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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 |
| Popularity: |
5 Followers |
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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