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Article: Jews, God, and Videotape: Religion and Media in America.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- Publishers Weekly
- Article date:
- February 9, 2009
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Jews, God, and Videotape: Religion and Media in America
Jeffrey Shandler. New York Univ., $75 (323p) ISBN 978-0-8147-4067-5; $23 paper ISBN 978-0-8147-4068-2
The impact of the media on American Jews is the subject of this badly written work. Author Shandler, a professor of Jewish studies at Rutgers University, starts his presentation with cantors, discussing their recordings and their participation in movies and operas. He then proceeds to radio broadcasts, analyzing a program called "The Eternal Life," claiming that its rise and fall paved the way for linking broadcasting and Judaism. Other ...