Oscars

What happened at the Oscars exemplifies how short the world’s memory is: How did this start? Who started it? Who broke a ceasefire, killed 1,200 people and took innocents captive?

Israeli advocates, Noa Tishby and Yoseph Haddad highlight the anti-Israeli symbolism of Artists4Ceasefire's red pin worn during Sunday's Oscars event.

It is sad because it reflects a persistent pattern among our people where Jews themselves become numbered among the Jewish community’s greatest detractors.

Inside the auditorium, there were almost no yellow ribbons denoting support for the hostages held by Hamas, save for Avi Arad, the Israeli-American producer of Spider-Verse: Across the Spider-Verse.

Combat Antisemitism Movement CEO Sacha Roytman Dratwa said that Glazer was appropriating his religious and ethnic identity to attack Israel while it was defending itself against genocidal actors.  

“Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization. How do we resist?” Jonathan Glazer asked.

While movies are a great form of escapism, reality still managed to find its way into the awards ceremony.

It’s a haunting and beautiful look at a girl listening to a Holocaust survivor tell the story of how his life was saved during the war by a pig he hid behind.

This year it seems borderline ridiculous, since, for most of us, there will be more suspense over which celebrities wear yellow ribbons to draw attention to the 134 hostages held in Gaza by Hamas.

The Deer (HaZvi in Hebrew) was a newspaper founded by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the leading proponent of making Hebrew into the language of the Jewish homeland.