Roll out the blue and white carpet!
TV Land’s most proudly Jewish stars will occasion prefer it’s 1948 on the Jewish Media Awards at Lincoln Heart Tuesday night time – celebrating constructive depictions of the Chosen Individuals on the small display screen.
Semitic celebs like Patricia Heaton, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Michael Rapaport will current awards to TV’s most authentically Jewish streaming TV exhibits – together with Netflix’s “Fauda” and “Jewish Matchmaking,” and FX’s “The Patient.”
“Since October 7, Jews have been getting beaten down on social media and in mainstream media, constantly being told how awful we are,” stated occasion organizer Allison Josephs, who modeled the splashy night time after the NAACP Picture Awards and GLAAD Media Awards.
“The Jewish Media Awards will be a chance to bask in the richness of our heritage. It will be a night to celebrate the greatness of the Jewish people.”
Josephs is the founding father of Jew within the Metropolis, a nonprofit whose core mission is combating destructive depictions of spiritual Jews in fashionable tradition.
Unfavourable Jewish stereotypes, notably in movie, are an age-old downside that persists to this present day, Josephs stated.
Current Netflix hits just like the film “You People” and the rom-com collection “Nobody Wants This” took warmth for his or her stereotypical Jewish characters.
“Celebrating great Jewish representation with Hollywood gives us the opportunity to make a tangible impact on how Hollywood depicts Jews moving forward,” Josephs stated.
Billed as “The Greatest Night in Jewish Representation,” the balabatish bacchanal may also honor outstanding Jewish professionals who’ve proudly displayed their Judaism prone to antisemitic hate.
Such notables will embody “Friends” author Jeff Astrof, Uncover CAO Shira Kolsky and “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” co-author Sharon Mazel.
