Ofra Amihay
Biographic Data
| ID | 4157655 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ofra Amihay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ofra |
| FAMILY NAME | Amihay |
| SIGNATURE | AMIHAY O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rice University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0834-222X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Kaddish and Other Millin Setimin
In this article, I analyze the use of Hebrew, Yiddish, and Aramaic texts—and the Kaddish in particular—as esoteric tongues in Jewish–American narratives, including poems, plays, television shows, and films. I suggest that by doing so, the creators of these works evoke the Lurianic notion of millin setimin or “secreted words”—utterances that transcend the communicative function of everyday speech and partake in some profound revelations. I hope to…
Take This Waltz, Take This Photo
This article analyzes the representation of Holocaust memory and its influences on present-day reality in Israel in three graphic novels: Ari Folman and David Polonsky's 2009 Waltz with Bashir, Michel Kichka's 2013 The Second Generation: Things I Did Not Tell My Father, and Rutu Modan's 2013 The Property. It shows that, through the employment of private snapshots alongside references to famous photographic images, these texts invoke the duality a…
Take This Waltz, Take This Photo
This article analyzes the representation of Holocaust memory and its influences on present-day reality in Israel in three graphic novels: Ari Folman and David Polonsky's 2009 Waltz with Bashir, Michel Kichka's 2013 The Second Generation: Things I Did Not Tell My Father, and Rutu Modan's 2013 The Property. It shows that, through the employment of private snapshots alongside references to famous photographic images, these texts invoke the duality a…
Take This Waltz, Take This Photo
This article analyzes the representation of Holocaust memory and its influences on present-day reality in Israel in three graphic novels: Ari Folman and David Polonsky's 2009 Waltz with Bashir, Michel Kichka's 2013 The Second Generation: Things I Did Not Tell My Father, and Rutu Modan's 2013 The Property. It shows that, through the employment of private snapshots alongside references to famous photographic images, these texts invoke the duality a…
Kaddish and Other Millin Setimin
In this article, I analyze the use of Hebrew, Yiddish, and Aramaic texts—and the Kaddish in particular—as esoteric tongues in Jewish–American narratives, including poems, plays, television shows, and films. I suggest that by doing so, the creators of these works evoke the Lurianic notion of millin setimin or “secreted words”—utterances that transcend the communicative function of everyday speech and partake in some profound revelations. I hope to…
Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Collective memory (1 work) · Comics and Graphic Narratives (1 work) · Cultural Differences and Values (1 work) · History (1 work) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (1 work)