Allison Josephs’s Intro Speech At JITC’s 2nd Jewish Media Awards

JITC’s 2nd Media Awards on November 12, 2024 hosted the most diverse audience ever – studio execs from—Sony, Paramount, Netflix,  Amazon—to Hasidim and everything in between. Founder and executive director, Allison Josephs, discovered that every other minority group had been advocating for themselves for decades in Hollywood, which is why she founded the JITC Hollywood Bureau. JITC believes that Hollywood can be a conduit for Jewish unity, Jewish pride, kiddush Hashem, and authentic Jewish storytelling. Awarded that evening were:

Keter Shem Tov Awards – for proud Jewish representation:

• Netflix’s Fauda
• Netflix’s Jewish Matchmaking
• Amazon’s Destination NBA: A G League Odyssey
• David Baddiel’s Jews Don’t Count
• Sheryl Sandberg’s Screams Before Silence
• Joel Fields and Joe Weisenfeld, FX’s The Patient
• Paramount+’s We Will Dance Again

All Star Awards Awards- proud observant Jews in leading professions:

• Jeff Astrof, Friends writer
• Shifra Kolsky, Chief Accounting Officer, Discover
• Sharon Mazel, co-author of What to Expect When You’re Expecting
• Ari Sacher, primary engineer of Israel’s Iron Dome
• Mitchell Silk, former U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary
• Professor Aaron Twerski, former Dean of Hofstra Law School

Lion of Israel Award – celebrating advocates publicly standing with Israel 

• Daniel Posner, founder of Athletes for Israel

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