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{en} Lawrence Baron. The Modern Jewish Experience in World Cinema (Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2011)

Abstract

"Most people have seen Exodus, Fiddler on the Rood, Yentl, and Schindler's List- well-known films with obvious Jewish subjects. But the Jewish experience in film is far richer than this. Over the past century, Jewish-themed films have emerged from the Americas, Europe, Israel, and North Africa. This remarkable anthology brings together 54 new and classic essays by 49 scholars in 8 countries to analyze the Jewish prescence in world cinema."--

Contents

Introduction / Lawrence Baron -- Advancement and animosity in Western Europe, 1874/1924 -- The shtetl on the precipice: Eastern Europe, 1881/1921 -- The Americanization of the Jewish immigrant, 1880/1932 -- Revolutionary alternatives: Zionism and Communism, 1880/1932 -- The Holocaust and its repercussions -- Israel's heroic years, 1947/1967 -- Acceptance in postwar America, 1945/1977 -- A diverse diaspora -- Contemporary Israeli experiences -- Contemporary American Jewish identities.