ADL ‘Deeply Disappointed’ Over Academy Museum Event Featuring Anti-Israel Filmmakers: ‘They Cannot Allow This to Continue’ | Exclusive

“When antisemitism is at historic levels in the United States and around the world, we would have hoped to see the Academy exercise better judgment,” Jonathan Greenblatt says

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles (Credit: Getty Images)

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt is “deeply disappointed” in the Academy Museum’s decision to platform two filmmakers “who have repeatedly aligned themselves with anti-Israel and pro-Hamas movements,” he said in an exclusive statement to TheWrap.

The event, which will be held at the museum on Friday at 7:30 pm PT, is titled “Ahkam-E Negah (The Commandments of Looking): The Work of Maryam Tafakory” and will include a note from Farihah Zaman, who programmed the event in “partnership with Museum of the Moving Image as part of the ongoing series Infinite Beauty: Muslim and MENASA Identity Onscreen,” according to the Academy’s website. 

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