Announcing JITC’s 2nd Jewish Media Awards!

When we set out to build a Hollywood Bureau for Jews in 2021, the idea was to do the same programs that every other Hollywood Bureau was doing for decades: academic entertainment studies to show the depictions of Jews with data (stay tuned for our upcoming study with the Norman Lear Center), build fact sheets, attend DEI panels, and conduct showrunner trainings. We are thrilled to let you know that we are doing all of this in only two short years since our launch. We are also organizing a Jewish Media Awards, in the likes of the NAACP Image Awards, GLAAD Media Awards, MPAC Media Awards, etc. We have an exciting set of awardees to announce, as well as a star-studded host committee for JITC’s 2nd Jewish Media Awards on November 12 at Lincoln Center – SAVE THE DATE.

We have married our inspiring All Star Awards to be featured alongside TV shows and films that depict proud and authentic moments, as well as a new category this year – the Lion of Israel Award. JITC Hollywood Bureaus calls out the problems when we see them, but on November 12, we will celebrate the progress being made!

Honorees who have contributed to proud and authentic Jewish storytelling will receive our Keter Shem Tov Award and include:

Sheryl Sandberg’s Screams before Silence
Netflix’s Fauda
Netflix’s Jewish Matchmaking
FX’s The Patient
Amazon’s Destination NBA: A G League Odyssey, Featuring Ryan Turell
David Baddiel’s Documentary, Jews Don’t Count

This year’s All Stars: proud, Orthodox Jews in leading professions across tech, media, law, business, include:

JEFF ASTROF “Friends” writer
SHIFRA KOLSKY Chief Accounting Officer, Discover
SHARON MAZEL “What To Expect When You’re Expecting” co-author (ed 4 &5)
ARI SACHER Primary Engineer, Iron Dome
MITCHELL SILK Former Assistant Secretary for International Markets, U.S. Treasury
PROFESSOR AARON TWERSKI former Dean, Hofstra Law School

The Lion of Israel Award is going to:

DANIEL POSNER on behalf of his work with Athletes for Israel

Our host committee includes: Mayim Bialik, David Baddiel, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rebecca De Mornay, Mark Feuerstein, Brett Gelman, Ginnifer Goodwin, Patricia Heaton, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jonathan Lipnicki, Debra Messing, Jonah Platt, Lizzy Savetsky, Ethan Zohn and many more! We look forward to the 2nd JITC Jewish Media Awards to celebrate the shared and unique stories of our people, land and heritage. Hollywood will be joining us this time and we hope you will too! Tickets will go on sale at the end of the month. To inquire about sponsorships and VIP tickets, please contact us here.

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