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Tag: Sidney Lumet

0 Television/Film Holocaust

Jewish Studies Unscrolled: American Horror and Sidney Lumet’s film The Pawnbroker (1964), with Jeremy Dauber

Unorthodox · 30 Dec 2024

Jeremy Dauber explores the intersection of Holocaust trauma and horror in Sidney Lumet's 1964 film The Pawnbroker, discussing its portrayal of Sol Nazerman's haunting memories manifested through a "thin place" in the New York subway.

0 Music Culture

Quincy Jones Created Jewish Legends

Lior Zaltzman in Kveller · 5 Nov 2024

Quincy Jones, the legendary music producer who passed away at 91, significantly influenced American music and had deep connections to the Jewish community.

0 Music Holocaust

How Quincy Jones scored with the gritty story of a Harlem Holocaust survivor

Benjamin Ivry in Forward · 5 Nov 2024

Quincy Jones, who passed away at the age of 91, made a significant impact on film music with his score for Sidney Lumet's 1964 film "The Pawnbroker," a groundbreaking work in American cinema that explored the Holocaust from the survivor's perspective.

0 Culture History

Exhibit highlights impact of ’The Dybbuk’ for the past 100 years

Jennifer A. Stern in Forward · 28 Oct 2024

S. An-ski's play The Dybbuk has profoundly influenced Jewish culture since its premiere in 1920, and it continues to captivate audiences a century later.

0 Politics Jewish Law

7 Jewish things about the courthouse where jurors deliberated Donald Trump’s fate

Beth Harpaz in Forward · 30 May 2024

The Manhattan courthouse where jurors deliberated Donald Trump's case has several Jewish connections.