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The Three American Jews of Philip Roth

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Philip Roth's short story "Defender of the Faith" introduces three kinds of American Jews (Fishbein, Halpern, and Grossbart) who show up repeatedly in the author's work. In this "Philip Roth 101" session from Limmud UK, presenter David Benkof explains the differences between them and gives examples of Roth characters from American Pastoral, Portnoy's Complaint, and "The Conversion of the Jews" in which the three types appear. ...more
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Introduction

0:00

The Counterline

1:03

Who Has the Cap Your Life

1:48

The Human Stain

2:53

Philip Roth

3:07

Nathan Super

4:08

Why Philip Roth

4:30

Nemesis

5:19

Themes

6:02

Symbolism

7:41

Goodbye Columbus

8:35

Conversion of the Jews

9:23

The tension between the generations

10:14

The Binding of Isaac

11:05

Defender of the Faith

12:10

Coleman Silk

13:47

Selfhating Jew

15:42

The Liver

17:31

Another Piece of Liver

18:51

The Three American Jews

22:36

American Jewish alienation

26:42

What is America

28:52

Hypochondria

32:21

Conversion to Jews

34:17

American Jews

39:39

A Gross Bird

41:02

Conclusion

44:38
The Three American Jews of Philip Roth
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Philip Roth's short story "Defender of the Faith" introduces three kinds of American Jews (Fishbein, Halpern, and Grossbart) who show up repeatedly in the author's work. In this "Philip Roth 101" session from Limmud UK, presenter David Benkof explains the differences between them and gives examples of Roth characters from American Pastoral, Portnoy's Complaint, and "The Conversion of the Jews" in which the three types appear.

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The Broadway Maven

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