#jewish actors

[nesyanast]

Scene from the most famous Yiddish play The Dybbuk by the Vilner Trupe. 1910s.

#jumblr #jewish #jews #nesyapost #jewish history #jewish culture #yiddish #Poland #Eastern Europe #jewish art #Jewish theater #Jewish actors #the dybbuk #1910s #yiddish folklore #Jewish folklore #ashkenazim #ashkenazi #photography #vintage photography

[snowviolettwhite]

I am to starting un-following people who are being antisemitic in the name of free Palestine. People who I was following for fan fandom things just blogging and re-blogging antisemitic propaganda and spreading misinformation. I had to un-followed someone who joked about how Hamas should be president, I don't care if it was a joke. It is was not funny.

Almost everything I see in regards to free Palestine movement has antisemitism in it. People are supporting know antisemitic terrorists groups and still think they are woke.

If you are not Jewish it is not for you to say what is or is not antisemitism. Jewish people have stood with other marginalized groups but have not seen that same support for us. It is like everyone hates us, no mater what.

Someone said Jewish people talking about antisemitism when Palestinians are suffering is the same as turning the phrase "black lives matter" to "white lives matter." If I see another non Jewish indigenous person calling Jewish people European colonizers I will go crazy. Stop comparing The Middle East to North America and Australia and stop erasing Jewish history.

People saying Jewish people have white privilege ignores that fact they have and still experience prosecution based on looks. Personally, strangers have knew I was Jewish without me saying anything and I do not have a Jewish last name. People have told me to my fact that I was too pretty to be Jewish and that I was unconventionally attractive and why I was not getting lady leading roles. Because I was cute but in a weird quirky way. I love playing the quirky characters, I see myself in them, they wear awesome costumes and I have fun playing them. But those are not commitments. The white actors and musician, people who are considered unconventionally attractive are usually ethically Jewish. Those are just small microaggression.

I should not have to education people on what blood libel is, they should do it themselves. This Ignores the fact Jewish people have been experience prosecution for over 2000s years and the massive increase in hate crimes targeted towards them.

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Also, I am annoyed that my posts about antisemitism are doing better than my posts about fan-fiction, fandom and my interests.

#antisemitism #leftist antisemitism #jewish actors #jewish history

[mon-mothmas-collar]

Noah Schnapp is a gay Jewish man in one of the most popular shows in the world, he is the epitome of class and respect and i love him so much

#noah schnapp #gay #jewish actors #byler #stranger things #will byers

[ethanfreemanappreciation]

In October 1993 Ethan returned to the UK to start his West End run as Erik, The Phantom. His performance included a lot of references to the Erik from the original novel and earned him the nickname "The Leroux Phantom".

His Christine’s included Claire Moore and Jill Washington.

With Ethan's birthday coming up next month we thought it would be nice to look back on all the incredible roles he has performed over the years.

#ethan freeman #poto #phantom of the opera #european musicals #the phantom of the opera #phantom erik #erik the phantom #gaston leroux #jewish artist #jewish actors #jumblr #jewblr

[alwaysisrael]

#emmy rossum #anti semitism #jewish actors #i support israel #i stand with israel #israel

[girlactionfigure]

When the tv show "Hogan's Heroes" premiered on CBS in 1965, it faced criticism that it was making light of World War 2 and was being insensitive to those who suffered under the Nazis. 

But the fact that the cast included several Jewish actors who actually had suffered under the Nazis brought some credibility to what the show was trying to achieve.

- Werner Klemperer (Colonel Klink) was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1920, and was the son of a prominent orchestra conductor, but, because they were Jewish, his family fled Germany to escape the Nazis, and Klemperer served in the U.S. Army in World War 2. When Klemperer was approached to play Colonel Klink, he agreed to do it only if the writers made Klink an idiot. He did this to honor his father.

- John Banner (Sergeant Schultz) was born Johann Banner in Austria in 1910, but fled the country following the Nazi annexation. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during the war, and even posed for U.S. Military recruiting posters. Of his character on "Hogan's Heroes" Banner once said, "I see Schultz as the representative of some kind of goodness in any generation."

- Leon Askin (General Burkhalter) was born Leon Aschkenasy in Austria in 1907, and as a child he once performed before Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary. In the 1930s, Askin was arrested by the SA and later beaten severely while in the custody of the SS. He fled to the United States and served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during the war. Both of his parents died in the Treblinka concentration camp.

- Robert Clary (Corporal LeBeau) was born Robert Widerman in Paris in 1926, and was the youngest of 14 children. In 1942, Clary's family was arrested and deported to concentration camps. Clary eventually went to Buchenwald, where he survived by singing concerts for the SS guards. Most of the rest of his family was killed at Auschwitz. Clary was liberated on April 11, 1945. 

Robert Clary was the only major cast member still living until yesterday, November 16, 2022, when he died at the age of 96. From his arrival at the concentration camp until his death, he carried the number A5714 tattooed on his arm.

Post Script: Howard Caine, who played Major Wolfgang Hochstetter on the show, also was Jewish, but he was born in the United States. He served honorably in the U.S. Armed Forces during the Second World War.

Facebook.com/HistoriaObscurum

#Hogans Heros #Jewish Actors #Shoah

[behindthemirrorofmusic]

Just read through the transcript of last Saturdays Ethan Freeman Night stream by @wheel-of-fish

So glad to see you all loved the documentary so much, and thank you for all your kind words, they mean a lot!!

The Ethan talks Phantom followup documentary will be out in September, to coincidence with the anniversary with the original Leroux novel's anniversary.

For anyone who missed it on Saturday, the full documentary is now on YouTube:

#phantom of the opera #poto #the phantom of the opera #ethan freeman #jekyll and hyde musical #jekyll and hyde #les miserables musical #les miz #evita musical #elisabeth das musical #youtube #jewish actors #jewish artist #jumblr #jewblr #erik phantom of the opera #erik phantom

[jewishpopculture]

Lisa Bonet photographed by Dah Len for Vibe magazine (2000).

Bonet is of Ashkenazi Jewish and African American descent.

#lisa bonet #2000s #pop culture #Black women #jewish #vibe magazine #vibe #dah len #Black Jews #Jewish women #jewish culture #Black culture #jewish artists #jewish community #black community #jewish pop culture #jewish beauty #nostalgia #throwback #Jewish actors

[neverwritewhatyouknow]

Fun little reminder that for centuries Jewish people had to lie about not being Jewish in order to protect their own lives, find work, buy homes, and just plain exist… And now openly non-Jewish actors are paid millions of dollars to play Jews, while Jewish actors are cast aside and sent away.

#antisemitism #Jew hate #jew erasure #jewish people #Jewish things #jumblr #Hollywood #actors #Jewish actors #non Jewish actors #antisemetic

[yoramkelmer]

Ramola Devi (Rachel Cohen) (1917-1988), 1940s

#Ramola Devi #Ramola #Bollywood #Old Bollywood #Vintage Bollywood #Jewish #Jews #Baghdadi Jews #Indian Jews #Mizrahi Jews #Jewish History #Jewish Actors #Jewish Actresses #Khazanchi

[broadwaycouchpotato]

Leaving Avis here- I do t know, inspiration hit and I kinda like this one!

But this quote hits deep to be honest. Antisemitism is on the rise,. Jewish actors/actresses are being erased from the scene by non Jewish actors who play roles of Jewish characters. It’s disappointing…

Yes, Patti LuPone is absolutely amazing as Avis Amberg, I LOVE her in this character! Avis is Iconic!!!!!

But still, there are so many women who are actually Jewish, like Avis. They weren’t given a chance to break through in this roll. Even when they’d be able to add an aspect to the character that a non jewish actress wouldn’t be able to do. There are aspects to Avis’s character that could have been enhanced by the personal experiences of Jewish women. (Sorry- wording reads a little weird here. I am not words today)

The character of Avis faces death threats, hate crimes, being looked over in the acting industry, being left behind and abandoned by society due to physical features that were not in her control. Also for being a part of a minority ethnic group.

Jewish women have struggled with these things relentlessly for generations. Jewish women have wrested antisemitism and hate and have been targeted because of their Jewish heritage.

Now I do know that Patti has experience with hate, abuse and bullying in the industry. I acknowledge her struggle and the pain it causes her. It’s valid! No one should be treated in such terrible ways! People need to respect others no matter what!

Yet she hasn’t faced what many Jewish women have gone through for generations.

Sadly, we carry so much generational trauma from such acts of pure violence.

Many women in my community have first hand experience with all of this. Go up to any woman/girl at any synagogue and they’ll have at least one story about an act of antisemitic hate, violate, comment, joke, micro aggressions- made towards them.

Patti hasn’t experienced these acts of hate in this specific situation and circumstance. She can’t. Because she’s not a Jewish woman.

Jewish women shouldn’t be facing violence or hate. No one should.

We can start making the entertainment industry more accessible to Jewish people, by giving Jewish people the spotlight for the characters who are written as being Jews!

#helena rubinstein #broadway #patti lupone art #broadway theatre #company the musical #patti lupone #warpaint #stephen sondheim #evita #sweeney todd #hollywood #ryan murphy #avis amberg #Jewish #jewish life #jewish actors #jewish positivity #jewposting #Hollywood2020 #Patti Lupone Avis Amberg #AvisAmberg

[blaxicanbby]

Every new role casting I see announced, just makes me think Kat Graham would've killed it. I need her to have her moment. Please!

(She would've been a great Lois Lane. I stand by that.)

#kat graham #lois lane #superman #superman legacy #james gunn #dc #dcu #david corenswet #rachel brosnahan #jewish actors

[snowviolettwhite]

If a marginalized person from marginalized group is dealing with bigotry and very clearly is upset and just needs to let out their emotions and vent don't try to debate with them, even if you think you are being being civil. I don't have the energy to debate with people that antisemitism is just as bad all the other forms of oppression and bigotry while then being told Jewish people have it better than other all groups.

I will block you, do not tone police me. I come on tumblr to express myself and enjoy and share my hobbies and escape, not to become more stressed. This is my page if I want to vent I will vent.

Someone said to me that Jewish are the most represented minority but the smallest minority, so it would not make sense to hire Jewish actors. It would be too hard to find them. There more Jewish roles than Jewish actors, which is laughable. I wonder why Jewish people are one of the smallest minority could it be because of an event that happen less than hundred years ago and the increase in hate crimes and over 2000 years of prosecution.

There are barely any explicit Jewish roles that are not stereotypes or about the super religious or about the holocaust and most of them that are are played by Italian actors. When actually Jewish actors play these roles they deal with fetishization and are called unconventionally attractive and often play the comedic characters.

Look the Andy Samberg and Timothee Chalamet both great actor, extremely talented and attractive. Andy Samberg is a cutie pie in my opinion.

People have had audacity to say to me that 'you might not to be getting cast for the roles you actually want because you're unconventionally attractive,' despite the fact in my mother was considered the most beautiful girl in her Jewish community, I look so much like her and people from my family's community are constantly trying to convince my parents to set me up with their sons.

Also, calling someone unconventionally attractive is not a commitment.

People are constantly talking about the privilege in masking or hiding certain parts of yourself to avoid possible harm and how not all Jewish people look stereotypical Jewish but have you thought about Jewish people who do look stereotypical and how saying these things are affecting them.

Their physical traits are being presented as ugly and saying they can not hide for safety.

I have had strangers come up to me and ask me if I am Jewish because I look Jewish. It is mostly well meaning older Christine people who are trying to be friendly and start a conversation and like learning about different types of people, so I don't really mind.

But if people whose families have been who have been in the U.S for generations can tell someone is Jewish just by looking at them then but about people who actually want to cause harm to Jewish people.

I as a Jewish person and actor was calling out erasing of Jewish stories stories, misrepresentation, underrepresented and double standards in film, television and theatre.

Non-Jewish actors still to this day wear prosthetic noses and wigs to play Jewish roles. You can look it up, there are loads of articles about non-Jewish actors doing this. Look up what Bradley Cooper did. He knew Jake Gyllenhaal, a Jewish actor had been planning for years on producing and acting in a biopic about Leonard Bernstein a Jewish man and bought the rights before he could and now in the film Bradley Cooper is wearing a prosthetic nose.

Comic books and Broadway were built off the handwork of Jewish Americans and Jewish Immigrants. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is changing canonical Jewish characters from the comic book and completely erasing their Jewishness and sometimes even turning them into Christians. They are barely any Jewish actors or writers involved in the MCU, if any.

Characters and very clearly show plays and musical that are about being Jewish sometimes don't even have one Jewish actor in the cast. I read a article a while back about a Jewish actress being the only Jewish person cast in a production Fiddler On The Roof. The makeup artist wanted to give her a wig to make her hair look coarser, thicker and darker and wanted to give her a prosthetic nose to appear more Jewish. When the actress told them she was actually Jewish they proceed to tell her she was too pretty to be Jewish.

In the book Red, White & Royal Blue Nora is Jewish. For the film they hired a Christian actress who from what I heard pressured to the creators to change Nora to Christian because she did not feel comfortable playing a Jewish character and because she is a devout Christian. If they want to have black actress they could hire an actual Jewish black actress. If I was hired to play a character who did not align with my religious or spirit beliefs I would not ask them to change it for me.

Before anyone comes at me Judaism is an enthoreglion, people are Jewish by ancestry and linage, not just their beliefs. Most people who identify as Jewish are born into Jewish families and Judaism is one of the hardest religions to convert to, so you have be extremely dedicated. This is not a dig at Jewish converts I am just making a point.

Jewish actors are still being told to change their names to sound less ethic. Zachary Levi is not a full name, it is his stage name and he is not Jewish. The reason Levi is a part of his stage name is because he has the same name as another actor. He has said before he has angered about missing out on roles because people think he is Jewish. Actually Jewish actors are being turned away from role because they look too Jewish or sound too Jewish. Jewish actor get nose jobs and chemically straighten their hair.

#antisemitism #liberal antisemitism #antisemitism in film #antisemitism in television #antisemitism in theatre #jumblr #jewish actors #jewish

[dewitty1]

Chaim Topol, the actor best known for playing Tevye in ''Fiddler on the Roof,'' has died, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced. He was 87.

Netanyahu paid tribute to Topol on Thursday and conveyed his condolences, calling him a ''multi-faceted artist, with great charisma and energy.''

''Sadly, the Fiddler on the roof is no longer with us. The strings of the Fiddle have fallen silent. The story of Chaim Topol's life has been sealed but I am certain that his contribution to Israeli culture will live on for generations, " Netanyahu said in a statement. ''He greatly loved the land of Israel, and the people of Israel loved him in return.''

#Chaim Topol #may his memory be a blessing #Actors #Jewish actors #Israeli actors #Fiddler on the roof #if i were a rich man #70s movies #70s musicals #Celebrity news #Celebrities #Celebs #celebrity death #tw celebrity death #Youtube

[ethanfreemanappreciation]

Ethan and Anne Görner in The Phantom of the Opera

Ethan was the first Jewish actor in history to perform the role of The Phantom. A favourite of Hal Prince, Ethan performed the role on West End as well as in Toronto, Vienna and Germany.

Together with Hal he worked to include as many aspects of Erik, the Phantom, from the original Leroux novel as possible in the musical, earning him the nickname "The Leroux Phantom" amongst Phans.

#ethan freeman #poto #phantom of the opera #european musicals #the phantom of the opera #jewish artist #jewish actors #jewish heritage #jewish history #jumblr #jewish #jewblr #hal prince

[stupidjewishwhiteboy]

These seem to be the rules for when Jewish actors are Allowed to play Jewish characters:

1) the film is a comedy

2) the film is a drama, but the Jewish character is playing a more comedic role

3) the Jewish actors are all playing significantly less important roles than any gentile actor, whether or not they are playing gentiles or Jews

4)the film is a drama and the actor in question is Rachel Weisz, Liev Schreiber, or is an Israeli (for some reason they are allowed to play prominent Jewish roles)

#Jewish actors #Rachel weisz #liev schreiber #jewface