March 11, 2015
Sephardic Studies document appears in PBS documentary ‘The Jewish Journey: America’
A document from the Sephardic Studies Program in the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies appears in the PBS documentary “The Jewish Journey: America.”PBS
A document from the UW Sephardic Studies Program‘s Digital Library and Museum appears in a new PBS documentary called “The Jewish Journey: America.”
The documentary will be broadcast at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 16, on KBTC, Tacoma’s public broadcasting station, and is now available for viewing online as well.
The hour-long film, directed by Emmy-winner Andrew Goldberg, traces Jewish immigration to America over five centuries, using the perspectives of immigrants, historians and Jewish-American writers.
The film’s producers contacted Devin Naar, professor of international studies and history, and chair of Sephardic studies, to obtain an image from the notebook of Leon Behar, which was featured on the program’s website in 2014.
To learn more, read an article by Hannah Pressman, communications director for the Stroum Center, and watch the preview below.
