Jewish actors
Jewish actor Noah Wyle wins second consecutive Emmy for 'The Pitt' Jewish character portrayal
The actor won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the HBO Max medical drama, which also won Outstanding Drama Series for the second year in a row.
Sandra Bernhard joins cast of 'The White Lotus' for upcoming season
Jewish actor Lizzy Caplan discovers her family's unknown Holocaust story in 'Finding Your Roots'
Judd Apatow grew up idolizing Mel Brooks. Now he’s telling Brooks’ story in an HBO documentary
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
The other side of Richard Belzer - the mensch
The writer shows the other side of Jewish actor and comedian, Richard Belzer.
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.
