By Symi Rom-Rymer This year’s Oscars brought us some surprises (Sandra Bullock), some truly painful dance sequences (I’m looking at you Adam Shankman), and some deserving winners (The Hurt Locker). It also proved, once again, that Hollywood wouldn’t be funny without the Jews.   From a running gag about Meryl Streep’s Hitler memorabilia collection to Ben Stiller speaking ‘Na’vi’—which sounded suspiciously Hebraic--we got all the best jokes.   Teetering on the thin line between hilarious and offensive (and what Oscar night doesn’t?) here are my favorite Jewish moments of the 82nd Academy Awards: Abe Foxman giving his additional stamp of approval for the movie An Education (he already spoke out in favor of Inglorious Bastards) which features a Jewish con-artist protagonist.  As JWeekly.com writes, “the ADL noted that ‘there is nothing in the film to suggest that the main character represents...

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