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His father is Jewish. [2] He has two brothers, Joshua, an educational administrator, and Jonah, co-founder and CEO of Stand for Children. His parents were the third interracial marriage in Virginia after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the state's anti-miscegenation law in Loving v. Virginia.
- Jonah Edelman (brother)
A 1992 NY Times profile of the Edelman family says their two sons were raised in both parents’ religious traditions and that their older son, JONAH, now 47, had a bar mitzvah (whether Ezra did, too, isn’t mentioned).
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As expected, the biggest Jewish Oscar haul came in the musical categories. Justin Hurwitz, 32, won for best original score (“La La Land”) and best song (“City of Stars”). Lyricists Benj Pasek, 31, and Justin Paul shared the best-song Oscar with Hurwitz. From the stage, Pasek thanked his mom for letting him quit “JCC soccer” to concentrate on his mu...
Gail Halabe Hurwitz and Ken Hurwitzof San Rafael are the proud parents of Hurwitz, who now owns two Academy Awards. Gail told me that her father was born in 1903 in Damascus, Syria, and her mother was born in 1915 in Beirut, Lebanon. Her parents came to the U.S. and settled in Los Angeles. Gail married Ken in 1983 in a Los Angeles Sephardic temple,...
French actress Isabelle Huppert, 63, nominated for best actress for her role in “Elle,” gave her first detailed interviewabout her Jewish background to the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles last month. While she was raised Catholic, she said, she identifies as half-Jewish. She said her Jewish father survived the Holocaust by “hiding in North Africa,” b...
“Table 19” is a romantic comedy starring Anna Kendrick as Eloise, who attends a wedding only to find herself seated with a gaggle of guests who were only reluctantly invited. Co-stars include Lisa Kudrow, 53, Wyatt Russell, 30 (the son of Goldie Hawn, 71) and June Squibb, 87. The film was directed and written by Jeffrey Blitz, 48, who has directed ...
Feb 27, 2017 · Adding to the winning Jewish contingent was Ezra Edelman, who topped the documentary feature category with “OJ: Made in America,” while Kenneth Lonergan won for his original screenplay for...
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Edelman grew up in a Jewish family in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Hyman and Miriam Edelman. His father worked as a lawyer and his mother worked as a homemaker. [2] His grandfather Eliezer Edelman was a rabbi in Poland; Eliezer and his wife were shot and killed by the Nazis during World War II .
Jan 9, 2017 · When Ezra Edelman set out to make the documentary O.J.: Made in America, he had one goal: To make a five-hour movie about how the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder case became a flashpoint for talking...
Jul 19, 2021 · Edelman, who is known for his sports-themed documentaries, was in Cannes this year as jury president of the L’Œil d’Or Documentary Awards, awarding the best documentary at the Cannes Film...
