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Lawrence (Laurie) Baron, now retired, served as the Nasatir Professor of Modern Jewish History at San Diego State University. He served from 1988 to 2006 as director of SDSU’s Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies. He was the founder in 1995 of the Western Jewish Studies Association.
He writes two satire columns for San Diego Jewish World: “Humoring the Headlines” under his byline, and “Hounding the Headlines,” under the byline of his dog Elona.
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Books to his credit, available on Amazon, include:
Projecting the Holocaust into the Present: The Changing Focus of Contemporary Holocaust Cinema
The Modern Jewish Experience in World Cinema
The eclectic anarchism of Erich Muhsam (Men & movements in the history & philosophy of anarchism)
His most recent articles are:
“Making Room for the Jews: The House I Live In (1945),” AJS Perspectives, Summer 2023, 86-88.
“The Revolt of Job: Salvaging the Lost World of Rural Hungarian Hasidim,” Journal of Jewish Identities, 16:1-2 (January/July 2023), 181-198.
“Persistent Parallels, Resistant Particularities: Holocaust Analogies and Avoidance in Armenian Genocide Centennial Cinema, in Armenian and Jewish Experience between Expulsion and Destruction, ed. Sarah M. Ross and Regina Randhofer (Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2021), 267-296.
“The Pioneering American Jewish Women Directors from Elaine May to Claudia Weill,” Jews and Gender (Studies in Jewish Civilization), ed. Leonard Greenspoon (W. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2021), 217-243.
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I’ve can’t see her face
Her mask is cotton and not lace.
No lips or nose
On which to gaze.
During this pandemic phase. …
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Lawrence Baron, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Trivia, Humor & SatireIn an interview I conducted with the President over Zoom, he explained why he has not contracted the coronavirus and has been so successful in mitigating its spread. I guaranteed him that it would be off the record. I kept my promise. I’ve recorded this on paper and not on vinyl. [Satire column by Laurie Baron, PhD]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireEditor’s Note: Columnist Laurie Baron has been scouring the TV and Internet services for movies of Jewish interest that you can watch at home. Combined with the previous installments of his research, it is quite a collection. Here are links to Parts I, II, III,IV, V, VI, and VII.
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Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastI should have compiled this list during March for Women’s History Month, but better late than never. I’ve been doing research for the past 2 years on American Jewish women directors and wanted to share some of the films by the pioneers that you can stream at home. Although a considerable number of women directed films during the silent era, those numbers dwindled to two, Dorothy Arzner and Ida Lupino, between 1930 and 1960. The decline of the studio system and the political and social movements of the 60s opened up opportunities for more women directors in the next decade. Jewish women were disproportionately represented in their ranks. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Jewish History, Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAs the pandemic creates shortages of supplies that doctors and nurses need, we need to repurpose things that could substitute for what we lack. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireEditor’s Note: Columnist Laurie Baron has been scouring the TV and Internet services for movies of Jewish interest that you can watch at home. Combined with the previous installments of his research, it is quite a collection. Here are links to Parts I, II, III, IV, V, and VI.
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Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastLaurie Baron, PhD, provides a roundup of serious and comedic treatments of Passover that can be watched on home television sets.
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Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAlthough the stock market has rallied in the past week, the companies whose initial public offerings have been doing well may not portend a rosy future. These successful startups and their advertising campaigns demonstrate that investors are banking on bad news. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
Laurie Baron rounds up national podcasts on Jewish topics for those interested in deepening their education.
Humor columnist Laurie Baron says President Trump should heed the advice that can be gleaned from popular songs. He cites the works of Frank Loesser, Bob Dylan, Tim Hardin, PartyNextDoor, and Bon Jovi.
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Lawrence Baron, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Trivia, Humor & SatireEditor’s Note: Columnist Laurie Baron has been scouring the TV and Internet services for movies of Jewish interest that you can watch at home. Combined with the previous installments of his research, it is quite a collection. Here are links to Parts I, II, III, IV, and V.
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Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe coronavirus has introduced new phrases into the American lexicon. At first I didn’t understand what they meant because I had heard (or misheard) these terms in a different context. Below you will see why I was confused: [Laurie Baron, PhD]
Columnist Laurie Baron has been scouring the TV and Internet services for movies of Jewish interest that you can watch at home. Combined with the previous installments of his research, it is quite a collection. Here are links to Parts I, II, III, and IV. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastEditor’s Note: Columnist Laurie Baron has been scouring the TV and Internet services for movies of Jewish interest that you can watch at home. Combined with the previous installments of his research, it is quite a collection. Here are links to Parts I, II, and III.
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