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DGA and WGA Members Move to Form Jewish Committees: ‘We Want a Seat at the Table’
Members of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America have taken steps in recent weeks to form Jewish committees.
In the DGA, members have gathered more than 300 signatures on a petition calling on the board to create a Jewish Diversity Committee, which would address issues like antisemitism and employment equity in Hollywood. Hundreds of members signed an open letter calling out the union for refusing to take a stand on the issue, and WGA West leaders ultimately apologized for the “tremendous pain” caused by the decision. “Jewish roles are now more frequently played by non-Jewish actors, despite similarly ‘inauthentic casting’ no longer being tolerated by and for other races and ethnic groups,” the DGA petition states.
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