The Portrayal of Jews and Jewish Culture in Films: From Gentleman's Agreement to Tel Aviv on Fire (1948-2020)

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Pages:196
ISBN:1-4955-1046-5
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This book is an expansion of the author's Films About Jewish Life and Culture, which ended in the year 2000. It adds to the previous book an additional twenty years of film history. Both the previous book and the additional twenty years are included in this volume.

Table of Contents

Part I
Introduction
From "Hester Street" to "Crossing Delancey": Greeners in Hollywood Films
Tastefully Pareve: Hollywood Confronts Anti-Semitism
Romance and Rambos: Hollywood Does the Jewish State
Jewish Weddings, Hollywood Style (cc2000)
Black Hats on the Silver Screen
Major Shoah Films, or when the Exception is the Rule
Shoah Films as Fun and Games
Select Bibliography and Filmography

Part II: A Selection of Films of Jewish Concerns, 2000-2020
Introduction
Shoah/Post Shoah
The Pianist
Anne Frank-The Whole Story (2001)
1945
Religion
Unorthodox
To Fill the Void
The Arab Israeli Conflict
Lemon Tree
Paradise Now

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