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UAlbany
Center for Jewish Studies Launches Film Series
Contact:
Karl Luntta (518) 437-4980
ALBANY,
N.Y. (October 6, 2003)-The Center for Jewish Studies, Department
of Judaic Studies and University at Albany Hillel have announced
their 2003-04 film series. The films - diverse in style and
content - address key events and issues in the modern Jewish
experience in Europe, America and Israel. Faculty members
with expertise on related topics will introduce each film,
and moderate a post-screening discussion. Light refreshments
will be served. The viewings are free and open to the public.
On
Thursday, October 16, 7 p.m. in the Alumni House of UAlbany�s
uptown campus, the series opens with The
Jazz Singer (Warner Bros., directed by Alan Crosland,
1927). Young Jakie Rabinowitz has forsaken the traditional
ways of his father (a fifth-generation cantor) for a career
on the American musical stage. Famous for being the first
�talkie,� The Jazz Singer
is equally important for its powerful treatment of the tension
between adherence to religious traditions and adaptation to
the modern world. The film features a memorable performance
by Al Jolson, one of the greatest stage and screen stars of
his era.
The
Jazz
Singer will be introduced by UAlbany Adjunct Professor
Audrey Kupferberg, an accomplished film and video consultant,
archivist and appraiser. Ms. Kupferberg has been director
of the Yale Film Study Center, assistant director of the National
Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film
Institute, and project director of the American Film Institute
Catalog. She is a contributing editor to Leonard Maltin's
"Family Film Guide," and has written for "Women
Filmmakers and Their Films," "International Dictionary
of Films and Filmmakers," and "St. James Encyclopedia
of Popular Culture." She works as film consultant to
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College.
Upcoming
films:
�
Nov. 6 - My Mother�s Courage
(Kristallnacht commemorative event), 7 p.m., Page Hall
� Nov. 13- Partisans of Vilna,
7 p.m., Campus Center Room 375
� Dec. 11- My Favorite Year,
7 p.m., Alumni House
� Feb. 5- Tevye der Milkhiker
[Tevye the Dairyman], 7 p.m., Alumni House
� March 11- Body and Soul,
7 p.m., Alumni House
� April 22- Bluz la-khofesh
ha'gadol [Late Summer Blues], 7 p.m., Alumni House
Parking
is available opposite Alumni House. For more information contact
Yoel Hirschfeld at 591-8514, [email protected]
The
Center for Jewish Studies, University at Albany, seeks to
foster knowledge of Jewish history, thought, and culture through
education, scholarship, and community outreach. The Center
provides an environment in which students, scholars, and community
members can engage in education, research, pedagogy, and a
variety of public programs related to Jewish Studies. The
Center is committed to providing individuals and institutions
in the region access to its activities and the Department
of Judaic Studies. The Center has a special interest in advancing
the University�s commitment to academic excellence, public
service, and ideals of justice by promoting the study of Judaism
and the Jewish experience in the Diaspora and Israel from
antiquity to the present.
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