Overview

• Over 250 Jewish entertainers, including Debra Messing, David Schwimmer, and Tiffany Haddish, have signed an open letter accusing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of excluding Jews from its diversity standards.
• The Academy's diversity standards, implemented in 2020, require films to have more members of different races and ethnic groups as part of their cast and crew to be eligible for the Oscars.
• The letter argues that the exclusion of Jews from these standards perpetuates myths of Jewish whiteness and power, and misunderstands antisemitism.
• The signatories suggest that the Academy should take cultural consultants and authentic casting into account, and include Jews in their diversity standards.
• The Academy has not yet responded to the open letter.