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While the most Jewish movie came up empty-handed, other Jewish stories played out on the movies’ biggest night.

A religion scholar writes about the war North American Jewish comedy has evolved since World War II, with a focus on how humorists treat Judaism as a religion.

Among actors Brendan Fraser and Matt Damon's first roles are one of the few mainstream Hollywood films to focus on antisemitism at non-Jewish schools.

“Well, I haven’t been to Israel and I’m the Zohan, for God’s sake. I’m excited to get there,” said Adam Sandler in an interview to AARP.

Not only will the new season of “Russian Doll” continue to explore Nadia’s Jewishness, but there’s the very distinct possibility we will meet her character’s Hungarian, Holocaust-surviving grandma.

Does it really matter if an actor isn't Jewish when they are hired to play a Jewish character?

Paul Pfeiffer's bar mitzvah made Jewish television history when "The Wonder Years" devoted an episode to it in 1989.

It won’t be the first time that Meir has been portrayed in a big production. But Israeli prime ministers beyond Meir haven’t exactly hogged screen time in Hollywood productions over the years.

“Mank,” the black-and-white Netflix film about Jewish screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, earned 10 Oscar nods, including for best picture, making up nearly half of Netflix’s total nominations.

It’s likely that only the most zealous of film buffs are aware of the Jewish sides to Mankiewicz’s story. Here’s some of that history.

The film's protagonist is based on Frank Rosenthal, a real Jewish gambling expert from Chicago who had ties to the Chicago Outfit and eventually headed to Vegas to run casinos for them.