Philip Rubenstein
Great Jewish Moments at the Movies, Part 1
Summary
Jewish assimilation into American culture as a central theme of many films. Works discussed include Hester Street (1975) and Mel Brooks’s The History of the World, Part 1 (1981), demonstrating the effectiveness of Jewish comedy and parody to transform extreme tragedy and loss.
Philip Rubenstein
Philip Rubenstein was director of the Parliamentary War Crimes Group, which, in the mid-to-late 1980s, campaigned to bring Nazi war criminals living in the UK to justice. Philip was also the founder-director of the Holocaust Educational Trust and played a role in getting the study of the Shoah onto the national school’s curriculum in the UK. These days, he works with family businesses, advising on governance and continuity from one generation to the next.