What's Jewish at this year's Oscars? Actually, quite a bit

By Alan Zeitlin

(JNS) - The Oscars ceremony at the annual Academy Awards in Hollywood has offered some drama of its own these past few years. There was Will Smith, who slapped the show's host, fellow actor and comedian Chris Rock, on stage. There was last year's British director Jonathan Glazer, who in his speech in accepting the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for "The Zone of Interest" proclaimed a "refute" of his Jewishness, citing the "Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip" as his rationale.

It may be quieter this year, but it is also likely that for the second straight year, the Ac...