52 | OCTOBER 26 • 2023 J
N

A RESPONSE TO THE 
ATTACK ON ISRAEL, 
HALLOWEEN STUFF, 
BILLIONS

Creative Community for Peace 
(CCFP) is a nonprofit, enter-
tainment industry organization 
that views the arts as a bridge 
to peace, while, at the same 
time, it battles antisemitism 
and the Israel “divestment” 
campaign. 
On Oct. 12, the CCFP 
released Israel Under Attack 
— Open Letter. Seven hundred 
people in the entertainment 
industry signed the CCFP 
open letter. Here is most of the 
Open Letter:
The nightmare that Israelis 
have feared for decades 
became a reality as Hamas 
terrorists infiltrated Israeli cities 
and towns … Under the cover 
of thousands of rockets fired 
indiscriminately into civilian 
populations, Hamas murdered 
and kidnapped innocent men, 
women and children. They kid-
napped and murdered infants 
and the elderly. They raped 
women and mutilated their 
bodies … This is terrorism. This 
is evil. There is no justification 
or rationalization for Hamas’ 
actions. These are barbaric 
acts of terrorism that must be 
called out by everyone. They 
are a terrorist organization 
whose leaders call for the 
murder of Jews everywhere … 
As Israel takes the necessary 
steps to defend its citizens in 
the coming days and weeks, 
social media will be overrun by 
an orchestrated misinforma-
tion campaign spearheaded 
by Iran. We urge everyone to 
remember the horrific images 
that came out of Israel and 
to not amplify or fall for their 
propaganda … We hope for 
the day when Israelis and 

Palestinians can live side by 
side in peace.
Here’s a list of most of the 
actors/actresses and come-
dians who signed. Also listed 
are a few prominent directors. 
In the interest of brevity, I had 
to omit some people with few 
credits. If a name below is 
unfamiliar to you, just Google 
them. Persons with an asterisk 
hold Israeli citizenship. 
Remember who signed —
Jewish and not Jewish — and 
hold a place in your heart for 
them. I expect more names will 
be added to the list. 
Dan Ahdoot, Jason 
Alexander, Karen Allen, Brian 
Baumgartner, Greg Berlanti, 
Jon Bernthal, Mayim Bialik, 
Danny Burstein, Tia Carrere, 
Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jamie 
Lee Curtis, Efrat Dor*, 
Shannen Doherty (sadly, 
she is terminally ill); Michael 
Douglas, Alex Edelman, 
Lisa Edelstein, Veronica 
Falcón, Oded Fehr*, Stephen 
Fry, Antoine Fuqua, Gal 
Gadot*, Andy Garcia, Spencer 
Garrett, Nikki Glaser, Elon 
Gold, Judy Gold, Jack Dylan 
Grazer (Jewish grandfather); 
Gary Gutman, Mark Hamill, 
Patricia Heaton, Michelle 
Hurd, Maxwell Jenkins, Ricki 
Lake, Amy Landecker (Jewish 
grandfather); Carol Leifer, 
Zachary Levi, Sam Levinson, 
George Lopez, Vanessa 
Marcil, Howie Mandel, David 
Mazouz, Michael McKean, 

Aline Brosh McKenna, Debra 
Messing, Helen Mirren, Alfred 
Molina, Rob Morrow, Annette 
O’Toole (wife of Michael 
McKean); Tracy-Ann Oberman, 
Josh Peck, Mekhi Phifer, 
Jonah Platt (Ben’s brother); 
Chris Pine (Jewish grandfa-
ther); Jeremy Piven, Adam 
Reed, Peter Riegert, Michael 
Rosenbaum, Phil Rosenthal, 
Eli Roth, Jeffrey Ross, Ben 
Savage and his brother, Fred 
Savage; Mark Schiff, Liev 
Schreiber, Amy Schumer, Liza 
Shlesinger, Jerry Seinfeld, 
Rona Lee-Shimon*, Laura 
Silverman, Gary Sinise, Noa 
Tishby*, Bella Thorne, Shaun 
Toub, Sam Tramell, Steven 
Weber, Noah Wyle and Ian 
Ziering.
The annual deluge of 
Halloween-related shows 
and films is upon us. Here 
are three with a “Jewish con-
nection.” American Horror 
Stories is a hit Hulu anthology 
series that begins its third 
eight-episode season on Oct. 
26 (10 p.m.). It was co-created 
by Brad Falchuk, 52, and he 
co-writes many episodes. The 
third season cast lists are not 
out yet.
South Park, the hit Comedy 
Central animated series, also 
has “special” longer episodes. 
The fifth “special,” titled South 
Park: Joining the Panderverse, 
premieres on Oct. 27 on 
Paramount+. Plot: Cartman (a 
major child character) has dis-

turbing dreams, and adults are 
upset by the way AI is skew-
ering their world. South Park 
was co-created by Matt Stone, 
52 (his mother is Jewish). He 
co-writes the show and voices 
many characters.
The third eight-episode 
season of The Haunted 
Museum premieres on the 
Travel channel on Oct. 26 (10 
p.m.). Background: A (real) guy 
named Zak Bagans runs a hor-
ror and “supernatural” muse-
um in Las Vegas. Items in the 
museum inspire dramatic epi-
sodes. Eli Roth, 51 (see signers 
above), a top horror director, 
co-hosts with Bagans. At the 
start of an episode, they talk 
about the “episode-inspiring” 
museum item.
The final episode of Billions, 
the long-running Showtime 
series, will begin streaming 
on Oct. 29, 8 p.m. The series 
was co-created by Brian 
Koppelman, 57, David Levien, 
55, and Andrew Ross Sorkin, 
46. They also wrote many epi-
sodes. Koppelman and Levien 
were given the “greenlight” 
earlier this year to create new 
Showtime series. 
Appearing in the finale are 
Corey Stoll, 47, who plays 
Michael Prince, a “big-time” 
rival of lead character Chuck 
Rhodes (Paul Giamatti), and 
Maggie Siff, 49, who plays 
Wendy, Rhodes’ wife (Siff’s 
father is Jewish and she 
identifies as Jewish). 

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