Woody on Rye: Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen

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Woody on Rye Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life Jonathan D. Sarna, Editor•Sylvia Barack Fishman, Associate Editor For a complete list of books that are available in the series, visit www.upne.com Vincent Brook and Marat Grinberg, editors Woody on Rye: Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen Mark Cohen Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman David E. Kaufman Jewhooing the Sixties: American Celebrity and Jewish Identity—Sandy Koufax, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Barbra Streisand Jack Wertheimer, editor The New Jewish Leaders: Reshaping the American Jewish Landscape Eitan P. Fishbane and Jonathan D. Sarna, editors Jewish Renaissance and Revival in America Jonathan B. Krasner The Benderly Boys and American Jewish Education Derek Rubin, editor Promised Lands: New Jewish American Fiction on Longing and Belonging Susan G. Solomon Louis I. Kahn’s Jewish Architecture: Mikveh Israel and the Midcentury American Synagogue Amy Neustein, editor Tempest in the Temple: Jewish Communities and Child Sex Scandals Jack Wertheimer, editor Learning and Community: Jewish Supplementary Schools in the Twentyfirst Century Carole S. Kessner Marie Syrkin: Values Beyond the Self Leonard Saxe and Barry Chazan Ten Days of Birthright Israel: A Journey in Young Adult Identity Jack Wertheimer, editor Imagining the American Jewish Community Murray Zimiles Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel Marianne R. Sanua Be of Good Courage: The American Jewish Committee, 1945–2006 Hollace Ava Weiner and Kenneth D. Roseman, editors Lone Stars of David: The Jews of Texas Jack Wertheimer, editor Jewish Education in an Age of Choice Edward S. Shapiro Crown Heights: Blacks, Jews, and the 1991 Brooklyn Riot Edited by Vincent Brook and Marat Grinberg Brandeis University Press•Waltham, Massachusetts Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen Brandeis University Press An imprint of University Press of New England www.upne.com© 2014 Brandeis University All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designed and typeset by Mindy Basinger Hill Typeset in Arno Pro University Press of New England is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. For permission to reproduce any of the material in this book, contact Permissions, University Press of New England, One Court Street, Suite 250, Lebanon NH 03766; or visit www.upne.com. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Woody on rye : Jewishness in the films and plays of Woody Allen / edited by Vincent Brook and Marat Grinberg.    pages   cm. — (Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life) ISBN 978–1–61168–479–7 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–1–61168–480–3 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–1–61168–481–0 (ebook) 1. Allen, Woody—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Jews in popular culture—United States. 3. Popular culture—Religious aspects—Judaism. I. Brook, Vincent, 1946– editor of compilation. II. Grinberg, Marat, 1977– editor of compilation. PN1998.3. A45W76 2013 791.43092—dc23    2013017426 5 4 3 2 1 ...