Stanley Kubrick is generally acknowledged as one of the world's great directors. Yet few critics or scholars have considered how he emerged from a unique and vibrant cultural milieu: the New York Jewish intelligentsia. In this talk, Nathan Abrams re-examines the director's work in context of his ethnic and cultural origins. Focusing on several of … Continue reading Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual?

In the 1940s a third of Baghdad’s population was Jewish. Within a decade nearly all 150,000 had fled. Of those remaining, most escaped in the 1970s or were killed. Today, fewer than half a dozen remain.   This graphic memoir of a lost homeland is a wordless narrative by an author homesick for a home … Continue reading The Wolf of Baghdad: Memoir of a Lost Homeland