Jewish 100, 2014: Ryan Kavanaugh – Arts and Culture
by Algemeiner Staff
Ryan Kavanaugh
Relativity Media CEO
During the recent war with Gaza, known as Operation Protective Edge, many “influentials” in Hollywood steered clear of commenting on the Israeli-Hamas conflict. But not Ryan Kavanaugh, CEO of entertainment studio Relativity Media, the grandson of a Holocaust survivor and a courageous advocate for Israel. In an open letter published in The Hollywood Reporter, he challenged Israel’s celebrity detractors, “Israel is a wonderful place to be an artist – a place where imagination flourishes. … Israel is a place of inventors and innovators … So when we see some in Hollywood – truly gifted artists and good people – aligning themselves with views that would be supported by Hamas … we have to wonder what they’re thinking. Are they thinking?”