(Jewish Group) Jewish sensitivity in publishing and Hollywood

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THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!

Despite all the recent clatter in the world media about whether Whoopi Goldberg is antisemitic because she doesn’t think Jews are a race, and whether it’s okay that Jews are invariably portrayed by non-Jewish actors, a similar but possibly more important issue has been virtually ignored.

Bewailing the lack of Jewish representation of Jewish characters on-screen is the new Wordle. Why, goes the outcry, in an era when blacks play black characters, and deaf actors play deaf characters, are the majority of Jewish roles played by non-Jews? Why are Jewish sensibilities not considered in the same way as other ethnicities and subcultures? To echo Goldberg’s unfortunate parlance, are Jews not a race the same as other races? If it’s true for everyone else, why isn’t it true for us?

It’s a good question, deserving of consideration. But we may be missing an even larger issue.

First, for those who have been hibernating with the groundhog, the quandary: The actors, and those speaking for them, are torn between championing their excellent acting prowess, which should let them play any role regardless of color, religion and the like; and sticking to the recent liberal party line that prohibits cultural misappropriation of any sort.

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