Jewish Oscar winners may have been thin on the ground this year but here's one at one remove.

Christoph Waltz, who won best supporting actor for Inglourious Basterds, Quentino Tarantino's film about a Nazi-killing hit squad, is not Jewish himself. But he was married to Muswell Hill Synagogue member Jacqui Waltz.

During the filming, Waltz - who played a Nazi officer - checked on Yiddish usage with his son, JFS-educated Leon, who is studying in yeshivah in Israel.