London: The Modern Babylon
It’s a long film, but several sections of Jewish interest here. A link to the full film.
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British Jews and Nationalism
From Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson: “The UK was the only country in the world, during the 1960s and 1970s, where high-level work was undertaken,in separate channels, on the nature and origins of nationalism in a general sense, by four influential Jewish intellectuals–the conservative historian Elie Kedourie, the Enlightenment-liberal philosopher and sociologist Ernest Gellner, the then…
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Frank London
Some things are here just because they mean something to me, despite his name Mr. London is American. Interview with the Yiddish Book Center Frank London’s website
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Dylan’s Ten Most Jewish Songs
From Seth Rogovoy the author of Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet (Scribner, 2009). I’m sure there are other ideas out there. “Talkin’ Hava Nagilah Blues” “With God on Our Side” “New Morning” Nu, morning? “All Along the Watchtower” “Forever Young” “Highway 61 Revisited” “Gotta Serve Somebody” “Neighborhood Bully” “Everything Is Broken” “Blowin’ in the…
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Identity and the British-Jewish novel
American Jewish writers flourish, but Englishness and Jewishness seem mutually contradictory. Read the article byLINDA GRANT In 1937 the teenaged Irving Howe, future literary critic, excitedly unwrapped the very first edition of Partisan Review and read the short story “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities” by Delmore Schwartz, written a couple of years earlier over a July weekend when…
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Whitechapel Noise: Sex, Politics, and Religion in London’s Pre-World War I Yiddish Lyrics – A Singing Talk by Vivi Lachs
Happening this Sunday (October 21) in Brookline Whitechapel Noise: Sex, Politics, Gand Religion in London’s Pre-World War I Yiddish Lyrics – A Singing Talk by Vivi Lachs Sunday, Oct 21, 2018 4:00 pm 1762 Beacon St. Brookline, MA 02445 http://circleboston.org/calendar/whitechapel-noise-sex-politics-and-religion-london%E2%80%99s-pre-world-war-i-yiddish-lyrics-singing
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Can’t Order from Website on Shabbat
This comes up when you try to order from B and H Photo and Video.
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Traces: Representations of the Holocaust and Antisemitism in British Film and Television
Traces: Representations of the Holocaust and Antisemitism in British Film and Television In collaboration with the British Jewish Contemporary Cultures Network and supported by Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image Speakers: Nathan Abrams, Bangor University; James Jordan, University of Southampton; Caroline Kaye, University of Manchester; Sue Vice, University of Sheffield. Date: Wednesday 8 November 2017…
