With the inaugural Jewish Roots Screenwriters Collective now complete, we’re proud to introduce the program’s first cohort of fellows. Over the past several months, these actively working film and television writers explored Jewish texts, wisdom, values, and culture while developing original stories and strengthening projects they ultimately pitched to industry financiers. Meet the writers helping […]
What does it mean to “act like a Jew”? For decades, television and film have often answered that question through tired stereotypes: neurotic, greedy, awkward, entitled, loud. But Jew in the City’s Jewish Institute for Television & Cinema’s award-winning video Like a Jew set out to offer a very different answer — one grounded in […]
Several weeks ago JITC (Jewish Institute for Television & Cinema) Hollywood Bureau hosted an official panel at Sundance Film Festival on Jewish representation in media. We presented the findings from our groundbreaking study conducted with the Norman Lear Center at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. The research examines how general Jewish characters—and also […]
The Prime Minister’s Office released footage Sunday from a security consultation held the previous night, at the height of Operation “Roaring Lion.” Gathered around the table were the Prime Minister, senior cabinet ministers, and Shin Bet chief David Zini. On that table, clearly visible, was the Manot HaLevi, Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz’s commentary on the Book […]
On a recent cold February evening, Hillel Adler and his son Jacob attended a New York Knicks game together, donning brand-new jerseys. While it may have looked like any other father-son outing, for the Adlers, moments like this don’t always come easily. Jacob has cerebral palsy, which means that everyday plans and outings require extra […]
When we returned to Sundance this week for the third time, I felt like a pro. I knew how to navigate Main Street and where to stay to be close to the local kosher restaurant. Once again, we came back to a packed room for our panel, but this time we had hard data to […]
