r/JewsOfConscience • u/jonawesome • Mar 11 '24
News The director of The Zone of Interest used his Oscar speech to condemn "Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people"
Jonathan Glazer, a Jewish British director, won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for The Zone of Interest, about the family of Rudolf Höss living normal lives next to Auschwitz.
During his acceptance speech, he made explicit connection between his film and complicity in the ongoing destruction of Gaza:
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say: ‘Look what they did then’ — rather, look what we do now. Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It’s shaped all of our past and present. Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people,” the British filmmaker said to applause. “Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza — all the victims of this dehumanization. How do we resist?”
111
u/bravet4b Mar 11 '24
The absolute gonads on this guy, to use one of entertainment's biggest platforms to deliver such an incredible message.
Bravo.
48
95
u/brkonthru Mar 11 '24
As a non-Jew, I really believe that Jews are the first victims of Zionism.
Zionism’s demise will be at the hands of Jews. Jews of conscience.
106
u/normalgirl124 Ashkenazi Mar 11 '24
Palestinians are the first victims of Zionism, but you’re on to something. I wrote my thesis on the terrible impact zionism has had on the diaspora geopolitically.
22
u/BadFurDay Mar 11 '24
Is your thesis published? A link to it would be wonderful.
25
Mar 11 '24
[deleted]
19
6
u/CommrAlix Mar 12 '24
you should still upload what you have online, i would be interested! you can host it on the internet archive or something lol
16
u/brkonthru Mar 11 '24
I don’t want to get into semantics but I mean Jews who began immigrating to Palestine were brainwashed by Zionist ideology. I think they are the literal first.
The biggest victims of Zionism is of course the people of that land, the Palestinian people
23
u/normalgirl124 Ashkenazi Mar 11 '24
Oh now I understand what you mean. I have a lot of grief about what this brainwashing has done to our people, but I try not to center myself when I am not the one currently experiencing being starved in an open-air concentration camp. But I didn’t understand you meant literally the order lol
10
u/hotblueglue Ashkenazi Mar 12 '24
Well anti semites did use Zionism as a way to expel Jews from their countries so you’re not wrong.
4
15
u/hotcinnamonbuns Mar 11 '24
I thjnk about it all the time. It’s very anti semitic to kill all of these people in the name of Jews
4
5
u/iamthewhatt Mar 11 '24
Like the other guy said, Palestinians are the first victims of Zionism--but the region was only "called" Palestine at the time since it wasn't an actual country, which means the first Jews who were victims of Zionism were also Palestinian. Just wanted to throw out the clarification for anyone that might be confused.
4
2
2
u/shockk3r Ashkenazi Mar 13 '24
While victim isn't the word I'd use, I do agree with Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro in that Jewish culture was hijacked and appropriated by Zionists long before they began their cultural appropriation campaign in the Levant. Basically, they stole our culture first, before using it to bulldoze over Palestinian peoplehood in every sense.
2
68
u/Nice__Spice Non-Jewish Ally Mar 11 '24
As a Muslim. Love this dude. Says the truth and gets immediately slandered. Stay strong all my friends in here.
24
22
26
u/Financial_Ad_4218 Mar 11 '24
the way his hands were trembling as he was holding and reading his speech made me emotional. super inspirational, and ballsy
8
7
5
u/Exit-Both Mar 12 '24
I hope this makes a change and the genocide ends soon so we can make amends and heal the wounds
5
u/VSF11 Mar 12 '24
So THAT'S what ABC news was pooh-poohing early this morning, dismissing it as "palestinian protesters".
Just one more reason to despise the bubble headed anchors they have on.
1
u/jonawesome Mar 13 '24
There were also actual pro-Palestinian protesters outside the event as well I believe
141
u/LostPixel-01 Israeli Mar 11 '24
Already getting slandered and misrepresented by fascists.
https://twitter.com/bungarsargon/status/1767002321051955202