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Larry David, Alex Edelman, Maya Rudolph Among This Year’s Jewish Emmy Nominees
Richard Lewis and Larry David on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Photo: HBO.
Nominations for the 76th Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday, and they include several Jewish nominees in a variety of categories.
The 12th and final season of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” starring Larry David, was nominated for four Emmy awards, including best comedy series and best lead actor in a comedy series for the “Seinfeld” co-creator himself. The show has received a total of 55 Emmy nominations since premiering in 2000 but only two wins, for directing and editing.
Stand-up comic Alex Edelman received an Emmy nomination for writing for a variety special for his HBO comedy special “Just For Us,” which is a filmed version of his one-man show about covertly attending a white supremacist meeting in Queens, New York, as a way to understand antisemitic threats he’s faced online.
Jon Stewart and his old late night program “The Daily Show,” which he returned to in February to host once a week, garnered Emmy nominations for outstanding directing for a variety series and outstanding talk series. First-time Emmy nominee Tom Hollander, who is of Jewish origin on his father’s side, was nominated for lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie for his role in FX’s “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.”
The British actor talked in 2019 about how his grandfather managed to escape Nazi persecution in the Czech Republic. He said his grandfather, who was a music critic, was given a “passport to freedom” when he was invited to talk about the composer Leos Janacek on the BBC by one of the network’s sound engineers. Hollander’s grandfather escaped Prague by train with his wife and three-year-old son on the same day that Hitler’s troops invaded the Czech Republic on March 15, 1939.
Maya Rudolph, who has Lithuanian Jewish roots on her father’s side of the family, was nominated for lead actress in a comedy series for the Apple TV+ show “Loot.” She also received four additional nominations — for performance, music and lyrics, and guest actress in a comedy series for her guest-hosting of “Saturday Night Live,” and one for her character voice-over work in Netflix’s “Big Mouth.” Alex Borstein was nominated for her character voice-over performance in Fox’s “Family Guy.”
Jon Bernthal and Jamie Lee Curtis, who is the daughter of late Jewish actor Tony Curtis, were nominated for their guest appearances on “The Bear,” and Matthew Broderick was nominated for guest actor in a comedy series for playing himself on “Only Murders in the Building.”
Ebon Moss-Bachrach and first-time Emmy nominee Paul Rudd were both nominated for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for their roles in FX’s “The Bear” and Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” respectively. Rudd was also nominated for narrating National Geographic’s “Secrets of the Octopus.”
“The Bear” set a new record for nominations in a single year in the comedy category with 23, a record previously held by “30 Rock” with 22 nominations in 2009.
Albert Brooks’ HBO documentary “Defending My Life,” which was directed by Jewish filmmaker Rob Reiner, received a nomination for directing for a documentary/non-fiction program, picture editing for a non-fiction program, and music composition for a documentary series or special (original dramatic score). Hannah Einbinder received a nomination for supporting actress in a comedy series for HBO’s “Hacks.”
Eugene Levy garnered a nomination for his Apple TV+ travel show “The Reluctant Traveler,” first-time Emmy nominee Eric André was nominated for his Adult Swim series “The Eric André Show,” and Trevor Noah, whose mother converted to Judaism, was nominated for his Netflix stand-up comedy special “Trevor Noah: Where Was I.” The Netflix special was also nominated for directing for a variety special.
The HBO documentary “The Jinx-Part Two,” which is about the late Jewish convicted murderer Robert Durst, was nominated for picture editing and best documentary/non-fiction series. “The Tattooist of Auschwitz,” a limited series on Peacock that is based on the best-selling novel of the same name, was nominated for original music and lyrics as well as music composition (original dramatic score) for its compositions by renowned German Jewish composer Hans Zimmer.
The Netflix limited series “All The Light We Cannot See,” which is set in Nazi-occupied France and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, was also nominated for music composition (original dramatic score).”Unfrosted,” a film co-produced by Jerry Seinfeld about the creation of Pop-Tarts, was nominated for outstanding television movie.
The 76th Emmy Awards will broadcast live on Sept. 15 at 8 pm ET from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and will stream the following day on Hulu.
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Iranian Media Claims Obtaining ‘Sensitive’ Israeli Intelligence Materials
FILE PHOTO: The atomic symbol and the Iranian flag are seen in this illustration, July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
i24 News – Iranian and Iran-affiliated media claimed on Saturday that the Islamic Republic had obtained a trove of “strategic and sensitive” Israeli intelligence materials related to Israel’s nuclear facilities and defense plans.
“Iran’s intelligence apparatus has obtained a vast quantity of strategic and sensitive information and documents belonging to the Zionist regime,” Iran’s state broadcaster said, referring to Israel in the manner accepted in those Muslim or Arab states that don’t recognize its legitimacy. The statement was also relayed by the Lebanese site Al-Mayadeen, affiliated with the Iran-backed jihadists of Hezbollah.
The reports did not include any details on the documents or how Iran had obtained them.
The intelligence reportedly included “thousands of documents related to that regime’s nuclear plans and facilities,” it added.
According to the reports, “the data haul was extracted during a covert operation and included a vast volume of materials including documents, images, and videos.”
The report comes amid high tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, over which it is in talks with the US administration of President Donald Trump.
Iranian-Israeli tensions reached an all-time high since the October 7 massacre and the subsequent Gaza war, including Iranian rocket fire on Israel and Israeli aerial raids in Iran that devastated much of the regime’s air defenses.
Israel, which regards the prospect of the antisemitic mullah regime obtaining a nuclear weapon as an existential threat, has indicated it could resort to a military strike against Iran’s installations should talks fail to curb uranium enrichment.
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Israel Retrieves Body of Thai Hostage from Gaza
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz looks on, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
The Israeli military has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage who had been held in Gaza since Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday.
Nattapong Pinta’s body was held by a Palestinian terrorist group called the Mujahedeen Brigades, and was recovered from the area of Rafah in southern Gaza, Katz said. His family in Thailand has been notified.
Pinta, an agricultural worker, was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz, a small Israeli community near the Gaza border where a quarter of the population was killed or taken hostage during the Hamas attack that triggered the devastating war in Gaza.
Israel’s military said Pinta had been abducted alive and killed by his captors, who had also killed and taken to Gaza the bodies of two more Israeli-American hostages that were retrieved earlier this week.
There was no immediate comment from the Mujahedeen Brigades, who have previously denied killing their captives, or from Hamas. The Israeli military said the Brigades were still holding the body of another foreign national. Only 20 of the 55 remaining hostages are believed to still be alive.
The Mujahedeen Brigades also held and killed Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, according to Israeli authorities. Their bodies were returned during a two-month ceasefire, which collapsed in March after the two sides could not agree on terms for extending it to a second phase.
Israel has since expanded its offensive across the Gaza Strip as US, Qatari and Egyptian-led efforts to secure another ceasefire have faltered.
US-BACKED AID GROUP HALTS DISTRIBUTIONS
The United Nations has warned that most of Gaza’s 2.3 million population is at risk of famine after an 11-week Israeli blockade of the enclave, with the rate of young children suffering from acute malnutrition nearly tripling.
Aid distribution was halted on Friday after the US-and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said overcrowding had made it unsafe to continue operations. It was unclear whether aid had resumed on Saturday.
The GHF began distributing food packages in Gaza at the end of May, overseeing a new model of aid distribution which the United Nations says is neither impartial nor neutral. It says it has provided around 9 million meals so far.
The Israeli military said on Saturday that 350 trucks of humanitarian aid belonging to U.N. and other international relief groups were transferred this week via the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza.
The war erupted after Hamas-led terrorists took 251 hostages and killed 1,200 people, most of them civilians, in the October 7, 2023 attack, Israel’s single deadliest day.
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US Mulls Giving Millions to Controversial Gaza Aid Foundation, Sources Say
Palestinians carry aid supplies which they received from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in the central Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed/File Photo
The State Department is weighing giving $500 million to the new foundation providing aid to war-shattered Gaza, according to two knowledgeable sources and two former US officials, a move that would involve the US more deeply in a controversial aid effort that has been beset by violence and chaos.
The sources and former US officials, all of whom requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said that money for Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) would come from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which is being folded into the US State Department.
The plan has met resistance from some US officials concerned with the deadly shootings of Palestinians near aid distribution sites and the competence of the GHF, the two sources said.
The GHF, which has been fiercely criticized by humanitarian organizations, including the United Nations, for an alleged lack of neutrality, began distributing aid last week amid warnings that most of Gaza’s 2.3 million population is at risk of famine after an 11-week Israeli aid blockade, which was lifted on May 19 when limited deliveries were allowed to resume.
The foundation has seen senior personnel quit and had to pause handouts twice this week after crowds overwhelmed its distribution hubs.
The State Department and GHF did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Reuters has been unable to establish who is currently funding the GHF operations, which began in Gaza last week. The GHF uses private US security and logistics companies to transport aid into Gaza for distribution at so-called secure distribution sites.
On Thursday, Reuters reported that a Chicago-based private equity firm, McNally Capital, has an “economic interest” in the for-profit US contractor overseeing the logistics and security of GHF’s aid distribution hubs in the enclave.
While US President Donald Trump’s administration and Israel say they don’t finance the GHF operation, both have been pressing the United Nations and international aid groups to work with it.
The US and Israel argue that aid distributed by a long-established U.N. aid network was diverted to Hamas. Hamas has denied that.
USAID has been all but dismantled. Some 80 percent of its programs have been canceled and its staff face termination as part of President Donald Trump’s drive to align US foreign policy with his “America First” agenda.
One source with knowledge of the matter and one former senior official said the proposal to give the $500 million to GHF has been championed by acting deputy USAID Administrator Ken Jackson, who has helped oversee the agency’s dismemberment.
The source said that Israel requested the funds to underwrite GHF’s operations for 180 days.
The Israeli government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The two sources said that some US officials have concerns with the plan because of the overcrowding that has affected the aid distribution hubs run by GHF’s contractor, and violence nearby.
Those officials also want well-established non-governmental organizations experienced in running aid operations in Gaza and elsewhere to be involved in the operation if the State Department approves the funds for GHF, a position that Israel likely will oppose, the sources said.
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