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As a Jew, I've often heard that my people control the media. That's why on my Bar Mitzvah, I was expecting to be handed the keys to a movie studio and told to "have at it, Ketzele." But, it's been years since that momentous occasion, and still no key. Despite my membership in the tribe, I control almost no media. Today, I finally figured out why. I'm not a member of the Entertainment Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.

According to the Jewish Daily Forward, "a growing group of young executives, writers, directors, actors and agents... have joined the L.A. federation's Entertainment Council in recent months."

The Council is headed up by Meredith Weiss, a former CAA agent who wanted to make Judaism "hip, relevant and cool." And she seems to be going about it the same way L. Ron Hubbard did with Scientology— by bringing in the celebs, baby!

So says the Forward:

"Designed to bring rising Hollywood professionals into the Jewish federated system before they reach the level of a Steven Spielberg or a Sherry Lansing, the council — which launched at the end of January — is fast becoming fertile networking turf for its members."


and

"No film or television deals have been inked just yet as a result of Entertainment Council connections, but members say it's only a matter of time before the relationships they're developing lead to a screenplay being sold or a director landing a job."

I knew all those countless hours in Hebrew school weren't wasted. When's the next meeting? I'm gonna nosh and kibitz my way to a three-picture-deal!