Sam Mendes wins best picture, director for WWI epic '1917,' Gervais makes Weinstein jokes, Sacha Baron Cohen slams Facebook again, and 'Jojo Rabbit' fails, in annual film awards

Jewish comedian up for award for dramatic portrayal of Eli Cohen in Netflix's 'The Spy'; thanks 'visionary' Israeli writer and producer Gideon Raff

Jewish comedian and actor says platforms thrive on amplifying stories that 'appeal to our baser instincts and that trigger outrage and fear'

Jewish actor, comedian and director to receive leadership award at group's annual Never is Now summit on anti-Semitism

Actor says Facebook CEO's free speech argument is disingenuous and he should kick anti-Semites and neo-Nazis off his platform

Legendary Israeli agent Eli Cohen embedded himself into the upper crust of Syrian society, providing intelligence to the Jewish state crucial to its victory in 1967's Six Day War

Promo for 'The Spy,' starring Sacha Baron Cohen, shows undercover agent grapple with the price of the lies he must tell as he infiltrates the Syrian government

First photos released of Sacha Baron Cohen in role of Eli Cohen, the Jewish state's top agent in Syria in the 1960s

Rachel Brosnahan, Natasha Lyonne also nominated for best comedy actress; documentaries on Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Jewish triplets who were split up at birth also in running

Comedian laces into social media company's CEO for meeting with US president, says online rhetoric tied to 'disintegration' of Democracy