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 […]
It’s not commonplace to reach the highest rungs of the U.S. government. Rarer still? A Chinese-speaking Hasidic Jew being Senate-confirmed to a top role. That’s the story of Mitchell Silk, who served as Assistant Secretary for International Markets at the U.S. Department of Treasury — the first Hasidic Jew to hold a presidentially-nominated, Senate-confirmed position. […]
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 […]
At the 2nd Annual Jewish Media Awards, held at Lincoln Center on November 12, 2024, “The Patient” received the Keter Shem Tov Award for its authentic religious details and joyful Jewish storytelling. In their acceptance speech, the creators said: “We’d like to especially thank the entire team at FX Networks and Disney for only getting […]
At the 2nd Annual Jewish Media Awards, held at Lincoln Center on November 12, 2024, UTA agent Jacob Fenton presented the Keter Shem Tov Award to the creators and producers of “The Patient” for their authentic religious details and joyful Jewish storytelling. “According to a soon-to-be-released study in partnership with JITC and the Norman Lear […]
At the 2nd Annual Jewish Media Awards, held at Lincoln Center on November 12, 2024, actor Jonathan Lipnicki presented the Keter Shem Tov Award to the crew of “We Will Dance Again” for their courageous and compassionate storytelling in the wake of tragedy. The documentary, distributed by Paramount (which recently merged with Skydance), centers on […]
