Tag: Academy Award
Israeli Expat Director Wins Oscar for Best Short
“My grandparents are Holocaust survivors. The bigotry that they experienced in the Holocaust, we see that everywhere today, in America, in Europe.”
‘Sobibor’ to Represent Russia in the Oscars
As many as 250,000 Jews were murdered at Sobibor, making it the fourth worst extermination camp, after Bełżec, Treblinka, and Auschwitz.
Neurologist Oliver Sacks Dies at Age 82 in New York City
Dr. Sacks was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, neurologists.
Jewish Film Star Luise Rainer Dies in London at 104
German-born Luise Rainer, the first movie actress to win two successive Oscars for best actress, died on Tuesday at the age of 104 in...
Israeli Film Nominated for Oscar
Footnote, a film by Joseph Cedar, is a film about father-son Talmudic scholars.
