Jewish History with Barry Feldman

“The Goldbergs – A Jewish-American Family Mid-Twentieth Century. Or, Television as Ethnography?”

Four Sunday mornings in the Or Zarua library.

Also available by Zoom.

This course will explore a Jewish American family at mid-twentieth century as it accommodates to the general culture. We will use television as an ethnographic tool to answer these questions and many more:   course will explore a Jewish American family at mid-twentieth century as it accommodates to the general culture. We will use television as an ethnographic tool to answer these questions and many more:

• Is there a typical American Jewish family?
• Is the television show an accurate presentation of your family? What were family values as presented in the series?
• Can you Identify Jewish communal  solidarity in the serious?
• Is Molly Goldberg an accurate portrayal of the Jewish mother? What role does religion play in the series?