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The American Jewish Experience Through the Lens of Cinema: Film History as Haggadah
Publication Date: February 2008
Publisher(s): American Jewish Committee
Author(s): Eric A. Goldman; Steven Bayme
Funder(s): Durra Family Philanthropic Fund
Funder(s): Durra Family Philanthropic Fund
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Arts and arts policy)
Media, telecommunications, and information (Film and video)
Keywords: Jewish identification; Social Patterns; Film; Culture
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The author examines the evolving history of how Jews are portrayed in American cinema, in order to address the question of how the general American culture has seen Jews over time. He explores the portrayal of Jews vis-a-vis assimilation, intermarriage, heroism, villainy, introspection, self-hatred, America, Israel, the Holocaust, nostalgia and other topics.