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he Emmy Awards ceremony 
will be held on Sunday, 
Sept. 15. It starts at 8 p.m. 
(on ABC). This year’s co-hosts are 
Eugene Levy, 77, and Dan Levy, 41. 
This is the first time that a father 
and son will share the honor of being 
Emmy hosts. 
Here are the “verified” Jewish 
Emmy nominees.

ACTORS AND ACTRESSES
There are 12 acting categories. The 
number of nominees varies from one 
category to another (six or seven). 
There are six Jewish nominees in 
five categories: 
Larry David, 77, lead actor 
in a comedy series, Curb Your 
Enthusiasm (HBO). Of course, 
David plays a “version” of himself in 
Curb. Surprisingly, David was only 
nominated once before for his acting 
in Curb (2012). His only two Emmy 
wins were for writing Seinfeld. The 

Curb series ended this past season. 
So, David has some sentimental 
support behind him, and he could 
win this year. 
Maya Rudolph, 52, lead actress, 
comedy series. She stars as Molly 
Novak in Loot (Apple TV+). 
Paul Rudd, 55, supporting actor, 

comedy series, Only Murders in the 
Building (Hulu). Surprisingly, this is 
Rudd’s first Emmy nomination, and 
he hasn’t been Oscar-nominated. 
However, at age 52, he was People 
magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. That’s 
pretty good.
Ebon Moss Bacharach, 47, 

supporting role, comedy series, The 
Bear (FX/Hulu). In 2023, he won the 
Emmy in this category.
Hannah Einbinder, 29, supporting 
actress in a comedy series, Hacks 
(HBO). Einbinder is the daughter 
of Laraine Newman, 71, an original 
SNL cast member. Einbinder has 
been nominated twice for this role 
(2021, 2022). Basically, Hacks is a 
two-woman show: Einbinder and 
Jean Smart. Smart has won two 
Emmys for Hacks, and it gets real old 
if Einbinder keeps on losing.
Robert Downey Jr., 59., 
supporting actor in a limited series, 
The Sympathizer (HBO). I always 
“wobble” when I include Downey 
as Jewish. In common terms, he is 
three-eighths Jewish (his father had 
three Jewish grandparents). Downey 
wed his Jewish wife in a Jewish 
ceremony and calls himself “Jewish 
Buddhist.” This is his third Emmy 
nomination. 

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