More than 500 additional overnight condemning ‘s 2024 speech for his . The letter, which was published yesterday with 450 signees already attached, denounced the director’s speech, mimicking his own phrasing at the awards show on March 10. The signatories include actors, executives, directors, creators, producers and representatives. “We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an
Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter began. In his acceptance speech, Glazer shared that he made in an effort to show “where dehumanization leads at its worst” and how it shapes the past and present. Glazer continued, “Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the
Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.” Adding, “Whether the victims of Oct. 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack on
Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist?” The open letter directly addressed the director’s use of the word “occupation” in his speech, noting, “The use of words like ‘occupation’ to describe an indigenous Jewish people defending a homeland that dates back thousands of years and has been recognized as a state by the
United Nations, distorts history.” Some of the big names in
Hollywood who signed the letter include Amy Pascal, Sherry Lansing, Julianna Margulies, Debra Messing, Brett Gelman, Amy Sherman Palladino, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Rappaport, Mark Pellegrino and Eli Roth, among many others. Since the
Oscars, , with many people taking the quote out of context and only using the part in which he says he and his fellow filmmakers were men refuting their Jewishness. People who worked on the film have also come forward to share their disagreement with the speech, including its . producer Len Blavatnik, who was onstage with Glazer at the awards show, shared a statement through a representative that the director had not before giving it, despite speaking on behalf of those accepting the award. Read the full letter below. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day More from The Hollywood Reporter