Blum was presented the 2018 IFF Achievement in Film & Television Award and blamed the \u201cend of civil discourse\u201d on President Trump. \u201cTonight we have much\u2026<\/b>
\nBlum was presented the 2018 IFF Achievement in Film & Television Award and blamed the \u201cend of civil discourse\u201d on President Trump.
\u201cTonight we have much to celebrate with the opening of the 32nd Israeli Film Festival but at the same time today Americans went to the polls to exercise our right to vote, I have been quietly checking my phone and we\u2019re doing pretty well,\u201d Jason Blum began his remarks at the Steve Tisch Cinema Center in Beverly Hills. \u201cThe election results are pouring in as I speak and a lot is on the line.\u201d
\u201cA lot is on the line, the last two years have been hard for all of us who cherish the freedom as citizens of this country,\u201d the BlacKkKlansman producer said, prompting some to loudly boo the Hollywood executive.
\u201cAs you can see from this auditorium, it\u2019s the end of civil discourse,\u201d he continued . \u201cWe have a president who calls the press the enemy of the people. Thanks to our president, anti-semitism is on the rise.\u201d
Blum\u2019s hit on President Trump was seemingly the final straw for Beverly Hills Pawn star Yossi Dina, who walked up to the Blumhouse Productions founder and attempted to physically remove him from the stage.
As Blum was being booed, he told the crowd, \u201cAnd now I\u2019m being physically removed, which is why Trump is not the right guy for us.\u201d
Director and critic Trump critic Judd Apatow took to Twitter to defended Blum, while blaming the president\u2019s \u201congoing racism\u201d for the deadly synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, which left 11 Jewish worshipers dead and several wounded.
\u201cShame on that crowd for booing Jason Blum. Trump\u2019s ongoing racism inspired a murderer last week,\u201d Apatow tweeted . \u201cIn the aftermath he continued to incite racism and hatred of the free press. He believes there are good Nazi\u2019s. We need a President who inspires love and compassion.\u201d
President Trump condemned anti-Semitism following the shooting and soon after visited the grieving community of Squirrel Hill to meet with local authorities and first responders
\u201cThis was an anti-Semitic act,\u201d the president said of the massacre. \u201cYou wouldn\u2019t think this would be possible in this day and age, but we never seem to learn from the past.\u201d
\u201cAnti-Semitism and the widespread persecution of Jews represents one of the ugliest and darkest features of human history,\u201d he said .
Following the visit, Jeffrey Myers, rabbi of the Tree of Life synagogue, told CNN \u201cNew Day\u201d host Alisyn Camerota that he found President Trump to be compassionate and engaging.
\u201cThe President was very warm, very consoling. (He) put his hand on my shoulder, and the first question he asked me was, \u2018Rabbi, tell me, how are you doing?’\u201d Myers revealed.
\u201cAnd I must say, throughout the time we spent together, I was pleasantly surprised by a warm and personal side to the President that I don\u2019t think America has ever seen,\u201d he added . \u201cI told my personal story of my experience which they found quite shocking and upsetting.\u201d
In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, the film festival\u2019s founder Meir Fenigstein said the incident left him confounded, despite temperatures running high due to the midterm election.
\u201c[T]his is the first time we have ever experienced anything like this and I am in total shock but I understand that this is a very tense day in American with the elections,\u201d Fenigstein said . \u201cThis is not the place for politics and I remain apolitical.\u201d
Speaking to reporters outside the Saban theater, Israeli actress Noa Tishby said the treatment of Blum was \u201cunfortunate\u201d and left her feeling \u201csaddened.\u201d
\u201cWhat we just experienced was an unfortunate event, a lack of democracy and freedom of expression,\u201d she said . \u201cI am saddened by the response of the audience to the important criticism Jason Blum has voiced on stage. He should\u2019ve been respected. I would like to apologize to Jason on behalf of the Israeli community.
\u201cThere were a lot more people in the audience who supported what he said,\u201d added Tishby.<\/p>\n

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