Roger Williams University Film/Speaker Series on the Jewish Experience

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Jewish Experience Series: Perceptions of the Holocaust Experience in the American Media
November 18, 2012
2:30 PM
Location: Global Heritage Hall 01

"Living Room Witnesses: The Holocaust on American Television" 
Guest Speaker: Jeffrey Shandler, Professor of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University
Sponsored by the Edwin S. Soforenko Foundation

In a multimedia presentation, Professor Shandler will discuss how the Holocaust has been represented on American television, looking at examples from the early
1950s to the mid-1990s. A scholar of modern Jewish culture, Professor Shandler specializes in Yiddish culture, Holocaust remembrance, and the ethnography of contemporary Jewish life, especially in America. His work also focuses on Jewish visual culture and the roles that broadcasting, photography, film, and other media play in modern Jewish life. Among his works are Jews, God, and Videotape: Religion and Media in America (2009), Adventures in Yiddishland: Postvernacular Language and Culture (2005), and While America Watches: Televising the Holocaust (1999). At Rutgers, Professor Shandler teaches
courses on Holocaust literature and media, American Jews and media, the ethnography of contemporary Jewish life, Yiddish literature and culture, and Jewish art.

ABOUT THE 2012 FILM/SPEAKER SERIES ON THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE

ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY, Tuesday, November 13 through Sunday, November 18

This series explores representations of the Jewish experience in Israel and of the Holocaust through three recent films (2011 and 2012 short and documentary
films). The series culminates with this talk on Sunday, November 18, at 2:30 p.m., given by Professor Jeffrey Shandler of Rutgers University This series has been made possible through a partnership with FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival and sponsored by the Edwin S. Soforenko Foundation and the Helene and Bertram Bernhardt Foundation, and the Roger Williams University Department of Communication, Hillel, and
Spiritual Life Program.

All events are free and open to the public and on the Roger Williams University campus.