Jews, cinema and public life in interwar Britain / Gil Toffell.

Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; Chapter 1 Introduction; Cinema and British-Jewish Historiography; The Historical Emergence of Interwar Jewry; Sources of Data and Chapter Outline; Bibliography; Chapter 2 The Spaces and Places of Jewish Cinema Culture; Early Sites of Exhibition; Interwar Spaces; Expressive Cultures; Jewish Entertainments; An Alternative Public Sphere; Beyond Primary Areas of Settlement; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Films of Jewish Interest; Europe's Other; Ancient Jews; American Modernity; Yiddish Film; Zionist Film

Jewish Persecution and Jewish PersonalitiesBibliography; Chapter 4 The Public Lives of Jewish Stars; Bodies in Public; A New Yiddish Talkie; Potential Fulfilled; A Star of the People; Bibliography; Chapter 5 The Jews Behind the Camera; Spectacular Exhibition; Executive Decisions; Jew Süss; Double Consciousness; Bibliography; Chapter 6 Jewish Defence; Film as Response to Nazism; The Eternal Wanderer; Film as a Political Statement; Public or Private?; Bibliography; Chapter 7 Epilogue: The Decline of a Jewish Cinema Culture; A New National Consciousness; Understanding Bergen-Belsen

The Post-War ShiftMulticultural Imaginaries; Bibliography; Index