One of the highlights of the JITC Hollywood Bureau launch last week was presenting celebrated agent, David Fishof, with the first-ever JITC Media Award for his role in Rock Camp The Movie, where he plays himself, a proud Orthodox Jew. Known worldwide for representing sports and music sensations such as Lou Piniella, Mark Bavaro, the Monkees, […]
Jew in the City is making huge strides when it comes to Orthodox representation in Hollywood, having met with numerous networks and executives, being warmly received by them all. Depictions of religious Jews in the media are usually negative, and to combat this, JITC is launching a brand-new Hollywood Bureau committed to creating accurate representation […]
Exactly a year ago today, Jew in the City started a social media firestorm which ended with NBC removing an episode of “Nurses” that featured blatant anti-Semitism in its plot line. The episode, “Achilles Heel” includes a scene in which a young, Hasidic man named Israel is in the hospital for a shattered leg. A doctor […]
All minorities – including Orthodox Jews – deserve a seat in the writer’s room when stories about our communities are being told. That’s why we are thrilled to announce the JITC Hollywood Bureau! Since our founding in 2007, Jew in the City has been the only nonprofit that works to remedy continuous negative depictions of Orthodox Jews […]
