More than 450 Jewish creatives, executives and other Hollywood professionals have put their names on an open letter denouncing criticizing the speech given by Jonathan Glazer, the director of “Zone of Interest,” at the Oscars after his film won Best International Feature. His comments on the Israel-Hamas war and the use of his Jewish identity and Holocaust history have sparked controversy since the 96th Academy Awards. The signatories of the letter include well-known figures such as Debra Messing, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Amy Pascal, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Eli Roth, and Sherry Lansing. Many of them have previously signed other letters in support of Israel following the nation's attack by the terrorist group Hamas.
Many have focused on a particular line from Glazer’s speech, in which he said, “We stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.” Some have interpreted this as him rejecting his Jewishness, rather than criticizing its use.
The group behind the open letter referenced Glazer’s Oscars night remarks in the letter, stating, “We reject the use of our Jewish identity to draw a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people and an Israeli nation that seeks to avoid its own extermination.”
They also stated, “The use of words like ‘occupation’ to describe an indigenous Jewish people defending a homeland that dates back thousands of years, and has been recognized as a state by the United Nations, distorts history. It gives credence to the modern blood libel that fuels a growing anti-Jewish hatred around the world, in the United States, and in Hollywood.”
On the other hand, Glazer has received support from other high-profile Hollywood personalities, including applause at the Academy Awards themselves. Among them, “Poor Things” star Mark Ruffalo enthusiastically applauded. However, the film’s executive producer
Danny Cohen is among those who have spoken out against Glazer’s comments After the initial controversial line, Glazer continued his speech, addressing both the victims of Hamas’ attack on Israel and Israel’s efforts to eliminate Hamas, which had caused considerable damage and casualties in Gaza. “Whether the victims of October 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist?” Glazer stated as he accepted his Academy Award..
You can read the full letter and see the current signatories below:
We are Jewish creatives, executives, and Hollywood professionals.
We reject the use of our Jewish identity to draw a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that aimed to exterminate a race of people and an Israeli nation that seeks to prevent its own extermination.
While every civilian death in Gaza is tragic, Israel is not targeting civilians but rather targeting Hamas. The war will end when Hamas releases the hostages and surrenders, as it has been the case since the attacks by Hamas on October 7th.
Describing an indigenous Jewish people defending a homeland that goes back thousands of years as an “occupation,” and as a state recognized by the United Nations distorts history.
This supports the modern blood libel that fuels increasing anti-Jewish hatred worldwide, including in the United States and Hollywood. The current rise in antisemitism underscores the importance of the Jewish State of Israel, which always welcomes us, unlike any state did during the Holocaust portrayed in Mr. Glazer's film.
A.M. Driver – SAG
Aaron Erol Ozlevi – Director
Aaron Fishman – DGA Producer / Director
Adam Berkowitz – Manager/Producer/Strategic Advisor
Adam Friedman – Creative Artists Agency
Adam Goldworm – Manager/Producer
Adam Kulbersh
Adam Rosenberg
Adam Newman
Adam Waltuch – TelevisaUnivision
Alan R. Cohen – WGA
Alex Anhalt – Sugar23
Alex Horn – Author and Editor
Alex Foster
Alex Lebovici – Producer
Alex Litvak – WGA Writer
Alex Meitner
Alida Michql – AEA
Alissa Vradenburg
Aliza J. Sokolow
Allan Spielman – RETRO69, WOODTSOCK TRIBUTE MUSICIAN AND COMPOTER DEVELOPER
Allison Lahav
Ally Shuster Agent
Alyssa Hill – WGA Screenwriter
Alon Aranya
Amanda Markowitz – SAG/AFTRA, PGA
Amy Engelberg – WGA
Amy Pascal – Producer
Amy Sherman-Palladino – WGA / DGA Writer/director/producer
Amy Straus – WGA Writer
Andrea Barros
Andrea Cayton
Andrew Avner
Andrew Stearn – PGA Producer
Anna April-Ross
Annie Wood – WGA/SAG/AFTRA Actor/Writer/Artist
Ari Ackerman
Ari Frenkel – SAG Actor / Filmmaker
Ari Arad
Ariel Nishli
Ariel Vromen – DGA Filmmaker
Ariella Blejer – WGA
Ariella Noveck
Ariyela Wald-Cohain – CDG 892 COSTUME DESIGNER
Asher Weinberger
Art Levitt
Avi Liberman – SAG/Aftra
Avital Onn – Shachar Business Affairs
Avital Levy
Aviva Pressman – AEA, SAG
Avram Butch Kaplan – DGA Jamsea Productions, Inc
Barbara Garshman – WGAE Garshman Productions LLV
Barbara Heller – SAG Actor writer producer
Barbara Lazaroff – ASID Commercial designer, restaurateur, businesswoman
Barbie Kligman – WGA
Barry Schkolnick – WGA Writer/Producer/Creator
Bart Coleman
Batia Parnass – SAG AFTRA
Becky Tahel – PGA, SAG-E Producer, Writer, Actress
Ben Cosgrove – CEO, Leviathan Productions
Ben Levin – LINK Entertainment
Ben Mor – DGA Director
Ben Younger – WGA/DGA
Benjamin Gober
Benjamin Rapoport
Bess Kargman – DGA Director
Beth Milstein – WGAW Writer
Betsy Borns – WGAW Writer/Producer
Bill Freiberger – WGA Writer
Bob Kushell – WGA
Bob Bookman
Bonnie Greenberg – Music supervisor/producer/professor
Bradley J. Fischer- Producers Guild of America Producer
Brett Gelman – Actor and Writer
Brett Gursky – Writer / Director / Producer
Brian Frazer
Brian Liebman
Bruce Burger – Music Producer and Recording Artist, RebbeSoul
Bruce Franklin – DGA Producer
Bruce Goldstein – The Cat in Manhattan
Bruce Resnikoff
Caitlin Gold – Producer
Cameron Curtis
Carin Sage – EVP, Feature Film, Skydance Prods
Carl Schwaber – SAG-AFTRA
Carmi Zlotnik
Carolyn Newman
Caryn Osofsky – SAG SAG actress and director
Chava Floryn – Filmmaker/Actress Twin Rose Media
Chuck Slavin – SAG-AFTRA Actor
Cindy Kaplan
Claudine Jakubowicz – Film Producer
Clifford J. Green – WGAW Screenwriter
Cory Richman – Manager / Liebman Entertainment
Craig Emanuel – Entertainment Executive
Craig Singer – in charge of producing
D.M. Harring – WGA
Dan Birnbaum
Dan Adler
Dan Kaufman – person in charge of visual effects and production for visual effects
Dan Marshall – member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Dan Redfeld – music composer affiliated with AFM Local 47
Dan Signer – WGA member
Dana Min Goodman
Daniel Alcheh – SCL
Dani Menkin
Daniel Grindlinger – WGA writer
Daniel Kaufman – DGA Director
Daniel Lehrer – WGA writer
Daniel Rosenberg – WGAE
Daniella Rabbani – member of the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the Actors' Equity Association
Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick – CSA Casting Director
Danna Rosenthal
Danny Manus Writer – Script Consultant
Danny Weiss – WGA member
Dave Chameides – member of Local 600 and the Directors Guild of America, works as a camera operator
David Abrookin
David Bickel – writer and producer who is a member of the Writers Guild of America
David Brandes – writer who is a member of the Writers Guild of America
David Fury – writer and director who is a member of the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America, and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and is affiliated with Round Swamp Entertainment
David Grae – member of the Writers Guild of America
David Haring
David Kendall – member of the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America
David Kekst
David Kohan – writer and producer who is a member of the Writers Guild of America
David Lipper – member of the Screen Actors Guild, also writer, director, and producer
David N. Weiss – writer and director who is a member of the Writers Guild of America
David Price – TV Academy Executive Producer
David Renzer – involved in the Creative Community for Peace
David S. Rosenthal – member of the Writers Guild of America
David Shore – affiliated with Writers Guild of America West and the Directors Guild of America
David Zabel – member of the Writers Guild of America
Debi Pomerantz
Deborah Marcus
Debra Messing – member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, also works as a producer
Deena Stern – Entertainment Marketing Executive
Dena Roth – Ampas Set decorator
Dena Waxman – Executive Producer / Writer
Diane Robin Sag
Diego Chojkier
Doug Mankoff – in charge of producing
Eitan Chitayat – person in charge of creativity
Eli Roth – filmmaker and screenwriter
Eli Steele – in charge of producing
Elin Hampton – affiliated with Round Swamp Entertainment and a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Ellie Kadosh – Actor
Elon Gold – comedian, actor, and writer who is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Elyssa Nicole Trust
Emmanuelle Chriqui – member of the Screen Actors Guild
Erez Rosenberg – lawyer and partner at Jackoway Austen et al
Eric Feig – Entertainment Attorney
Eric Fineman
Eric Tuchman – writer and producer who is a member of the Writers Guild of America
Estelle Lasher
Esther Netter
Evan Silver – director and writer who is a member of the Directors Guild of America
Fernando Szew
Franklyn Gottbetter – involved in producing
Fred Raskin – Film Editor
Frederic Richter
Gabriela Tscherniak – director who is a member of the Directors Guild of America
Gail Berman – in charge of producing
Gail Goldberg – CSA Casting Director
Gail Katz – in charge of producing
Gary Barber – affiliated with Spyglass Media Group
Gary Gilbert – affiliated with Gilbert Films
Geoff Silverman – involved in the Cartel Literary Management as a producer
Geoffrey Cantor – member of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
George Gallagher – member of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Gil Goldschein
Ginette Rhodes – member of the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the Actors' Equity Association
Golan Ramraz – writer and producer
Gregg Simon – director who is a member of the Directors Guild of America
Guri Weinberg – member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Hank Steinberg – writer, director, and producer who is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America
Hannah Louise Shearer – writer who is a member of the Writers Guild of America
Hannah Tuber
Hawk Koch – involved in the Producers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a producer
Heshy Rosenwasser – musician and songwriter involved with The Hesh Inc.
Hope Levy – Actress
Howard Michael Gould – Writer
Howard Reichman – producer and director
Howard Rosenman- MOVIE & TV PRODUCER, member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Iddo Goldberg – member of the Screen Actors Guild
Ilana Wernick – writer and producer who is a member of the Writers Guild of America
Inbal B. Lessner- Executive Producer/Editor
Inon Shampanier – WGA member
Ivan Menchell – writer and producer who is a member of the Writers Guild of America
Jacey Stamler – involved in wardrobe supervision and is a member of Local 705
Jack Plotnick – member of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Jacob Fenton – UTA Agent
Jaime Becker
Jaime Eliezer Karas – director who is a member of the Directors Guild of America
James Beaman – member of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and a writer
Jamie Bialkower
Jamie Denbo – CO-EP for Grey's Anatomy who is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Jamie Elman- YidLife Crisis member of the Screen Actors Guild and the Writers Guild of America
Jan Oxenberg- WGA
Jared Sleisenger
Jarred Weisfeld – involved in publishing
Jason A. Kessler – WGA Screenwriter
Jason Newman – Manager / Untitled Entertainment
Jason Venokur- WGA
Jay Kogen – wga, dga, sag-aftra WRITER/Producer/Director
Jeff Astrof – WGA Writer/Showrunner
Jay Shore
Jeff Fierson – PGA Producer
Jeff Greenberg – Gersh
Jeff Rake – WGA Writer/Showrunner
Jeff Handel
Jeffrey Braer – Former SAG/AFTRA Independent Writer/Producer & Theme Park Developer
Jenn Levine – Writer / Producer
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Maisel – WGA Playwright/Screenwriter
Jennifer Shakeshaft – SAG
Jennifer Smith – GMS (Guild Of Music Supervisors) Music Supervisor
Jeremy Aluma – SDC Theatre Director & Producer
Jeremy Drysdale – WGA Screenwriter
Jeremy Elice – Writer
Jeremy Garelick – dga / wga
Jeremy Garelick – WGA/DGA
Jeremy Goldscheider – Producer
Jeremy Lehrer-Graiwer – WGA Writer
Jeremy Padow – Screenwriter
Jerry Weil – SAG-AFTRA Actor
Jessica Leventhal – WGA
Jessica Switch – PGA Producer
Jill Kargman – WGA/SAG
JJ Adler Dga – Director
Jo LaMond – WGA
Joanie Leeds – Recording Academy
Jodi Fleisher – SAG/Aftra Actor
Jodi Lieberman – Talent Manager
Joe Pearlman
Joe Weisberg
Joel Fields – WGA
Joel H. Cohen – WGA
Joel Michaely
Joelle Boucai – WGA
Joey Jupiter-Levin – SAG/Aftra Fi-Core Actress
John Fogelman
John Altman
Jon Weinbach – President, Skydance Sports
Jon Polk
Jonah Platt – WGA, SAG
Jonathan Baruch
Jonathan Herman – WGA
Jonathan Jakubowicz – Wga Writer & Director
Jonathan Prince – WGA, DGA, SAG
Jonathan Rosen
Jonny Caplan – WGA Impossible Media
Jonny Umansky – WGA Screenwriter
Jordan Roberts – SAG-AFTRA Actor & Producer, Content Creator
Josh Schaer – WGA TV writer / producer
Josh Silver – Personal manager
Joshua Katz – WGA
Josie Davis – SAG/AFTRA
Judie Aronson – SAG-AFTRA
Judy Gols – Sag/Aftra, WGA, Actors Equity
Julianna Margulies – SAG-AFTRA Actor
Julie D. Holman – WIFT Independent film, Director, writer, and producer
Justin Arnold – SAG-AFTRA Actor
Kadia Saraf – SAG and WGA-E Actor and Writer
Karen Morse – WGA Screenwriter
Kate Cohen – DGA, PGA Producer/Director
Keetgi Kogan Steinberg – WGA Writer/Producer/Showrunner
Keith Eisner – WGA Showrunner
Ken Hertz – Hertz Lichtenstein Young & Polk
Keren Hantman – 1st AD
Kevin Bright – DGA Producer/Director
Kevin Asch
Kimberly Wallis- SAG/AFTRA Actor
Kory Lunsford – Producer
Lana Melman – Authors Guild Writer
Lanie Siegel
Laurie Israel – WGA, TAG
Laurie Seidman – Producers Guild Producer
Lawrence Bender- Producer
Lea Porter – The Beverly Hills Estates
Leah Gottfried
Lee Broda – SAG and PGA Producer and actress
Lee Weinberg – Weinberg Gonser LLP
Lee Trink
Leo Pearlman
Leonard Dick
Leslie Belzberg – AMPAS, PGA Self Employed
Leslie Schapira – WGA Writer/Producer
Lev L. Spiro – DGA Director
Limor Gott – Producer
Linda Burstyn – WGA
Lior Rosner – ASCAP Rosner Music Inc.
Lisa Edelstein – SAG/AFTRA, DGA, WGA Actor, director, writer
Liron Artzi
Lisa Ullmann – Producer and Social Impact
Loni Steele Sosthand – WGA Writer, Producer
Lori Alan SAG-AFTRA – Actress/producer/writer
Loris Kramer Lunsford – Producer
Lorin Green
Lynn Harris – PGA:AMPAS Producer
Lynn Roth – WGA, DGA Writer/Director/Producer
M.J. Kang – WGA, SAG-AFTRA Writer, Actor
Mandana Dayani
Mandy Mitchell – Wardrobe Stylist
Marc Guggenheim – WGA, DGA, PGA, Animation Guild Writer/Producer
Marci Liroff – AMPAS Intimacy Coordination
Marcus J Freed – Screen Actors Guild eligible
Margrit Polak – Talent Manager
Mark Feuerstein – Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Actor
Mark Moskowitz – Producer
Mark Pellegrino – Screen Actors Guild Actor
Mark Reisman – Writers Guild of America
Marty Adelstein – Producers Guild of America Tomorrow Studios
Mark Schiff
Marni Flans
Matt Ritter – Screen Actors Guild Screenwriter/Producer/Actor
Matthew Hiltzik
Matthew Salsberg – Writers Guild of America writer producer
Matti Leshem – Writers Guild of America Writer, Producer
Melissa Byer- Writers Guild of America
Max Jacoby
Maya Lasry
Melissa Center – Actor, Filmmaker
Melissa Greenspan – Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Melissa Rosenberg – Writers Guild of America Showrunner
Melissa Zukerman
Menachem Silverstein – Comedian
Micha Liberman – 700 editors guild Owner Mind Meld Arts
Michael Auerbach
Michael B. Kaplan – Writers Guild of America
Michael Berns – Writers Guild of America Writer/Producer
Michael Borkow – Writers Guild of America
Michael Diamond – Talent Manager / MGMT Entertainment
Michael Glouberman
Michael Konyves
Michael Lewis – Agent
Michael Malone
Michael Pelmont – Manager
Michael Rapaport – Actor/Disruptor
Michael Robertson Moore
Michael Sobel
Michal Schick
Micky Levy – Writers Guild of America Writer/Director
Mikhail Nayfeld – Heroes and Villains Entertainment
Mimi Steinberg – Writer/producer
Miranda Bailey – Screen Actors Guild – Producers Guild of America – academy member Cold iron pictures
Mitchell Akselrad – Writers Guild of America
Montana Tucker
Moran Atias – Screen Actors Guild Actress producer
Nancy Cohen – Writers Guild of America Writer/Producer
Nancy Spielberg – Producer
Natalie Marciano – President/ Producer
Natalie Shampanier – Writers Guild of America
Nathan Firer
Neil A. Cohen
Nick Greene – Screen Actors Guild
Noa Tishby – Screen Actors Guild Author
Noam Ash – Writer, actor
Ophira Dagan – Producer
Odeya Rush
Omri Lahav
Oren Safdie – Writers Guild of America ST. OLAF COLLEGE
Ori Elon Shtisel- Screenwriter
Pam Reynolds – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences / Executive branch Amazon MGM Studios
Pamela Davis – Writers Guild of America
Patrick Moss – Writers Guild of America
Paul A Mendelson – Writers' Guild of Great Britain Screenwriter and author
Paul Weitzman – Literary Agent
Peter Lenkov – Writers Guild of America
Phyllis Strong – Writers Guild of America
Po Kutchins – Showrunner
Rabbi David Wolpe – Sinai Temple/ Harvard U
Rabbi Marvin Hier
Rabbi Steve Leser – Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein
Rachel Kamerman – Art Directors Guild local #800
Rachel Kaplan – Producers Guild of America
Rachel Seymour
Rahman Daneshgar
Rakefet Abergel- SAG AFTRA
Rami Rivera Frankl – Directors Guild of America
Raphael Margules
Raymond Leon Roker – Creator
Rebecca Mall – CMO
Rebecca Thomas – Agent
Rena Strober – Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Actor
Rhonda Price
Rina Mimoun – Writers Guild of America
Rinat Arinos
Rob Kutner – Writers Guild of America Writer-Producer
Robert Kaplan
Rob Lee PGA
Robert Lantos – Producers Guild of America Producer
Robert Rovner- Writers Guild of America Writer/Producer
Robin Lippin – Local 399 and CSA casting director
Robyn Bluestone
Rochel Saks – Manager
Rod Lurie – Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America
Roger Kumble – Writers Guild of America
Ron Rappaport – Writers Guild of America
Ron West- Thruline Entertainment
Ross Greenberg
Rona Geller
Ross Novie – Directors Guild of America Director / 1st AD
Rosser Goodman – Producers Guild of America Circle Content
Rotem Alima – Executive Producer
Ryan Guiterman – Writer-Director
Salvador Litvak
Sam Feuer – Screen Actors Guild / American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Actor/Producer
Sam Sandak – Writers Guild of America Writer / Producer
Sam Wasserman – Producers Guild, Academy of Television Producer
Samantha Ettus – Founder, 2024 New Voices
Sami Kolko – SAG AFTRA Actor / Producer
Sammy Horowitz – Writers Guild of America Writer
Samuel Franco – Writers Guild of America
Sarah Afkami – Writers Guild of America Writer
Sari Sanchez – Screen Actors Guild-AFTRA Actor/ Writer
Saul Blinkoff
Scott Kaufman
Scott Levine – Directors Guild of America Producer
Scott Melrose – Talent Agent
Scott Mitchell – Rosenberg CEO, Platinum Studios Inc.
Scott Rosenbaum
Scott Rosenfelt – Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America Writer/Producer/Director
Sepideh Makabi – Director
Seth Kurland- Writers Guild of America Writer/Producer
Seth Fisher
Seth Rudetsky is an actor, radio host, writer, and musician who is affiliated with Sag/Aftra and WGA East.
Shaked Berenson is a pga member.
Shani Atias is an actress who is affiliated with SAG AFTRA.
Shanni Suissa is the CEO of Jews Talk Justice.
Sharon Bialy is a casting director and a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures. She is affiliated with CSA.
Sharon Lieblein is a casting director who is affiliated with CSA and teamsters local 399.
Sharona Beck
Shauna Perlman is an agent.
Sheer Aviram is an actress, writer, and director.
Shep Rosenman is an attorney.
Sherry Lansing is a producer.
Shie Rozow is a composer and music editor who is affiliated with the Picture Editors Guild.
Shira Rosenfeld is a creative producer.
Shir Samari
Shira Yoram is a producer.
Simcha Jacobovici is a filmmaker.
Sophie Kargman is a director who is affiliated with DGA.
Spencer Berman is a producer.
Stacey Tenenbaum is affiliated with CSA.
Stacy Sarner works for The Walt Disney Company.
Stella Evans
Stephanie Liss is a writer affiliated with WGAW and DRAMATISTS GUILD.
Stephen Levinson is affiliated with WGA-E.
Steven E Gordon is a director affiliated with 839 and 800, and is affiliated with Wild Canary.
Steven Marmalstein is affiliated with WGA.
Stuart Acher is a director and writer.
Sue Steinberg
Susan Rovner
Susan Rudick is an actor affiliated with SAG-AFTRA.
Tamar Pelzig
Tamar Simon works for BAFTA and is involved in film distribution and publicity.
Tamara Becher-Wilkinson is affiliated with WGA.
Tara Strong is an actress affiliated with SAG/ACTRA.
Terry Serpico is an actor, writer, and director affiliated with SAG AFTRA and WGAE.
Tiffany Haimof is a Senior Director of Business Affairs at Wasserman.
Tiffany Lo is affiliated with WGA.
Tovah Feldshuh is an actor affiliated with SAG-AFTRA-EQUITY.
Traci Szymanski
Tracy-Ann Oberman is an actor.
Victoria Gordon
Vincent LeGrow
Wendy Engelberg is affiliated with WGA.
Wendy Sachs is a director and producer affiliated with WGA.
Yael Swerdlow is the CEO and founder of Maestro Games SPC in the video game industry.
Yahm Steinberg is an actor.
Yuri Rutman is affiliated with SAG.
Yuval David is an actor, director, and journalist who is affiliated with SAGAFTRA and AEA.
Zusha Goldin is a celebrity photographer.
Ziba Terrio
The news was
first reported by Variety The Oscar-winning “Zone of Interest” filmmaker came under fire last week for his divisive acceptance speech.
