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Republic Pictures Picks Up “Hollywood Rabbi” Featuring Schwarzenegger, Clinton

4/29/2026

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Republic Pictures acquired Jon Kean’s documentary *The Hollywood Rabbi* about Rabbi Marvin Hier.
The documentary traces Hier’s rise from an Orthodox enclave to founding the Simon Wiesenthal Center, includes Arnold Schwarzenegger and President Bill Clinton, and shows his talks with presidents, popes and icons while urging Holocaust remembrance and tolerance.
Sejin Croninger, vice president of worldwide acquisitions at Paramount Pictures, said Republic Pictures supports films sparking conversation and illuminating lives.

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Republic Pictures acquired Jon Kean’s documentary *The Hollywood Rabbi* about Rabbi Marvin Hier.
The documentary traces Hier’s rise from an Orthodox enclave to founding the Simon Wiesenthal Center, includes Arnold Schwarzenegger and President Bill Clinton, and shows his talks with presidents, popes and icons while urging Holocaust remembrance and tolerance.
Sejin Croninger, vice president of worldwide acquisitions at Paramount Pictures, said Republic Pictures supports films sparking conversation and illuminating lives.