At just 17 years old, Orthodox Jewish virtuoso violinist Nesya Fertel has already built an impressive musical résumé. A student at Los Angeles’s prestigious Colburn School, where she studies under renowned violin instructor Robert Lipsett, Nesya has performed internationally as a soloist and earned recognition in major competitions. But as she began pursuing a professional […]
Some of Hollywood’s most recognizable faces are coming together to celebrate authentic Jewish representation in entertainment! JITC is thrilled to announce the celebrity presenters for its 3rd Jewish Media Awards, taking place Thursday, November 5, at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. The evening will recognize actors, producers, filmmakers, and television […]
Emmy-winning television producer Kevin Bright, best known as executive producer and director of the landmark NBC sitcom FRIENDS, will be honored at the 3rd Jewish Media Awards, the Jewish Institute for Television & Cinema (JITC) Hollywood Bureau announced today, alongside Donny Deutsch, renowned American advertising executive, television personality, and regular commentator on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. […]
At JITC’s 2nd Jewish Media Awards, we were proud to honor Hasidic Jew Professor Aaron D. Twerski with a Jewish Media All-Star Award. A leading legal scholar and educator, Professor Aaron Twerski is the Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, a former dean at Hofstra University School of Law, and […]
At JITC’s 2nd Jewish Media Awards, held at Lincoln Center on November 12, 2024, Shifra Kolsky, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer at Discover, was honored with an Orthodox Jewish All-Star Award for proudly living her observant Jewish identity while excelling in a leading profession. In her acceptance speech, Kolsky reflected: “I am acutely aware that […]
At JITC’s 2nd Jewish Media Awards, held at Lincoln Center on November 12, 2024, the groundbreaking documentary “Jews Don’t Count” received the Keter Shem Tov Award for its courageous storytelling. In his acceptance speech, creator David Baddiel said: “I made the film before October 7th, 2023. And it seems to me that what’s happened since […]
