Hollywood is an historical center of movie studios and film stars. Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, and it is world famous on account of its cultural identity. The motion picture camera was invented by Thomas Edison, and Hollywood was created by immigrant Jewish entrepreneurs like Louis B. Mayer, Sam Goldwyn, Jack and Harry Warner. According to the Jewish Post and opinion of December 6, 1974, ‘Jews dominate Hollywood today as they did in infancy. The Jewish presence in Hollywood is an historic fact. A majority of the producers and directors are Jewish while the Writer’s Guild is practically 70 per cent to 100 per cent.’ Most of the senior executives at major studios of Hollywood are Jewish, and most of the writers and producers are also Jewish while there are less Jewish directors in Hollywood. Their overall count and wealth, however, make them a strong and influential lobby. Many high-profile Hollywood artists have visited Israel in connection with their activities relating to art and culture.

1. Samuel Gelbfisz

Samuel Gelbfisz, also known as Samuel Goldfish and Master Malaprop, was born in Warsaw on July, 1879 and died in Los Angles, California, U.S. in January, 1974 at the age of 94. He left Warsaw on foot and penniless and reached Birmingham, England where he remained with relatives for two years. He then made his way to New York first arriving in Canada. He worked as a successful salesman. He started Goldwyn Pictures which was best known for its logo ‘Leo the Lion.’ It was acquired by Marcus Lowe who operated it as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).  Samuel Goldwyn was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1957. President Richard Nixon presented Samuel Goldwyn with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on March 27, 1971.

2. Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder was born to Jewish Wilder and Eugena Dittler in Sucha, Galicia, Austria on June 22, 1906 and died March 27, 2002 at the age of 95. Wilder, who was Jewish, left for Paris after the rise of the Nazi Party for obvious reasons. Having arrived in Hollywood in 1933, he continued his activities as a screenwriter and became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. in 1934. In collaboration with Ernst Lubitsch, he produced Ninochka in 1939 with Greta Garbo, known as a tragic heroine, starred in this comedy to the amazement of the audience with the byline ‘Garbo Laughs.’  He was the second, most-nominated director for the Academy Awards with eight nominations. He won two Oscars. In addition to many others, his honors include: Laurel Award, 1957, DGA Lifetime Achievement Award, 5 Golden Globes, and an honorary Golden Bear.

3. Adam Mitchel Lambert

Adam Mitchel Lambert was born to Leila Mitchel and Ebert Lambert in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 29, 1982. Lambert was raised in his mother Leila Mitchell’s Jewish religion. He was educated at Deer Canyon Elementary School and Mesa Verde Middle School. He performed in Hebrew in the Jewish festivals singing the song ‘Shir La Shalom’ at the 2005 tribute concert to the assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. His singles: ‘For Your Entertainment,’ ‘Whataya Want from Me,’ and ‘If I Had You’ won him  international fame. The Los Angeles Times rated him #5 on the list of the ‘Top 120 American Idol Contestants.’ He is a great philanthropist and has been supporting charitable organizations. On his 28th birthday he asked his fans to donate online to an educational charity and 2,435 fans donated $322,700 in response.

4. Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh (birth name Jennifer Leigh Morrow) was born to Vic Morrow and Barbara Turner in Hollywood, Califonia on February 5, 1962. She is an American actress best known for her performance in: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Single White Female, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Georgia, and Short Cuts. She started acting at an early age and played a non-speaking role in the film Death of a Stranger when she was only nine years old. At 14 she got training from Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center. At the age of 16, she received her Screen Actors Guild membership. She received the Boston Society of Film Critics Award and a New York Film Critics Circle Award in 1990. She has received numerous awards including a special Golden Globe and Satellite Globe, Independent Spirit Award, and Film Critics Awards being a few of them.

5.  Larry King

Larry King was born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger to Edward Zeiger and Jennie Gitlitz in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. in November, 1933. He is one of or perhaps the most-known television or radio personality. He was raised as a religiously observant Jew, but leaving Judaism he became an agnostic in adulthood. Agnostics are skeptical about the existence or non-existence of religious truths like deities, etc. At the death of his father at an early age, he started working after graduating from his school. He is best known for his famous CNN Show Larry King Live which he started in June, 1985. He has interviewed a broad range of personalities including famous celebrities, politicians, and heads of states. According to CNN, he had performed 60,000 interviews in his career. He is distinguished from other interviewers in being direct, non-confrontational, and his ease of asking open-ended questions. Larry King has been honored with numerous awards, and only a few of them are: inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1996 and to the Broadcaster’s Hall of Fame in 2002. Talkers magazine named King the fourth radio talk show host of all time greatest and the top television talk show host of all time.

6. Barbra Joan Streisand

Barbra Joan Streisand was born to Emanuel and Diana in a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. on April 24, 1942. She got her early schooling from Erasmus High School. She won 2 Grammy Awards in 1963 for her first album. With more than 140 million albums sold internationally, she is one of the most commercially successful artists in modern history of entertainment. She has won eight Grammy Awards, two Academy Awards and Emmy Awards including the Peabody Award, American Film Institute Award, Special Tony Award and a Daytime Emmy.

7. Alicia Silverstone

Alicia Silverstone was born to Deidre ‘Didi’ Radford and Monty Silversone in San Francisco on October 4, 1976. She is a famous American actress, fashion model, and author. Her upbringing was in a conventional Jewish manner. She received her early education from Crocker Middle School and San Mateo High School. She is best known for her roles in Hollywood films like: Clueless, Batgirl, and Batman & Robin. She won many awards including: Golden Raspberry Award in 1998, MTV Movie Award, Young Artists Award, and American Comedy Award. She has been nominated for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

8. Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker was born in Nelsonville, Ohio, U.S. on March 25, 1965. She is a well-known American actress and producer appearing in theatre, TV, and movies. She is best known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw in the HBO television series Sex and Scandal (1998-2004). Sarah Jessica Parker was awarded four Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Emmy Awards for her excellent performance in it. She played the same role in Sex and the City and Sex and the City 2.

9. Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman

Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman was born in a well-to-do Jewish family to H. Charles Ullman and Ella Adelaide Marsh in Denver, Colorado, on May 23, 1883 and died in Santa Monica, California on December 12, 1939 at the age of 56. He and his older brother were brought up by their mother who named them Fairbanks after the name of her first husband. He was a famous actor, director, producer and screen director. Fairbanks was a founding member of the United Artists and Motion Picture Academy. After his marriage to Mary Pickford in 1920, the couple was known as Hollywood Royalty, and Fairbanks was called ‘The King of Hollywood.’

10. Woody Allen

Allen Stewart Konigsberg was born to Nettie and Martin Konigsberg in The Bronx, New York on December 1, 1935. His family was Jewish, and his grandparents were immigrants who were conversant with the Hebrew, Yiddish, and German languages. He was an award winning director, actor, and writer. He won four Academy Awards, three Best Original Screenplays, and one Best Director for Annie Hall. Allen had been nominated 23 times; 15 as a screenwriter, 7 as a director, 1 as an actor.

Conclusion:

Communication had always played an effective role in all spheres of human life since the advent of human civilization. Communication is the most effective tool in the hands of politicians. Jews have a strong presence in Hollywood, and Hollywood has a strong influence in America. Consequently, the world is influenced by the Jewish lobby.