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 […]
In 2026, the Jewish Institute for Television & Cinema (JITC) will return to the Sundance Film Festival for the third time, once again serving as the only Jewish organization hosting an official panel on Jewish representation in film and television. JITC first brought this conversation to Sundance in 2023, where its inaugural panel drew a […]
More and more often these days, we are seeing that even if a show or film is not perfect from a Jewish representation perceptive, there is a lot to celebrate. That’s exactly how I would describe Netflix’s new cartoon dramedy by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Long Story Short. Let’s start with the good. Spoiler alerts ahead. Jewish […]
The groundbreaking study on Jewish representation in contemporary television, that we collaborated on with the USC Norman Lear Center, has garnered recognition from some of the most prominent media outlets in the industry. The more this information gets out to Hollywood executives, the more chance we have to move the needle in terms of improving […]
Jew in the City has been beating the drum, calling attention to how pervasive myths and misconceptions about Orthodox Jews are, since our 2007 founding. Much of the negativity and lack of nuance that exists about the community is promulgated through media. We finally have data to back up our claims. A recent report that […]
