Most people have seen Exodus; Fiddler on the Roof; 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 presence in world cinema.Opening with a survey of the approaches employed to study historical films and how they have been applied to Jewish cinema; the book then moves on to several thematic sections containing essays on films grouped by period and region or organized around a central event or issue. These include European Jewry’s acculturation; responses to oppression and belated emancipation; the American Jewish immigrant experience; the Zionist experiment; the Holocaust; postwar American Jewish life; Jewish international films; and contemporary Israeli and American Jewish cinema. An appendix offers a supplementary listing of films. Designed for classroom use; as well as for programming at film festivals; JCCs; and synagogues; the volume provides resources to help teachers and program organizers select from a broad range of movies. It includes chapter-based bibliographies of additional readings and links to appropriate web resources.
#496994 in Books 2016-03-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .75 x 5.98l; .0 #File Name: 1611176034256 pages
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