Over the top Judaism: precedents and trends in the depiction of Jewish beliefs and observances in film and television
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| Beschreibung: | XV, 299 S. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0761826246 9780761826248 |
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OVER THE TOP JUDAISM
Precedents and Trends in the Depiction of Jewish
Beliefs and Observances in Film and Television
Elliot B Gertel
University Press of America,® Inc
Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto * Oxford
CONTENTS
PREFACE ix
INTRODUCTION 1
PART ONE
FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS:
DISTORTION OF JEWISH OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 1: Misdirected Life-Cycle Events 11
Brit Milah and Bar Mitzvah in
Homage to Insult: Cheers, Roseanne 13
Brit Milah and Seder as Sacred Joke: The Nanny 17
Brit Milah and Kashrut as Common Judaism: Seinfeld 20
Bar Mitzvah as Graduation From Judaism: Route 66 24
Talking Bar Mitzvah to Death: The Discovery 32
Bar Mitzvah as Rejection of Parents: Bronx Zoo 35
Inappropriate Bar/Bat Mitzvah Gifts:
Square Pegs, Diff rent Strokes,
Good Advice, Caroline in the City 37
Bar Mitzvah as Formula Spirituality:
The Education of Max Bickford 41
Backhanded Wedding Nostalgia:
I Love You, Alice B Toklas 44
iv Over the Top Judaism
Chuppah as Object Lesson: Dharma and Greg 46
Jewish Weddings and Jewish Gangs: Diagnosis Murder 48
CHAPTER2: Fractured Festivals 51
Shabbat and Marriage Taboos: Archie Bunker's Place 51
The Seder in the Absence of the
Jewish Mother: Anything But Love 53
Chanukah as Self-absorption: E R 55
The Chanukah Menorah as Assimilation:
An American Tail, The Five Mrs Buchanans 57
Chanukah as Slander of Jewish Children: Hiller and Diller 61
Thanksgiving as Jewish Holiday:
Avalon, Family of Cops 63
CHAPTER3: Corrupted Jewish Usages and Beliefs 69
Matzah as Communion With Hollywood: State and Main 69
Mezuzah, Mikvah and Apocalypse: Millennium 72
The Talmud Ignored: Reasonable Doubts 74
Forfeited Jewish Customs: Chicago Hope 75
Yiddish as Euthanasia: Chicago Hope 78
CHAPTER 4: Misguided Mourning and Afterlife 81
Shiva as Kung Fu: Babylon Five 81
Convoluted Shiva: Saying Kaddish 83
Ignored Afterlife: Max Glick, Murphy Brown 87
Choosing Hell: Deconstructing Harry 92
CHAPTER 5: Constrained Conversion 95
Cowardly Conversion and Baby-Naming:
A Year in The Life 95
Contents v
Exploitation of Conversion and of Jewish Periodicals:
Picket Fences 101
Compartmentalized Heaven: Party of Five 104
TV's Un-Conversion: Living in Captivity 107
PART Two
OUTLANDISH JUDAISMS FOR BIZARRE JEWS:
TV'S DECONSTRUCTION OF JUDAISM
CHAPTER 6: Misplaced Judaism 113
The Absence of Judaism: Duddy Kravitz 113
Faith Redefined: Keeping The Faith 115
Mitzvah Redefined: Law and Order, Son of The Beach 118
The Holy Ark as Negation of Ritual: Touched by an Angel 120
CHAPTER 7: Misapplied Nostalgia 125
Covenant as Ethnic Chain: Thirtysomething 125
Tradition as Pleasant Prison: Sofie 128
Jewish Ritual as Mantra: Independence Day 131
Jewish Tradition as Vestige: Brooklyn Bridge 133
Jewish Ritual as Family Neurosis: Frank's Place 137
Scribal Arts For Angry Jewish
Daughters: Touched by an Angel 140
Jewish Ritual as Backdrop: Unstrung Heroes 144
CHAPTER 8: Misrepresented Practices and Sensibilities 147
Reinventing Jewish Law: St Elsewhere,
Chicago Hope, The Nanny, Cybill,
Crisis Center, Medicine Ball, Seventh Heaven 147
Protest Preempts Shabbat: Beverly Hills 90210 153
vi Over the Top Judaism
The Torah of Vengefulness:
In The Heat of The Night, E R 155
Religious Stances as Temporary
Insanity: Seventh Heaven 160
Jewish Rituals as Sex Appeal: Gideon's Crossing 164
Flip Gothic Judaism: Home Court 167
Jewish Ritual Over Jewish Children: Family Law 170
CHAPTER9: Inverted Hostilities 175
Shema Without Scruples: Picket Fences 175
The Synagogue as Vicious Cabal: The Practice 181
The Synagogue as Vintage Television: Thirtysomething 183
Judaism Without Jews: Northern Exposure 188
Cantorial Music as Manipulation: The West Wing 192
PART THREE
GLIMMERS OF SANCTITY ON BIG AND SMALL SCREEN:
ADMIRABLE AND INSIGHTFUL PRODUCTION EFFORTS
CHAPTER 10: Heart and Soul 199
TV's Best Exploration of Judaism:
Little House on the Prairie 199
The Bible and its Jews: NYPD Blue 201
Relating to God: Ben Casey 204
Covenant Affirmed: The Plot Against Harry 205
Bar Mitzvah as Gift to Parents: The Dick Van Dyke Show 208
CHAPTER 11: Redemptive Jewish Observances 213
Meaningful Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremonies:
The Wonder Years, Archie Bunker's
Place, Hotel, Bill: On His Own 213
Contents vii
Mourning Becomes Bar Mitzvah: Touched by an Angel 217
Rosh Hashanah and Friendship: Our House 220
Minyan as Sanctuary: Naked City 221
Yom Kippur Brilliantly Applied: Northern Exposure 227
Portraying Jewish Piety: A Stranger Among Us 232
Exploring Suburban Jewish Spirituality: Homicide 235
CHAPTER 12: Dignified Jewish Life and Identity 239
Authentic Jewish Healers: Fight For Life, Ben Casey 239
Shabbat Beyond Vandalism: The Trials of Rosie O'Neill 243
TV's Best Chanukah: Big Brother Jake 246
Chanukah And Interfaith Marriage: Commish 249
Sexual Mores: Touching 250
Jewish Marriage Affirmed: Crossing Delancey 253
Explaining Jewish Marrying-in: Our House, Buck James 256
Jewish Divorce—Tragedy and Comedy:
L A Law, Hester Street 262
CHAPTER 13: Conversion 265
Thoughtful Conversion: Sisters 265
Tough Conversion: Homefront 268
Hostility to Converts: Seinfeld 272
CHAPTER 14: Positive Hereafter 275
The Afterlife Respected: The Cemetery Club 275
INDEX 279 |
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