David Herman
Who Are the Real Jewish Heroes? Writers, Playwrights and Artists
Summary
David Herman’s third and final talk on Jewish heroes and villains in literature will be about a new kind of Jewish hero in Jewish-Americna Literature, what Saul Bellow famously called suffering jokers. Middle-aged men (mostly), intellectual, very Jewish but not religious, who battle with shysters, ex-wives, and a fast-changing America, a world away from the antisemitism of so much English literature.
David Herman
David Herman is a freelance writer based in London. Over the past 20 years he has written almost a thousand articles, essays, and reviews on Jewish history and literature for publications including the Jewish Chronicle, the Jewish Quarterly, Jewish Renaissance, the Guardian, the New Statesman, and Prospect. He has taught courses on Jewish culture for the London Jewish Cultural Centre and JW3. He is a regular contributor to Jewish Book Week, the Association of Jewish Refugees, and the Insiders/Outsiders Festival on the contribution of Jewish refugees to British culture.