Day 512 - All that is Jewish and controversial at the Oscars

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute
audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and
the Jewish world.


Film critic Jordan
Hoffman joins host Amanda
Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing, a bonus episode
of our weekly What Matters Now podcast
series. 


Ahead of the 2025 Academy Awards on Sunday night, The Times of
Israel’s film critic gives his predictions on which of the five
films related to Israel or the Jews will have any chance of
taking home a statue.


We hear about how the ongoing war in Gaza is creating off-screen
drama for a film, “September 5,” that has nothing to do with the
current conflict but dares to show Israel as a victim after the
country’s athletes were massacred in the 1972 Munich Olympics.


Hoffman weighs in on the merits of “A Real Pain” and pronounces
it an excellent addition to the pantheon of Jewish film. About
“The Brutalist,” he has some reservations, although he applauds
the film overall.


We learn how the Bob Dylan biopic may not have anything really
overtly Jewish about it, but that it’s not a slam to Members of
the Tribe.


And finally, Hoffman discusses the Palestinian/Jewish Israeli
co-production that is hardly a coexistence project, but rather a
“From the River to the Sea” production.


And so this week, we ask Jordan Hoffman what matters now.


Please see today's ongoing live blog for
more updates.


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IMAGE: Adrien Brody, left, and Guy Pearce in a scene from
'The Brutalist.' (Lol Crawley/A24 via AP)


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