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Rashida Jones, Tracee Ellis Ross nominated for NAACP Image Awards

Announced on Feb. 13th, here are the nominees who are also Jewish, or have a Jewish connection.

|ByEMILY BURACK/ JTA
Director Spike Lee poses at the premiere for "BlacKkKlansman" in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.(August 8, 2018).
Democratic candidate for governor Ralph Northam embraces his wife Pam as he addresses supporters after his election night victory at the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, November 7, 2017.

Senior Democrats press Virginia governor to resign over KKK costume

Northam, who took office a year ago, had admitted he was in a photo from the 1980s with a person dressed in a Ku Klux Klan costume.

|ByREUTERS
Director Spike Lee poses at the premiere for "BlacKkKlansman" in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.(August 8, 2018).

Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman' is a cautionary tale for Jews

The film is an alarm clock, telling Jews — who still need police protection at their places of worship – to wake up.

|ByCHARLES DUNST/JTA