Tag Archives: J. Robert Oppenheimer

Yet again, a major movie has cast a non-Jew to play a famous Jew. This may be part of a deeper erasure of Jews — and antisemitism — going on under the surface of storytelling

JEWISH CHRONICLE Oppenheimer liked to pretend he wasn’t Jewish — like the film David Baddiel July 27, 2023 Another day, another film/TV show/play in which a famous Jew is played by a non-Jew. I have talked and written about this … Continue reading

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The Oppenheimers never went to a synagogue or had a bar mitzvah for their son; instead, they aligned themselves with the Ethical Culture Society, an offshoot of Reform Judaism that rejected religious creed in favor of secular humanism and rationalism

TIMES OF ISRAEL The Jewish story behind Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer,’ explained Shira Li Bartov July 20, 2023 Friday is not just “Barbie” release day — moviegoers are also planning to fill theaters across the United States to see Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” … Continue reading

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