Jewish American Fiction, part 4
Prof. Michael Krasny
Philip Roth’s “Defender of the Faith” and Saul Bellow’s “A Silver Dish”
Jewish American Fiction, part 3
Prof. Michael Krasny
Grace Paley’s “Goodbye and Good Luck” and Cynthia Ozick’s “The Shawl”
Bible, Midrash, Art: The Richness of Bible Narratives, part 4
Jody Hirsh
Examine stories as they are presented in the Bible, dive into traditional Midrash (Rabbinic interpretations that are themselves stories) and examine how artists of all types have interpreted these stories.
Hebrew Writers: Film Biographies and Text Reading
Vered Weiss
Leah Goldberg: Constructions of Home and Belonging
Bible, Midrash, Art: The Richness of Bible Narratives, part 2
Jody Hirsh
Examine stories as they are presented in the Bible, dive into traditional Midrash (Rabbinic interpretations that are themselves stories) and examine how artists of all types have interpreted these stories.
Bible, Midrash, Art: The Richness of Bible Narratives, part 1
Jody Hirsh
Examine stories as they are presented in the Bible, dive into traditional Midrash (Rabbinic interpretations that are themselves stories) and examine how artists of all types have interpreted these stories.
Hebrew Writers: Film Biographies and Text Reading, part 3
Vered Weiss
Chaim Nachman Bialik: Between the Private and Political
Hebrew Writers: Film Biographies and Text Reading, part 2
Shirelle Doughty
Jacqueline Kahanoff: In Praise of the Levant
Hebrew Writers: Film Biographies and Text Reading, part 1
Shirelle Doughty
Yona Wallach: Hebrew and the Sexmaniac
Jewish American Fiction, part 2
Prof. Michael Krasny
Isaac Singer’s “Gimpel the Fool” and Bernard Malamud’s The Magic Barrel
Jewish American Fiction, part 1
Michael Krasny
What does fiction written by major Jewish American authors of the post-World War II period reveal about Jewish identity and values? Why is their work of ongoing importance? Authors include Bernard Malamud, Grace Paley, and Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Revisiting Philip Roth, part 2
Steven Zipperstein
Revisit one of the most explosively controversial—and intriguing—of all contemporary American voices.
Revisiting Philip Roth, part 1
Steven Zipperstein
Revisit one of the most explosively controversial—and intriguing—of all contemporary American voices.