Daily Podcasts Video Research

Oscars 2025: Hollywood crowns a new Jewish queen, and Israeli-Palestinian Best Documentary winners make waves

JL;DR SUMMARY The 2025 Oscars ceremony was highlighted by several significant Jewish narratives, both on and off the stage. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Jewish IdentityHollywoodIsraeli Palestinian RelationsPolitical StatementsJewish InfluenceCultural SymbolsNo Other LandAdrien BrodyOscars 2025Best Documentary

Places mentioned

Masafer Yatta, Jenin, Palestinian Territories
"Masafer Yatta, was being demolished by Israeli soldiers."
New York City, New York, United States
"a petition to stop screening it started by workers at New York City Alamo Drafthouse locations."
Berlin, Germany
"When it premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, where italso took home Best Documentary, Berlins mayor, Kai Wegner, called the ceremony antisemitic."
Majdanek, Lublin, Poland
"Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Actor for his show-stealing turn in A Real Pain, about a pair of cousins visiting the Majdanek concentration camp."
Scarsdale, New York, United States
"I believe if the past can teach us anything its to not let hate go unchecked, said Brody, who consulted with a Holocaust survivor and his own Hungarian grandfather to fine-tune Tths accent in the film. Mira: No hostage or ceasefire pins but whatever giant sparkly brooch Brody is wearing is certainlynotable. Talya: It stands for the principle of capital-A Art! PJ: In other news, my ballot won. Talya: PJ, our hero! Major (Jewish!) upsets to close the night Talya: Mikey Madison wins Best Actress for Anora. Apparently, the Jewish qualities of her hair caused some problems during filming."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 45614
Cairo Source ID 35
Retrieved 2025-03-03 05:30:41 UTC
Curated 2025-03-03 08:31:11 UTC