Steven Spielberg is MIA in fight against the new antisemitism

Few artists have done more for the Jewish people than Steven Spielberg.The Oscar winner directed 1993’s “Schindler’s List,” perhaps the definitive Holocaust film.That is what makes his relative silence on the rise of antisemitism since Oct.7, 2023, so shocking.It’s emblematic of an industry with its head in the sand.Spielberg, whose new film “Disclosure Day” opens June 12, earned a best director Oscar for “Schindler’s List” — an overdue recognition, after years of iconic films.

In the film, Liam Neeson starred as the businessman who used his clout to save more than a thousand Jews from certain death.Spielberg leveraged the film’s success for real-world progress.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story He established the USC Shoah Foundation the following year, a group that gathers Holocaust testimonies to battle antisemitism now and in the future.The director’s contact with survivors visiting the film’s set inspired him to create the foundation, which eventually collected more than 56,000 eyewitness testimonies to the Third Reich’s monstrous actions.The “Raiders of the Lost Ark” director donated his share of the Schindler’s List profits to create the Righteous Persons Foundation.

The group deploys art and storytelling to, in the group’s words, “ensure that the moral lessons of the Holocaust are preserved for future generations.”That wasn’t virtue signaling.It was using celebrity to change the world for the better.It’s also why Spielberg’s silence following the catastrophic events of Oct.

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