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.

Noah Wyle attends the 2026 HBO Max Emmy Afterparty at San Vicente Bungalows on September 14, 2026 in West Hollywood, California.
 Sandra Bernhard performs during The Golden Probes Awards Gala at Sony Hall on November 03, 2025 in New York City.

Sandra Bernhard joins cast of 'The White Lotus' for upcoming season

Actor Lizzy Caplan appears on an episode of PBS' "Finding Your Roots."

Jewish actor Lizzy Caplan discovers her family's unknown Holocaust story in 'Finding Your Roots'

MEL BROOKS and Judd Apatow attend the Los Angeles premiere of HBO Documentary Films' Mel Brooks: 99 Year Old Man! at Ted Mann Theater at the Academy Museum on January 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

Judd Apatow grew up idolizing Mel Brooks. Now he’s telling Brooks’ story in an HBO documentary


Holocaust denial film unveiled at Toronto International Film Festival

Rachel Weisz starts in 'Denial,' about American Jewish historian Deborah Lipstadt’s real-life legal battle with prominent Holocaust denier British historian David Irving in the 1990s.

Actress Rachel Weisz (L) and writer, historian Deborah Lipstadt at the 'Denial' premiere

Emmy nominations are out — these are the Jews we want to win

Here are 5 Jewish stars and shows we hope will take home a statuette in September.

Larry David as Senator Bernie Sanders during a “Saturday Night Live” sketch, March 12, 2016.

Amy Schumer Twitter joke insults Jews, Gossip Cop says

Gossip Cop, which says it polices Hollywood and celebrity news to separate what’s real from rumor, slammed the tweet.

Actress Amy Schumer poses during the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas

New Girl is newly Jewish: Actress Zooey Deschanel converts to Judaism

Deschanel, 35, stars in the Fox sitcom “New Girl” and has appeared in numerous films, including “Mumford” and “Almost Famous.”

Actress Zooey Deschanel

A Delicate Balancing Act

The Hanoch Levin Festival Begins next week

'Murder'

WATCH: Larry David is spot-on as Bernie Sanders on ‘SNL’

When Sanders, another Jewish curmudgeon, decided to run for president, it was clearly the role David was born to play.

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton

Tiny Ant-Man's Bigger Brand Lesson

The Jerusalem Post

Co-stars Kirsten Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg team up to tackle sexist interviewing

While promoting their new movie 'American Ultra', actors shine a spotlight on intrusive questions female stars often grapple with.

Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg

Michael Douglas takes up the cause for a more inclusive Judaism

Genesis winner Michael Douglas talks to the ‘Post’ about acceptance within the Tribe.

MICHAEL BLOOMBERG (left), Michael Douglas and Stan Polovets gather in New York City in January to celebrate the announcement of Douglas as the 2015 Genesis Prize laureate

Beloved actor Arieh Elias dies at 94

Best known for his roles in Israeli classics of the Sixties and Seventies, Elias granted 2013 lifetime achievement award from the Israeli Artists’ Association.

Arieh Elias.