There were, of course, lots of Jewish doings, some kosher, some not so much, in 5775 (a palindrome!). Good luck remembering the meaty, the mighty and the mishigas.
“Ida,” a Holocaust-themed film directed by the grandson of an Auschwitz victim, won an Oscar, but an Israeli nominee again failed to bring home the treasured trophy.
Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film — and then quickly found out just where that ranks in the Hollywood pecking order.
