More than 260 Hollywood stars and industry figures have condemned the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' decision to exclude Jews from the Oscar DEI criteria.
Celebrities such as David Schwimmer, Debra Messing, Juliana Margulies, and Mayim Barik have called for the inclusion of Jews in the academy, arguing that “inclusion efforts that exclude Jews are steeped in anti-Semitism and are misleading.” signed an open letter calling for
This year's Oscars will be the first to implement the Academy's new diversity policy, which applies only to the Best Picture category. Eligible films must prove they meet the Academy's complex list of requirements, including race, gender and sexuality.
The first open letter was report This effort by TheWrap was led by the Jewish representative organization JITC Hollywood Office.
“The exclusion of Jews from the Motion Picture Academy's standards of representation and inclusion discriminates against a protected class by invalidating their historical and genetic identity,” the letter states. There is.
“We must address this issue immediately by including Jews in this standard.”
“The absence of Jews as an 'underrepresented' group implies that Jews are overrepresented in movies, which is completely untrue.” the JITC letter continued.
“Apart from films about the Holocaust, there are very few films about Jews. Moreover, when Jewish characters appear, they are often played by non-Jews, which is a disadvantage for other marginalized groups. That's rare.”
