From Sarnoff to Seinfeld: Televisual Jews in Historical Context with Rachel Greenblatt

Date: Postponed


Where: Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, 18 Phillips Street, Beacon Hill [view map]
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This class has been postponed!

Jewish immigrants played critical roles in shaping the American entertainment business, yet their relationships to their religious and cultural heritage, like those of the American-born generations who continued their work, have been complex. In this course, we’ll explore representations of Jewish characters on broadcast television—from immigrant-era Goldbergs to Transparent, Mrs. Maisel, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend—and their connection to the shifting place of Jews and Jewish culture in American society.

Rachel Greenblatt has taught at Dartmouth College, Harvard and Wesleyan Universities. Rachel holds a Ph.D. in Jewish History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and B.A. in History from Cornell. She has also studied biblical and rabbinic text at the Pardes Institute and at Matan —the Sadie Rennert Women’s Institute for Torah Study, both in Jerusalem. Rachel’s scholarship focuses on the cultural and social history of Jews in central and eastern Europe.

In partnership with Hebrew College Open Circles.