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Blog Name: Jewish Film
Url: http://jewishfilm.wordpress.com
Language: English
Topics: Jewish movies, film, cinema
Description: This blog is a catalog of one rabbi's suggestions of movies that make a good supplement to Introduction to the Jewish Experience, a course she will teach 2009-2010 through Lehrhaus Judaica in Berkeley, CA. http://www.lehrhaus.com
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The Nutty Professor
In Jerry Lewis’s most famous film, The Nutty Professor (1963) Professor Julius Kelp, a bookish chemistry professor concocts a formula to transform himself into a strong, suave hipster.   His ...more
The Golem
The Golem (1920) [German title: Der Golem: Wie er in die Welt kam] is based on the legend of Rabbi Loew of Prague, a 16th century rabbi who is said to have made a man from clay and brought him to l...more
Body and Soul
Body and Soul (1947) is most famous as a boxing film: cinematographer James Wong Howe had been a Golden Gloves boxer himself, and filmed the fight scenes in the ring, on roller skates, creating fil...more
The Dybbuk
The Dybbuk (1937) is perhaps the best-known Yiddish movie.  Filmed in Warsaw and in rural Poland before World War II, it is based on a play by Sholom Ansky.  It is a ghost story on two levels:  a c...more
Ushpizin
Ushpizin (2004) is a holiday story of faith and human foibles.  The production of the film involved an unusual partnership of ultra-Orthodox and secular filmmakers, making it an Israeli cinematic m...more

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