An open letter condemning Jonathan Glazer‘s Zone of Interest Oscars acceptance speech has been signed by more than 450 Jewish Hollywood professionals.
The group consists of actors, executives, directors, creators, producers and representatives denouncing Glazer’s controversial comments made when accepting the Academy Award for best international film on March 10.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avoid its own extermination,” the letter reads.
In his acceptance at the 2024 Oscars, Glazer read from a prepared speech to thank his partners and then make a statement addressing the current Israel-Gaza conflict.
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say, ‘Look what they did then’; rather, ‘what we do now,’” Glazer said. “Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It’s shaped all of our past and present.”
Glazer, who is Jewish, added: “Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people,” Glazer said, pausing briefly due to applause.
He continued, “Whether the victims of Oct. 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist?”
The open letter this week continued: “The use of words like ‘occupation’ to describe an indigenous Jewish people defending a homeland that dates back thousands of years, and has been recognized as a state by the United Nations, distorts history.”
“It gives credence to the modern blood libel that fuels a growing anti-Jewish hatred around the world, in the United States, and in Hollywood. The current climate of growing antisemitism only underscores the need for the Jewish State of Israel, a place which will always take us in, as no state did during the Holocaust depicted in Mr. Glazer’s movie.”
A list of co-signees follows.
A.M. Driver – SAGAaron Erol Ozlevi – DirectorAaron Fishman – DGA Producer / DirectorAdam Berkowitz – Manager/Producer/Strategic AdvisorAdam Friedman – Creative Artists AgencyAdam Goldworm – Manager/ProducerAdam KulbershAdam NewmanAdam RosenbergAdam Waltuch – TelevisaUnivisionAlan R. Cohen – WGAAlex Anhalt – Sugar23Alex FosterAlex Horn – Author and EditorAlex Lebovici – ProducerAlex Litvak – WGA WriterAlex MeitnerAlida Michql – AEAAlissa VradenburgAliza J. SokolowAllan Spielman Allison LahavAlly Shuster – AgentAlon AranyaAlyssa Hill – WGA ScreenwriterAmanda Markowitz – SAG/AFTRA, PGAAmy Engelberg – WGAAmy Pascal ProducerAmy Sherman-Palladino – WGA / DGA Writer/director/producerAmy Straus – WGA WriterAndrea BarrosAndrea CaytonAndrew AvnerAndrew Stearn – PGA ProducerAnna April-RossAnnie Wood – WGA/SAG/AFTRA Actor/Writer/ArtistAri AckermanAri AradAri Frenkel – SAG Actor / FilmmakerAriel NishliAriel Vromen – DGA FilmMakerAriella Blejer – WGAAriella NoveckAriyela Wald-Cohain – Costume Designer Art LevittAsher WeinbergerAvi Liberman – SAGAvital LevyAvital Onn Shachar – Business AffairsAviva Pressman – AEA, SAGAvram Butch Kaplan – DGA Jamsea Productions, IncBarbara Garshman – WGAE Garshman Productions LLVBarbara Heller – SAG Actor writer producerBarbara Lazaroff – ASID Commercial designer, restaurateur, businesswomanBarbie Kligman – WGABarry Schkolnick – WGA Writer/Producer/CreatorBart ColemanBatia Parnass – SAG AFTRABecky Tahel – PGA, SAG-E Producer, Writer, ActressBen Cosgrove – CEO, Leviathan ProductionsBen Levin – LINK EntertainmentBen Mor – DGA DirectorBen Younger – WGA/DGABenjamin GoberBenjamin RapoportBess Kargman – DGA DirectorBeth Milstein – WGAW WriterBetsy Borns – WGAW Writer/ProducerBill Freiberger – WGA WriterBob BookmanBob Kushell – WGABonnie Greenberg – Music supervisor/producer/professorBradley J. Fischer – Producers Guild of America ProducerBrett Gelman – Actor and WriterBrett Gursky – Writer / Director / ProducerBrian FrazerBrian LiebmanBruce Burger – Music Producer and Recording Artist, RebbeSoulBruce Franklin – DGA ProducerBruce Goldstein – The Cat in ManhattanBruce ResnikoffCaitlin Gold ProducerCameron CurtisCarin Sage – EVP, Feature Film, Skydance ProductionsCarl Schwaber – SAG-AFTRACarmi ZlotnikCarolyn NewmanCaryn Osofsky – SAG actress and directorChava Floryn – Filmmaker/Actress Twin Rose MediaChuck Slavin – SAG-AFTRA ActorCindy KaplanClaudine Jakubowicz – Film ProducerClifford J. Green – WGAW ScreenwriterCory Richman – Manager / Liebman EntertainmentCraig Emanuel – Entertainment ExecutiveCraig Singer – p.g.a. ProducerD.J. Gugenheim – PGAD.M. Harring – WGADan Adler – ProducerDan Benz – wga writerDan BirnbaumDan Kaufman – VFX Supervisor/VFX ProducerDan Marshall – SAG-AFTRADan Redfeld – AFM Local 47 ComposerDan Signer – WGADana Min GoodmanDani MenkinDaniel Alcheh – SCLDaniel Grindlinger – WGA WriterDaniel Kaufman DGA DirectorDaniel Lehrer – WGA WriterDaniel Rosenberg – WGAeDaniella Rabbani – SAG AFTRA AEA ActorDanielle Pretsfelder Demchick – CSA Casting DirectorDanna RosenthalDanny Manus – Writer, Script ConsultantDanny Weiss – WGADave Chameides – Local 600 and DGA Camera OperatorDavid AbrookinDavid Bickel – WGA Writer/ProducerDavid Brandes – WGA writerDavid Fury – WGA/DGA/SAG-AFTRA Round Swamp EntertainmentDavid Grae – WGADavid HaringDavid KekstDavid Kendall – WGA/DGADavid Kohan – WGA Writer-ProducerDavid Lipper – SAG Actor, writer, director, producerDavid N. Weiss – WGA Writer-DirectorDavid Price – TV Academy Executive ProducerDavid Renzer – Creative Community for PeaceDavid S. Rosenthal – WGADavid Shore – WGAW DGADavid Zabel – WGADebi PomerantzDeborah MarcusDebra Messing – SAG/AFTRA Actor/ProducerDeena Stern – Entertainment Marketing ExecutiveDena Roth – Ampas Set decoratorDena Waxman – Executive Producer / WriterDiane Robin – SagDiego ChojkierDoug Mankoff – ProducerEitan Chitayat – Creative DirectorEli Roth – Director/ScreenwriterEli Steele – ProducerElin Hampton – WGA/SAG-AFTRA Round Swamp EntertainmentEllie Kadosh – ActressElon Gold – WGA SAG/AFTRA Comedian/Actor/WriterElyssa Nicole TrustEmmanuelle Chriqui Sag ActorErez Rosenberg – Attorney / Partner at Jackoway Austen et alEric Feig – Entertainment AttorneyEric FinemanEric Tuchman – WGA writer-producerEstelle LasherEsther NetterEvan Silver – DGA Director / WriterFernando SzewFranklyn Gottbetter – DGA ProducerFred Raskin – ACE Film EditorFrederic RichterGabriela Tscherniak – DGA DirectorGail Berman – PGA ProducerGail Goldberg – CSA Casting DirectorGail Katz – PGA ProducerGary Barber – Spyglass Media GroupGary Gilbert – Gilbert FilmsGeoff Silverman – Producers the Cartel Literary ManagementGeoffrey Cantor – SAG-AFTRA ActorGeorge Gallagher – SAG-AFTRAGil GoldscheinGinette Rhodes – SAG AFTRA AEAGolan Ramraz – writer/producerGregg Simon – DGA DirectorGuri Weinberg – SAG/AFTRA ActorHank Steinberg – WGA / DGA Writer / Director / ProducerHannah Louise Shearer – WGAw WriterHannah TuberHawk Koch – PGA, DGA, AMPAS ProducerHeshy Rosenwasser – Musician and songwriter / The Hesh Inc.Hope Levy – Sag Aftra ActressHoward Michael Gould – WriterHoward Reichman – Producer/directorHoward Rosenman – SAGAFTRA MOVIE & TV PRODUCERIddo Goldberg – SAG ActorIlana Wernick – WGA Writer-ProducerInbal B. Lessner – ACE Executive Producer/EditorInon Shampanier – WGAIvan Menchell Writers Guild Writer/ProducerJacey Stamler – 705 Wardrobe SupervisorJack Plotnick – SAG/AFTRA ActorJacob Fenton – UTA AgentJaime BeckerJaime Eliezer Karas – DGAJames Beaman – SAG/AFTRA Actor/WriterJamie BialkowerJamie Denbo – WGA, SAG-AFTRA CO-EP Grey’s AnatomyJamie Elman – SAG, WGA YidLife CrisisJan Oxenberg – WGAJared SleisengerJarred Weisfeld – PublishingJason A. Kessler – WGA ScreenwriterJason Newman – Manager / Untitled EntertainmentJason Venokur – WGAJay Kogen – wga, dga, sag-aftra WRITER/Producer/DirectorJay ShoreJeff Astrof – WGA Writer/ShowrunnerJeff Fierson – PGA ProducerJeff Greenberg – GershJeff HandelJeff Rake – WGA Writer/ShowrunnerJeffrey Braer Former – SAG/AFTRA Independent Writer/Producer & Theme Park DeveloperJenn Levine – Writer / ProducerJennifer jason leighJennifer Maisel – WGA Playwright/ScreenwriterJennifer Shakeshaft – SAG SelfJennifer Smith – GMS (Guild Of Music Supervisors) Music SupervisorJeremy Aluma – SDC Theatre Director & ProducerJeremy Drysdale – WGA ScreenwriterJeremy Elice – WriterJeremy Garelick – dga / wgaJeremy Garelick – WGA/DGAJeremy Goldscheider – ProducerJeremy Lehrer-Graiwer – WGA WriterJeremy Padow – ScreenwriterJerry Weil – SAG-AFTRA ActorJessica Leventhal – WGAJessica Switch – PGA ProducerJill Kargman WGA/SAGJJ Adler – Dga DirectorJo LaMond – WGA SelfJoanie Leeds – Recording AcademyJodi Fleisher – SAG/Aftra ActorJodi Lieberman – Talent ManagerJoe PearlmanJoe WeisbergJoel Fields – WGAJoel H. Cohen – WGAJoel MichaelyJoelle Boucai – WGAJoey Jupiter-Levin – SAG/Aftra Fi-Core ActressJohn AltmanJohn FogelmanJon PolkJon Weinbach – President, Skydance SportsJonah Platt – WGA, SAGJonathan BaruchJonathan Herman – WGAJonathan Jakubowicz – Wga Writer & DirectorJonathan Prince – WGA, DGA, SAGJonathan RosenJonny Caplan – WGA Impossible MediaJonny Umansky – WGA ScreenwriterJordan Roberts – SAG-AFTRA Actor & Producer, Content CreatorJosh Schaer – WGA TV writer / producerJosh Silver – Personal managerJoshua Katz – WGAJosie Davis – SAG/AFTRAJudie Aronson – SAG-AFTRAJudy Gols – Sag/Aftra, WGA, Actors EquityJulianna Margulies – SAG-AFTRA ActorJulie D. Holman – WIFT Independent film, Director, writer, and producerJustin Arnold – SAG-AFTRA ActorKadia Saraf – SAG and WGA-E Actor and WriterKaren Morse – WGA ScreenwriterKate Cohen – DGA, PGA Producer/DirectorKeetgi Kogan Steinberg – WGA Writer/Producer/ShowrunnerKeith Eisner – WGA ShowrunnerKen Hertz Hertz Lichtenstein Young & PolkKeren Hantman – 1st ADKevin AschKevin Bright – DGA Producer/DirectorKimberly Ehrlich – CSA Associate Casting DirectorKimberly Wallis – SAG/AFTRA ActorKory Lunsford – ProducerLana Melman – Authors Guild WriterLanie SiegelLaurie Israel – WGA, TAGLaurie Seidman – Producers Guild ProducerLawrence Bender – ProducerLea Porter – The Beverly Hills EstatesLeah GottfriedLee Broda – SAG AND PGA Producer and actressLee TrinkLee Weinberg – Weinberg Gonser LLPLeo PearlmanLeonard DickLeslie Belzberg – AMPAS, PGA Self EmployedLeslie Schapira – WGA Writer/ProducerLev L. Spiro – DGA DirectorLimor Gott – ProducerLinda Burstyn – WGALior Rosner – ASCAP Rosner Music Inc.Liron ArtziLisa Edelstein – SAG/AFTRA, DGA, WGA Actor, director, writerLisa FeldsherLisa Ullmann – Producer and Social ImpactLoni Steele Sosthand – WGA Writer, ProducerLori Alan – SAG-AFTRA Actress/producer/writerLorin GreenLoris Kramer – Lunsford ProducerLynn Harris – PGA:AMPAS ProducerLynn Roth – WGA, DGA Writer/Director/ProducerM.J. Kang – WGA, SAG-AFTRA Writer, ActorMandana DayaniMandy Mitchell – Wardrobe StylistMarc Guggenheim – WGA, DGA, PGA, Animation Guild Writer/ProducerMarci Liroff – AMPAS Intimacy CoordinationMarcus J Freed SAG-eMargrit Polak – Talent ManagerMark Feuerstein – SAG, DGA, WGA ActorMark Moskowitz – ProducerMark Pellegrino – SAG ActorMark Reisman – WGAMark SchiffMarni FlansMarty Adelstein – PGA Tomorrow StudiosMatt Ritter – SAG Screenwriter/Producer/ActorMatthew HiltzikMatthew Salsberg – wga writer producerMatti Leshem – WGA Writer, ProducerMax JacobyMaya LasryMelissa Byer – WGAMelissa Center – Actor, FilmmakerMelissa Greenspan – Sag-aftraMelissa Rosenberg – WGA ShowrunnerMelissa ZukermanMenachem Silverstein – ComedianMicha Liberman – 700 editors guild Owner Mind Meld ArtsMichael AuerbachMichael B. Kaplan – WGAMichael Berns – WGA Writer/ProducerMichael Borkow – WGAMichael Diamond – Talent Manager / MGMT EntertainmentMichael GloubermanMichael KonyvesMichael Lewis – AgentMichael MaloneMichael Pelmont – ManagerMichael Rapaport – Actor/DisruptorMichael Robertson MooreMichael SobelMichal SchickMicky Levy – WGA Writer/DirectorMikhail Nayfeld – Heroes and Villains EntertainmentMimi Steinberg – Writer/producerMiranda Bailey – Sag – pga – academy member Cold iron picturesMitchell Akselrad WGAMontana TuckerMoran Atias – SAG Actress producerNancy Cohen – WGA Writer/ProducerNancy Spielberg – ProducerNatalie Marciano – President/ ProducerNatalie Shampanier – WGANathan FirerNeil A. CohenNick Greene – SAGNicole Rocklin – ProducerNoa Tishby – SAG AuthorNoam Ash – Writer, actorOdeya RushOmri LahavOphira Dagan – ProducerOren Safdie – WGA ST. OLAF COLLEGEOri Elon Shtisel – ScreenwriterPam Reynolds – AMPAS / Executive branch Amazon MGM StudiosPamela Davis – WGAPatrick Moss – WGAPaul A Mendelson – WGGB Screenwriter and authorPaul Weitzman – Literary AgentPeter Lenkov – WGAPhyllis Strong – WGAPo Kutchins – ShowrunnerRabbi David Wolpe – Sinai Temple/ Harvard URabbi Marvin HierRabbi Steve Leser – Wilshire Boulevard TempleRabbi Yonah BooksteinRachel Kamerman – Art Directors Guild local #800Rachel Kaplan – PGARachel SeymourRahman DaneshgarRakefet Abergel – SAG AFTRARami Rivera Frankl – DGARaphael MargulesRaymond Leon Roker – CreatorRebecca Mall Rena Strober – Sag-Aftra ActorRhonda PriceRina Mimoun – WGARinat ArinosRob Kutner – WGA Writer-ProducerRob Lee – PGARobert KaplanRobert Lantos – PGA ProducerRobert Rovner – WGA Writer/ProducerRobin Carus – CSA Casting DirectorRobin Lippin – Local 399 and CSA casting directorRobyn BluestoneRochel Saks -ManagerRod Lurie – DGA, WGARoger Kumble – WGARon Rappaport – WGARon West – Thruline EntertainmentRona GellerRoss GreenbergRoss Novie – DGA Director / 1st ADRosser Goodman – PGA Circle ContentRotem Alima – Executive ProducerRyan Guiterman – Writer-DirectorSalvador – LitvakSam Feuer – SAG/AFTRA Actor/ProducerSam Sandak – WGA Writer / ProducerSam Wasserman – Producers Guild, Academy of Television ProducerSamantha Ettus – Founder, 2024 New VoicesSami Kolko – SAG AFTRA Actor / ProducerSammy Horowitz – WGA WriterSamuel Franco – WGASarah Afkami – WGA WriterSari Sanchez – SAG-AFTRA Actor/ WriterSaul BlinkoffScott KaufmanScott Levine – DGA ProducerScott Melrose – Talent AgentScott Mitchell Rosenberg – CEO, Platinum Studios Inc.Scott RosenbaumScott Rosenfelt – WGA, DGA Writer/Producer/DirectorSepideh Makabi – DirectorSeth FisherSeth Kurland – WGA Writer/ProducerSeth Rudetsky – Sag/Aftra, WGA East Actor, radio host, writer, musicianShaked Berenson – pgaShani Atias – SAG AFTRA ActressShanni Suissa – CEO, Jews Talk JusticeSharon Bialy – CSA, Academy of Motion Pictures Member Casting DirectorSharon Farber – Film composerSharon Lieblein – CSA, teamsters local 399 Casting DirectorSharona BeckShauna Perlman – AgentSheer Aviram – Actress / Writer / DirectorShep Rosenman – AttorneySherry Lansing – ProducerShie Rozow – Motion Picture Editors Guild Composer, Music EditorShir SamariShira Rosenfeld – Creative producerShira Yoram – ProducerSimcha Jacobovici – FilmmakerSophie Kargman – DGA DirectorSpencer Berman – ProducerStacey Tenenbaum – CSAStacy Sarner – The Walt Disney CompanyStella EvansStephanie Liss – WGAW, DRAMATISTS GUILD WriterStephen Levinson – WGA-ESternberg Harriet – Harriet Sternberg Management, Inc.Steven E Gordon – 839 and 800 Director Wild CanarySteven Marmalstein – WGAStuart Acher – Director/WriterSue SteinbergSusan RovnerSusan Rudick – SAG-AFTRA ActorTamar PelzigTamar Simon – BAFTA Film Distributor and PublicistTamara Becher-Wilkinson – WGATara Strong – SAG/ACTRA ActressTerry Serpico – SAG AFTRA, WGAE Actor, Writer,DirectorTiffany Haimof Wasserman / Senior Director, Business AffairsTiffany Lo – WGATovah Feldshuh – SAG-AFTRA-EQUITY ACTORTraci SzymanskiTracy-Ann Oberman 0 ActorVictoria GordonVincent LeGrowWendy Engelberg – WGAWendy Sachs – WGA Director/ProducerYael Swerdlow – Video Game Industry CEO/Founder Maestro Games SPCYahm Steinberg – ActorYuri Rutman – SAGYuval David – SAGAFTRA, AEA Actor, Director, JournalistZiba TerrioZusha Goldin
