Jordan Hoffman on the Oscars: Tribe pride and Israel vilified
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 21 March 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use.
In today's Oscar episode, movie maven Hoffman gives us a Jewy recap of this year's Academy Awards. We learn about surprising Jewish roots among some winners and how a person we thought was a sure thing came home with nothing.
We then turn to the most recent installment of "Superman" and discuss the hero's Jewish roots and the film's political overtones. (Check out Hoffman's review of the film here.)
Stick around to see who got the "oy," the "meh" and the "not bad" marks in this week's The Reel Schmooze.
The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.
IMAGE: Close-up of Javier Bardem's political attire at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 15, 2026, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's The Real Shmooze, where you get all the entertainment news and Jewish movie reviews a Jew can use. |
| 0:14.6 | I'm your host, Amanda Borscheldan, here in Jerusalem, with our movie maven Jordan Hoffman from New Jersey. |
| 0:21.6 | Jordan, thanks for Jordan and week. |
| 0:23.6 | Hello. |
| 0:24.6 | Hey, how are you? |
| 0:26.6 | We're recording top of the morning to you here in the East Coast USA time. |
| 0:30.6 | It's still pretty early and it's March 17th. |
| 0:34.6 | Amanda, your roots are in North America but you've been living in Israel for many, many, |
| 0:40.8 | many years. |
| 0:41.8 | March 17th, any relevance to you? |
| 0:44.8 | Do you know what today is? |
| 0:45.8 | St. Patrick's Day? |
| 0:46.8 | Hey, okay, good. |
| 0:48.8 | I was actually going to ask, what's the St. Patrick's Day vibe in Israel? |
| 0:53.8 | Is it noticed at all or only by American expats or what's the St. Patrick's Day vibe in Israel? Is it noticed at all or only by American |
| 0:56.4 | expats or what's the deal? I think maybe not even by American expats, but I have Irish roots. |
| 1:03.5 | My dad's side is half German and half Scots Irish. And so I definitely used to celebrate by wearing |
| 1:10.5 | green. And now I'm looking at what I'm wearing today. I actually have green celebrate by wearing green and now I'm the key |
| 1:11.6 | at what I'm wearing today. |
| 1:12.7 | It's greenish. |
| 1:13.3 | I actually have green in my shirt. |
| 1:14.6 | Yeah, I'm wearing no green but the green is in my heart. |
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