Lewis had been in ill health for a number of years and last April announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease two years earlier.
Jewish star Robert Downey Jr. wore the necklace as he accepted the Maltin Modern Master Award for his role in Oppenheimer.
The awards come in a new context for show business and the Jewish world: one in which parts of Hollywood are wearing pins in support of Israeli hostages while the other criticizes Israel.
The Once Upon A Time actress shared the story of 4-year-old Roz Asher, who is currently being held by Hamas terrorists.
In the first celebrity conversation of the day, award-winning actor Julianna Margulies said “it is shocking” how few members of her industry have spoken out against antisemitism.
A Los Angeles native, Bloom, who studied drama at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, once told JTA that she always felt a kinship with New York Jews.
In “Tiger Within,” Asner plays a Holocaust survivor who becomes the unlikely friend of a homeless teenager who was raised by a Holocaust denier.
Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor, Alan Arkin, died on Thursday at age 89.
Donskoy shared that it is difficult for him to watch himself playing a Nazi and to personally promote the show on social media with a picture of himself wearing a swastika.
The Tonys will air on CBS and various Paramount-owned streaming services on June 11.
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