Shai Ginsburg

Shai Ginsburg teaches Israeli culture at Duke University, North Carolina. He has published articles on Israeli literature, culture and history. He formerly reviewed films for Tikkun.

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The Self-Destructive Logic of Militarism

Dani Rosenberg’s 2007 drama Homeland , which made its American debut at the 23rd Israeli…

The Tragedy of the Smile

Tamar Yarom’s 2007 documentary To See If I’m Smiling is a fascinating, yet disturbing study…

Halakhic Striptease: Avi Nesher’s The Secrets

During the 1980s, Israeli filmmakers were preoccupied with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the 1990s, they…

A World Without Ashkenazim

Since its release in 1982, Jacob Goldwasser's first feature, Under The Nose (Mitahat La'af) has…

Enemies Out of the Frame: Joseph Cedar’s Beaufort

Ostensibly, Joseph Cedar’s film Beaufort (Israel, 2007) portrays the denouement of the first Lebanon war,…