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 […]

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Meet Igal Fedida: Orthodox Jew Featured At Art Basel

Miami-based artist Igal Fedida exhibited his transcendent collection, “The Art of Letters: Journey Into Being” during Miami’s Art Basel last week at the Bal Harbour Waterfront. Fedida was born in Israel and moved to America 35 years ago. He spent 20 years in Los Angeles, where he had a successful construction business, before ultimately succeeding […]

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Groundbreaking Norman Lear Center Study On Jewish Representation!

Ten years ago, I met with an investment banker I was hoping would donate to our organization. I explained how problematic Orthodox representation was. He didn’t disagree that there was a problem, but all we had was anecdotal evidence. The banker explained to me that he only invests in nonprofits where the problem can be […]

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Wicked Could Not Have Come At A Worse Time For America

When Wicked first debuted on Broadway back in 2003, the musical was a stirring, thoroughly inventive tale of an unlikely friendship and society’s cruel rejection of its misfits. Today, though, against the backdrop of campus unrest and a disturbing spike in antisemitism—both all too conveniently ascribed to Israel—the message of the just-released, box office record-breaking film version […]

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Kislev: Month of Chanukah And Dreams

When the month of Kislev comes around – the month of Chanukah – I’m reminded of dreams. In waking life, we so often forfeit our intuition and prefer “logic.” We attempt to accelerate the plot, or perhaps contemplate all the ways something might go wrong. Kislev reminds us that this is a time to trust. […]

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