Description: Brings popular cinema and Jewish religious texts into a meaningful dialogue.
Brief description: Eugene B. Borowitz is Distinguished University Professor and the Sigmund L. Falk Distinguished Professor of Education and Jewish Religious Thought at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is the author of many books, including Studies in the Meaning of Judaism and The Mask Jews Wear: The Self-Deceptions of American Jewry, winner of the National Jewish Book Award in the realm of Jewish thought.
Review Quotes:
"...Wendy I. Zierler makes a very welcome and important contribution to the field of film and theology by adding a Jewish voice to a (so far) mostly Christian conversation." -- Journal for Religion, Film and Media
"The book is highly recommended for libraries that have large movie collections or that sponsor movie series, as it will give viewers insight into watching popular and/or current cinema with an eye for Jewish themes." -- AJL Reviews
"...Zierler writes winningly and convincingly--and very, very smartly--about her films and about Jewish text and scriptures ... There is significant strength in this work and it is a very worthwhile and serious review of Jewish doctrinal and spiritual thinking. But there is also still much here for colleagues teaching on religion and film (and a welcome, serious Jewish augment to those who are writing/thinking/teaching more generally about spirituality in/and modern American secular culture)." -- Reading Religion
"This is a groundbreaking work of originality, insight, and high quality. It will be of great importance not only for Jewish readers but also for non-Jewish readers who long for a non-Christian perspective on popular film. I loved this book!" -- Eric Michael Mazur, editor, Encyclopedia of Religion and Film