Jewish Studies

Jewish Image In Film and TV
Fall 2010 Course Offering
JWST 398.07, Tues/Thurs. 1:35-2:50PM
Michael Halperin, Ph.D.
Screen & TV Writer, Playwright, Novelist
www.michaelhalperin.com

Jewish Image In Film and TV

• Journey from the shrug of the schlemiel to small town America and into mainstream culture
• See and debate the devastating, funny, heartbreaking Jewish themed silent films from America and Europe
• View and discuss the great Yiddish films of Poland, Russia and Lithuania
• Discover and examine the virulent Anti-Semitic propaganda of the Nazi era
• Watch and analyze the unfolding of acculturation, assimilation, and acceptance

For more information on the course, please contact Dr. Michael Halperin at Michael.Halperin@lmu.edu.