How Jewish Is Hollywood?

[pickel]

MrsMiggins got me to post this since he is unable to, because he is banned.

How Jewish is Hollywood?

A poll finds more Americans disagree with the statement that 'Jews control Hollywood.' But here's one Jew who doesn't.

By Joel Stein December 19, 2008



I have never been so upset by a poll in my life. Only 22% of Americans now believe "the movie and television industries are pretty much run by Jews," down from nearly 50% in 1964. The Anti-Defamation League, which released the poll results last month, sees in these numbers a victory against stereotyping. Actually, it just shows how dumb America has gotten. Jews totally run Hollywood.

How deeply Jewish is Hollywood? When the studio chiefs took out a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Times a few weeks ago to demand that the Screen Actors Guild settle its contract, the open letter was signed by: News Corp. President Peter Chernin (Jewish), Paramount Pictures Chairman Brad Grey (Jewish), Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger (Jewish), Sony Pictures Chairman Michael Lynton (surprise, Dutch Jew), Warner Bros. Chairman Barry Meyer (Jewish), CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves (so Jewish his great uncle was the first prime minister of Israel), MGM Chairman Harry Sloan (Jewish) and NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker (mega-Jewish). If either of the Weinstein brothers had signed, this group would have not only the power to shut down all film production but to form a minyan with enough Fiji water on hand to fill a mikvah.

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The person they were yelling at in that ad was SAG President Alan Rosenberg (take a guess). The scathing rebuttal to the ad was written by entertainment super-agent Ari Emanuel (Jew with Israeli parents) on the Huffington Post, which is owned by Arianna Huffington (not Jewish and has never worked in Hollywood.)

The Jews are so dominant, I had to scour the trades to come up with six Gentiles in high positions at entertainment companies. When I called them to talk about their incredible advancement, five of them refused to talk to me, apparently out of fear of insulting Jews. The sixth, AMC President Charlie Collier, turned out to be Jewish.

As a proud Jew, I want America to know about our accomplishment. Yes, we control Hollywood. Without us, you'd be flipping between "The 700 Club" and "Davey and Goliath" on TV all day.

So I've taken it upon myself to re-convince America that Jews run Hollywood by launching a public relations campaign, because that's what we do best. I'm weighing several slogans, including: "Hollywood: More Jewish than ever!"; "Hollywood: From the people who brought you the Bible"; and "Hollywood: If you enjoy TV and movies, then you probably like Jews after all."

I called ADL Chairman Abe Foxman, who was in Santiago, Chile, where, he told me to my dismay, he was not hunting Nazis. He dismissed my whole proposition, saying that the number of people who think Jews run Hollywood is still too high. The ADL poll, he pointed out, showed that 59% of Americans think Hollywood execs "do not share the religious and moral values of most Americans," and 43% think the entertainment industry is waging an organized campaign to "weaken the influence of religious values in this country."

That's a sinister canard, Foxman said. "It means they think Jews

meet at Canter's Deli on Friday mornings to decide what's best for the Jews." Foxman's argument made me rethink: I have to eat at Canter's more often.

"That's a very dangerous phrase, 'Jews control Hollywood.' What is true is that there are a lot of Jews in Hollywood," he said. Instead of "control," Foxman would prefer people say that many executives in the industry "happen to be Jewish," as in "all eight major film studios are run by men who happen to be Jewish."

But Foxman said he is proud of the accomplishments of American Jews. "I think Jews are disproportionately represented in the creative industry. They're disproportionate as lawyers and probably medicine here as well," he said. He argues that this does not mean that Jews make pro-Jewish movies any more than they do pro-Jewish surgery. Though other countries, I've noticed, aren't so big on circumcision.

I appreciate Foxman's concerns. And maybe my life spent in a New Jersey-New York/Bay Area-L.A. pro-Semitic cocoon has left me naive. But I don't care if Americans think we're running the news media, Hollywood, Wall Street or the government. I just care that we get to keep running them.

jstein[at]latimescolumnists.com

Copyright © 2011, Los Angeles Times

p.s.

Miggins didn't really get me to post this, but I'm not sure why it's considered "anti-semitic" to discuss the subject?

[billy the kid]

what you see, hear and read is
what 'they' want you to see, hear and read.
it's not even near, a good situation for the non-jew and the non-conformist.
and how about crap actors: who are they ?

[bobo746]

all eight major film studios are run by men who happen to be Jewish."

It's been that way since Sam Goldwyn in the 20's nothing new.

[billy the kid]

yea but i 'happen to be' also.
and i would prefer a better mix of talent from outside the jewish scene
eg, france makes some great movies away from the, over the top violence in us movies.

[WilliamBlake]

over the top violence in us movies.

You really notice the difference don't you? Channel surf in Thailand and you go from smiling, pretty Thai girls drinking 'slimming' coffee, to muscle-bound he-men blowing shit up. And then blowing some more shit up. And then things start getting nasty...

[Hampsha]

I sense a witchhunt by undercover Jews for Jew haters. TD's Jewish gestapo will soon bring out the armbands. Or could it actually be a double-undercover trick to flush out the Jews or Jew sympathizers here? (play twilightzone theme now!)

[harrybarracuda]

<insert deeply offensive holocaust joke here>

<light blue touchpaper and retreat to a safe distance>

[koman]

Get hold of Finkelstein...he will know for sure...

[harrybarracuda]

Ask Mel Gibson, he has some thoughts on the subject.

[sabang]

Jews most certainly control Hollywood in a financial and executive sense, but that doesn't make it a zionist cabal. It's a good money spinner- there are loads of second generation people, Jewish & non, in the biz.

[Hampsha]

I found your finklestein, koman.

[koman]

I found your finklestein, koman.

Yes Norman is the Jew that all the Jews hate...and the Palestinians love. That video is from Waterloo Uni in Ontario. He really sticks it to the Jews..amazing that the Mossad has not topped him. He's had a few things to say about the Jewish controlled news media and entertainment business too. Very powerful speaker.

[harrybarracuda]

I did like the way he shut that fake, know-nothing, whiny bitch up. That was fun.

[Dick]

I did like the way he shut that fake, know-nothing, whiny bitch up. That was fun.

Wonder if she shaves her muff ?

[harrybarracuda]

I did like the way he shut that fake, know-nothing, whiny bitch up. That was fun.

Wonder if she shaves her muff ?

I wonder if she gets laid?

[phomsanuk]

Forgot to mention Nobel Prize winners.

[Jools]

Jewish people have always been ahead of the curve in terms of education, ability and dedication to hard work. Is it any wonder that they would gravitate to the sector of the economy where these traits are best rewarded?

[billy the kid]

wonder what the reason is for all
the violent movies they put out.
In our own culture we are supposed to worship
a truly violent act of what is left of a guy nailed to a cross.
Is this a desert ting
I get pissed when i see them whinging on about the holocaust:
they keep on playing the sympathy ticket while brutalising others
and throwing them off their own land.
i have absolutly no respect for them whatsoever.
and yes i do have a jewish friend who is outside of this bullshit.
as are many others.

[taxexile]

^
are you talking about jews or israelis?

can you name one hollywood jew who has thrown someone off their land ?

[woodenshoe]

^ often same same

FEDERATIONS SHIFTING FOCUS TO PROMOTE AMERICAN JEWISH INVESTMENT IN - Jewish Telegraphic Agency | HighBeam Research

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139557

http://www.israelnewsagency.com/isra...nd4892216.html

[harrybarracuda]

^
are you talking about jews or israelis?

can you name one hollywood jew who has thrown someone off their land ?

No, but you could probably name quite a few who've funded it.

[RamboII]

Quite a few jews in organized crime through the 1950's. Not very many in sports, though.

[billy the kid]

^
are you talking about jews or israelis?

can you name one hollywood jew who has thrown someone off their land ?

jayus tax do me a favour. yawn.
i guess israeli goverment. ok.

[who]

Jewish people have always been ahead of the curve in terms of education, ability and dedication to hard work. Is it any wonder that they would gravitate to the sector of the economy where these traits are best rewarded?

---- "hard work" especially when it is done by someone else.

[CaptainNemo]

I'd worry more about the Chinese - "the jews of Asia".