Sharon Rosen Leib

Sharon Rosen Leib

Sharon Rosen Leib is a former Deputy Attorney General in California’s Department of Justice, an award-winning freelance journalist and contributing writer for the Forward and the San Diego Jewish Journal.
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How I helped bring the story of Hollywood’s Jewish founders to the Academy Museum — where it belongs

Sharon Rosen Leib by Sharon Rosen Leib

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. When the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened its doors in September 2021, I expected it to pay homage to Hollywood’s pioneer Jewish moguls. These men transformed themselves from immigrant and first-generation shtetl Jews […]