DGA and WGA Members Move to Form Jewish Committees: 'We Want a Seat at the Table'

Members of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America have moved to form Jewish committees, finding that recent events demonstrate a need for better representation within the guilds.

In the DGA, members have gathered more than 300 signatures on a petition calling on the board to create a Jewish Diversity Committee, which would address issues like antisemitism and employment equity in Hollywood.

"We want a seat at the table," said Stuart Acher, a director who is organizing the effort. "The guild looks to these diversity committees as advisers to help protect representation and rights for people of that community. Now, Jews don't have a voice. No one is speaking for the Jews."

The DGA has eight diversity committees, including those for Black, Latino, Asian American, women, LGBTQ and disabled members.

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