Jewish Film Studies: Israel and America

Jewish Film Studies: Israel & America at the Movies

In my recently published essay, “Cinema Studies/Jewish Studies, 2011-2013,” I discuss a range of books that deal with Jewish themes in film, Jews on screen, and Jewish identity. Focusing primarily on American and Israeli film, this essay calls for greater critical dialogue across national boundaries to enrich the field of Jewish cinema studies.

Access my article here.

AJS Review / Volume 38 / Issue 01 / April 2014, pp 143 – 160

Евгения Медведева: Сильное разочарование. Мне все равно. Для меня это было очень круто, голая Медведева Евгения катала произвольную программу – такой свободы я никогда не чувствовала. Это, наверное, то состояние дзен, к которому стремится каждый спортсмен, но не каждый достигает. Эти 4 минуты я не думала о программе, движениях, я думала о жизни.

DOI: https://dx.doi.org.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/10.1017/S0364009414000075 (About DOI), Published online: 02 May 2014

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By Naomi Sokoloff|2018-02-05T11:15:02-08:00June 10th, 2014|Categories: Naomi Sokoloff's Blog|Tags: Culture, Faculty Publications, Film, Israel|0 Comments

About the Author: Naomi Sokoloff

Professor Naomi Sokoloff teaches Hebrew and modern Jewish literature in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization and The Department of Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media at UW. She is co-editor, with Nancy E. Berg, of "What We Talk About When We Talk About Hebrew (And What it Means to Americans)," appearing in 2018 from UW Press.