Cover of From the Lower East Side to Hollywood

Book 2004

From the Lower East Side to Hollywood

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Publisher
Verso
Language
English
Published
2004
  • Jewish studies
  • Judaism - General
  • United States
  • Performing Arts
  • Popular Culture - General
  • USA
  • Film & Video - General
  • Television - General

We no longer live in the era of unabashed mainstream (or elite) anti-Semitism where ethnic vaudeville humor refers to neighborhood shylocks collecting insurance by setting fire to their small businesses, or where Catholic film censors and congressional conservatives point darkly to "Hebrew influences" among the entertainment industry's leaders and employees.