{"id":43991,"date":"2018-07-13T13:58:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T19:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=43991"},"modified":"2018-07-13T16:25:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T22:25:53","slug":"emmys-2018-the-jewish-nominees-from-marvelous-mrs-maisel-to-game-of-thrones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/emmys-2018-the-jewish-nominees-from-marvelous-mrs-maisel-to-game-of-thrones\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmys 2018: The Jewish nominees, from \u2018Marvelous Mrs. Maisel\u2019 to \u2018Game of Thrones\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2018\/05\/23\/life-religion\/marvelous-mrs-maisel-renewed-third-season-second-season-premieres\">The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel<\/a>\u201d and Sarah Silverman\u2019s new late-night show earned Emmy nominations on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43992\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sarah.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43992\" class=\"wp-image-43992 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sarah-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sarah-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sarah-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sarah.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43992\" class=\"wp-image-43992 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sarah-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sarah-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sarah-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sarah.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-43992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Silverman at Hulu\u2019s \u201cI Love You America\u201d in Los Angeles, Oct. 11, 2017. (Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMaisel,\u201d Amazon Studios\u2019 popular series set in a very Jewish 1950s New York neighborhood, was nominated for best comedy series. Rachel Brosnahan, its non-Jewish star, was nominated for best lead actress in a comedy series for her performance as the Jewish housewife-turned-comedian Midge Maisel.<\/p>\n<p>Silverman\u2019s \u201cI Love You, America,\u201d in which the Jewish comedian mashes a nontraditional talk show format with videos of her interviewing Americans across the country, got a nod in the variety sketch series category.<\/p>\n<p>Notably missing from the list of nominees is Roseanne Barr, whose successful sitcom reboot was cut short after a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2018\/05\/29\/top-headlines\/abc-cancels-roseanne-barrs-show-stars-racist-comments\">racist tweet controversy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The most self-aware Emmy hopeful, Megan Amram\u2019s \u201cAn Emmy for Megan,\u201d achieved its goal with a nomination in the short form comedy or drama category. The Jewish writer has worked on shows such as \u201cThe Simpsons,\u201d \u201cParks and Recreation\u201d and \u201cThe Good Place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two black and Jewish actresses were nominated for best comedy guest actress: Tiffany Haddish, for her performance in an episode of \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d and former \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d star Maya Rudolph, for her performance in \u201cThe Good Place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some other familiar names and shows made the list: Tracee Ellis-Ross, up for best lead actress in a comedy series for her performance in \u201cBlack-ish\u201d; Pamela Adlon, for best lead actress in a comedy series for \u201cBetter Things\u201d; Evan Rachel Wood (whose mother converted to Judaism), for best lead actress in a drama series for \u201cWestworld\u201d; and \u201cCurb Your Enthusiasm,\u201d Larry David\u2019s endlessy Jewy HBO show, for best comedy series.<\/p>\n<p>In the best drama series category, there\u2019s a decent chance the award goes to a show written by someone Jewish. \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d written by the Jewish duo of David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, and \u201cThe Americans,\u201d the recently finished and acclaimed spy series created by Joe Weisberg, are competing against a couple of other heavyweights: Netflix\u2019s \u201cThe Crown\u201d and Hulu\u2019s \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Emmys%202018%3A%20The%20Jewish%20nominees%2C%20from%20%E2%80%98Marvelous%20Mrs.%20Maisel%E2%80%99%20to%20%E2%80%98Game%20of%20Thrones%E2%80%99\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7139],"tags":[9133,8097,8790,8795,8788,9138,2784],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43994,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43991\/revisions\/43994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}