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Film & TV Mikey Madison is Jewish — is ‘Anora’?
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Fast Forward Adrien Brody wins best actor Oscar for ‘The Brutalist,’ his second for playing a Holocaust survivor
Brody called out antisemitism in his acceptance speech
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Fast Forward ‘No Other Land,’ about Israeli demolition of Palestinian village, wins Oscar for best documentary
And the filmmakers used their speeches to make a pointed call for peace
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Film & TV Oscars 2025: Hollywood crowns a new Jewish queen, and Israeli-Palestinian best documentary winners make waves
Other Jewish wins include 'A Real Pain' and Adrien Brody for 'The Brutalist'
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Film & TV Is ‘A Real Pain’ the Jewish Oscar film we’ve been waiting for?
The acclaimed film avoids the tropes and tragedies that have defined other Jewish Academy Award nominees
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