Entertaining America: Jews, Movies, and Broadcasting

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Entertaining America is an enchanting look at one of the crucial longest-running and most provocative public discussions in The us: the relationship between the nation’s Jews and its entertainment media. This colorfully written, lavishly illustrated book surveys how Jews have participated in–and been identified with–American movies, radio, and television from the nickelodeon era at the turn of the twentieth century to the present day.

Throughout, the tone is full of life, the design is playful, and key points are visually enhanced by stills, publicity photos, and memorabilia. This anthology of original analyses and primary texts covers a variety of topics, including the a couple of versions of The Jazz Singer, the saga of the Hollywood movie moguls, the irrepressible Goldbergs of radio and television fame, the representation of the Holocaust, how Charlie Chaplin and other non-Jewish stars became “virtual Jews,” and the dazzling success of the television series Seinfeld. There may be an illustrated gallery of more than twenty Jewish-American stars from Theda Bara to Adam Sandler.

The principal authors, J. Hoberman and Jeffrey Shandler, examine not only the history of Jews in the industry but also the steady stream of richly varied voices that have had something to say about this history–in fan magazines in addition to literary fiction, by religious and political leaders in addition to journalists, historians, and Jews in the entertainment business themselves.

Entertaining America, which accompanies an exhibition opening at The Jewish Museum, is itself tremendously entertaining even as providing the most expansive, authoritative look at this fascinating subject. In its pages, readers will find ample material to lend a hand them formulate their own responses to this frank, contentious, multilayered discussion.

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
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The Jewish Museum, New York


February 21 – September 14, 2003


The Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore


October 16, 2003 – January 18, 2004


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