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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

Seth Rogen

An Emmy statue is pictured during Press Preview Day for the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, September 14, 2021, at the Television Academy in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
July 12, 2022, 10:20 pm
All the Jewish nominees at this year’s Emmy Awards
‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ tapped for best comedy while Andrew Garfield, Jon Stewart and Seth Rogen also garner nods
By Andrew Lapin
James Franco, left, and Seth Rogen arrive for "The Disaster Artist" at the Paramount Theatre during the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, March 12, 2017. (Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)
May 11, 2021, 9:46 am
Seth Rogen says no plans to work with James Franco amid sexual misconduct claims
Actor and director admits he now regrets comedy sketch in which he made light of alleged text messages between his longtime collaborator and a 17-year-old girl
By ToI Staff
Seth Rogen arrives at the premiere of "Good Boys" on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
March 26, 2021, 6:42 am
Spielberg casts Seth Rogen to play his ‘favorite uncle’ in semi-biopic
Recently announced film, slated for 2022 release, will be based on director’s childhood in Arizona
By Gabe Friedman
Seth Rogen arrives at the premiere of "Good Boys" on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
March 2, 2021, 9:24 am
Seth Rogen, who ‘really loves weed,’ brings cannabis company to US
Jewish comedian says Houseplant is ‘his life’s work,’ will be available in California from next week
By ToI Staff
Seth Rogen plays a Russian-Jewish immigrant and his own great-grandson in 'An American Pickle,' which will open the 2020 Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival on November 11, 2020 (Courtesy HBO)
November 4, 2020, 2:20 pm
Jerusalem Jewish film fest to open with Rogen’s ‘American Pickle’
Festival’s 22nd year includes movies about identity, faith, religion and relationships
By Jessica Steinberg
Seth Rogen as Ben and Herschel Greenbaum in 'An American Pickle' (HBO Max via JTA)
August 8, 2020, 6:54 am
The real history behind Seth Rogen’s ‘An American Pickle’
Separating the fact from the fiction on shtetls, New York Jewry, pickle factories and more in the new funny yet heartfelt film
By Lior Zaltzman
Seth Rogen in 'An American Pickle.' (Courtesy HBO)
August 4, 2020, 4:43 pm
‘An American Pickle’ is half-sour, still charming bite of Jewish magical realism
Streaming August 6 on HBO Max, Seth Rogen’s new caper features a surprisingly powerful performance by the comedian/producer. With significant shortcomings, it still has moments
By Jordan Hoffman
Seth Rogen arrives at the LA Premiere of 'Game Over, Man!' on March 21, 2018, in Los Angeles (Willy Sanjuan/ Invision/ AP)
August 3, 2020, 9:39 pm
Seth Rogen says he didn’t apologize for Israel comments
Jewish actor says he is ‘sensitive’ to the backlash to remarks he made in a podcast, insists he was joking and much was taken out of context
By ToI Staff
Seth Rogen arrives at the premiere of "Good Boys" on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
August 3, 2020, 2:54 am
Seth Rogen says mom made him call Jewish Agency chief, appears to deny apology
Jewish Agency said actor spoke on Zoom with its chairman, Isaac Herzog, and ‘apologized’ for recently saying that Israel ‘doesn’t make sense,’ claiming comments were made in jest
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Seth Rogen arrives at the premiere of "Good Boys" on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
August 2, 2020, 9:46 pm
Seth Rogen said to apologize for comments doubting Israel’s legitimacy
Jewish Agency says actor spoke on Zoom with its chairman, Isaac Herzog, who said many were hurt by his remark that Israel ‘doesn’t make sense’
By Michael Bachner
Seth Rogen at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, February 29, 2020. (Roy Rochlin/ Getty Images via JTA)
July 29, 2020, 1:00 pm
Israel ‘doesn’t make sense,’ can’t safeguard Jewish people, says Seth Rogen
Actor-comedian opens up about identity in podcast interview with Marc Maron; says if country exists ‘for religious reasons, I don’t agree with it because I think religion is silly’
By Gabe Friedman
Seth Rogen plays an early 20th-century immigrant in the US, right, and a modern day person, left, in "An American Pickle." (Screen capture: YouTube via JTA)
July 7, 2020, 11:08 am
Trailer drops for Seth Rogen film on 1920s Jewish pickle-maker
Wealth of Jewish references pepper upcoming movie ‘An American Pickle,’ in which hero falls into a vat and wakes up 100 years later
By Gabe Friedman
Seth Rogen arrives at the LA Premiere of 'Game Over, Man!' on March 21, 2018, in Los Angeles (Willy Sanjuan/ Invision/ AP)
June 25, 2020, 2:37 am
In jab at Mel Gibson, Seth Rogen applauds him for acknowledging Holocaust
Jewish comedy star slams actor after Winona Ryder says he once asked her if she was an ‘oven dodger’; Gibson denies it
By Gabe Friedman
Seth Rogen arrives at the LA Premiere of 'Game Over, Man!' on March 21, 2018, in Los Angeles (Willy Sanjuan/ Invision/ AP)
May 2, 2020, 4:06 pm
Locked down? Open up to… Seth Rogen’s in-your-face Jewish humor
Far from the closet Jews of Hollywood’s Golden Era, this frizzy-haired man-child celeb is comfortable being charming, a little naughty, but mostly nice
By Jordan Hoffman
Seth Rogen in character for 'An American Pickle' (Instagram)
April 28, 2020, 11:52 pm
Film image of Seth Rogen as a 1920s Jewish pickle maker emerges
Funnyman posts photo of character Herschel Greenbaum, to appear in HBO Max’s ‘An American Pickle’ this summer
By Gabe Friedman
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