (@BillyCrystal) February 29, 2016

Of course, as Billy predicted, Chris Rock slayed it. The whole Jewish Twitter-sphere, us at the Forward included, went crazy for Chris Rock’s poignant opening monologue:

The Oscars shows off Hollywood’s magical ability to make even the most talented people boring.

— marc maron (@marcmaron) February 29, 2016

Quite possibly the best opening monologue to the Oscars. #greatfuckingwriting. @chrisrock

— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) February 29, 2016

#ChrisRock is absolutely DESTROYING

— Josh Gad (@joshgad) February 29, 2016

Many of our Jewish stars were feeling the Mad Max mania, after the movie won ___ awards:

Just going to scream “WITNESS ME” whenever #MadMaxFuryRoad wins anything #Oscars

— Mara Wilson (@MaraWritesStuff) February 29, 2016

Thrilled to see Mad Max getting some love. What a flight of imagination it was. #Oscars2016

— Joshua Malina (@JoshMalina) February 29, 2016

Ok, not everyone:

Enough with Mad Max. Sex and the City 2 filmed in the desert and you don’t hear them going on and on about it!

— billy eichner (@billyeichner) February 29, 2016

I mean, that’s a valid point:

“This is the 7th win tonight for Mad Max. The original Mad Max starred Mel Gibson, who absolutely despises Jews!” – Oscar announcer

— billy eichner (@billyeichner) February 29, 2016

Elizabeth Banks gave us a behind the scene peek at the Oscars menu. Deviled eggs? Seems dangerous:

Deviled egg.

A photo posted by Elizabeth Banks (@elizabethbanks) on Feb 28, 2016 at 5:53pm PST

And then Marc Maron channeled our grumpy Jewish uncle with this one:

The Oscars shows off Hollywood’s magical ability to make even the most talented people boring.

— marc maron (@marcmaron) February 29, 2016

Josh Gad made a good point about the in memoriam part of the show:

Where was #AbeVigoda? #Oscars

— Josh Gad (@joshgad) February 29, 2016

But it was actor Adam Goldberg who finally helped us solve the mystery of where the Jewish actors really were:

To the Trump supporters who insist the Jews run Hollywood, I’m in Brooklyn tweeting about the Oscars. With the rest of the Jews apparently.

— Adam Goldberg (@TheAdamGoldberg) February 29, 2016

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