LA’s Academy Museum initially excluded Hollywood’s Jewish origins, a new exhibit fixes that
The exhibit’s debut comes two and a half years after the museum’s opening, which sparked controversy among supporters and visitors for not including the industry’s Jewish beginnings.
The new "Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital" exhibit at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.(photo credit: Josh White, JWPictures/Academy Museum Foundation)ByJACOB GURVIS/JTA