Antisemitic Hollywood Blacklist

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law distributed a letter to major U.S. film industry organizations caution-ing that the recent “Film Workers Pledge to End Complicity” (aka “The Holly-wood Blacklist”) violates federal and state civil rights laws and marginalizes Jewish and Israeli voices in entertainment. In a clear display of illegal anti-Semitic discrimination, the pledge, circulated by Film Workers for Palestine, commits signatories not to screen, appear at, or work with Israeli film institu-tions.

The Brandeis Center letter—sent to all the major...