“With anti-Semitism on the rise ... there is an urgency for U.S. Jewry to find a common ground with each other across different denominations and age groups," said Jay Ruderman, president of the Ruderman Family Foundation, a Boston-based philanthropical organization that works in both Israel and the United States.
American Jews take stock of internal divisions, antisemitism
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Their near-invisibility on screen, both as characters and actors, influences how the community is perceived, Ruderman said.
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