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Fall Symposium features “Jews and Crime” He moved to Bangor in 2006. LEONARD GREENSPOON Abrams started off studying ModCreighton University Klutznick ern History, then specialized in Chair in Jewish Civilization American Studies. His PhD dissertahere are about 2,000 tion was on Arthur Miller in comparJews in Wales. Only ison to the Commentary community one of them is an inin the 1940s and 1950s. After pubternationally recoglishing two books on Commentary, nized authority on he switched to film studies full-time film and other forms of popular culwhen he moved to Bangor. Among ture. His name is Nathan Abrams, his published books are New Wave, and he is a professor at Bangor UniNew Hollywood: Reassessment, Recovversity. We are fortunate indeed that ery, and Legacy; Eyes Wide Shut: StanDr. Abrams will be the keynote preley Kubrick and the Making of His senter at The Thirty-Fourth Annual Final Film; Stanley Kubrick: New York Symposium on Jewish Civilization— Jewish Intellectual; Hidden in Plain Chronicling Jews and Crime: From Sight: Jews and Jewishness in British Law-Makers to Law-Breakers— Film, Television, and Popular Culture; which takes place this year on Sunand The New Jew in Film: Exploring day, Oct. 23, and Monday, Oct. 24. Jewishness and Judaism in ContempoHis presentation—Cops and CrimNathan Abrams rary Cinema. inals: Jews in Twenty-First Century At Bangor University, Abrams teaches the MA in Film Film and Television—is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m., at Beth El Synagogue. Like all Symposium events, Studies. He is also responsible for several undergraduate modules, including Stanley Kubrick: Auteur, America on Film, this is free and open to the public. Abrams was born at Guy’s Hospital in Southwark, Lon- Film Language, and Introduction to Mass Culture. Among his other academic achievements Abrams is the don. He studied at Oxford University and the University of Birmingham before a peripatetic career working at univer- lead director for the Centre for Film, Television and Screen sities in London, Canterbury, Southampton, and Aberdeen. See Fall Symposium page 2

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Our Campaign Cabinet ANNETTE VAN DE KAMPWRIGHT Jewish Press Editor Our Omaha Jewish community is in good hands with Nancy and Joel Schlessinger as our 2023 Jewish Federa-

teers are needed; together, they are known as the Campaign Cabinet. While we are looking forward to the Oct. 2 Community event, a great number of dedicated people are behind the scenes, doing the hard work to make

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