Nathan Abrams
Biographic Data
| ID | 6177857 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathan Abrams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Abrams |
| SIGNATURE | ABRAMS N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bangor University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
British and Irish newspapers implicitly support single-use masks over reusable face coverings
Introduction The environmental impact of waste caused by single-use masks or face coverings is an under-considered effect associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The combination of the protective purpose of face masks and their potential environmental impacts through littering or waste management means the wearing of face masks is simultaneously associated with the health crisis and creation of a new environmental challenge, combining two strands …
Jewish cricket’
This article explores Black-Jewish relations as presented through the prism of the 2003 film Wondrous Oblivion, directed by Paul Morrison. The film revisits the transition period between the 1950s and 1960s when Britain was starting to become a multicultural society. Set in South London in 1960, Wondrous Oblivion is a coming of age story focusing on David Wiseman (Sam Smith), a Jewish boy who aspires to be a first-class cricketer. David lives in …
Introduction
The origins of this special issue lie in a symposium on ‘The Interface Between British Contemporary Black and Jewish Cultures’, co-sponsored by the British Academy-funded network ‘British Jewish Co
English centre vs. Celtic periphery
Using a case study from Dundee, this article scrutinises historians’ assumptions about the nature of links between the major British-Jewish centres and ‘the periphery’. Utilising a cache of letters addressed to the Chief Rabbi concerning the provision of a trained Jewish butcher (shochet) in 1883, Abrams considers the Jewish community of Dundee in northeast Scotland as an example of Jews at a temporal, organisational, cultural and geographical fr…
Introduction
The origins of this special thematic issue of Jewish Culture and History date back to September 2011, when a small group of scholars were invited to Ulster University’s campus in Belfast for a coll
What was HAL? IBM, Jewishness and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001
In Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), the spaceship Discovery is run by a supercomputer named ‘HAL 9000’. Kubrick seemed to be particularly concerned with HAL, spending more time, care, and attention lovingly crafting its character than that of the film’s humans. Much ink has been spilled on the origins of HAL’s name, particularly its proximity to the letters, and hence the company, IBM. In what will be argued is an example of his si…
A Hidden Heart of Jewishness and Englishness
This article considers the Jewishness of Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), one of the most important filmmakers of the twentieth century. It argues, first, that Kubrick's origins and ethnicity had a significant impact on his work. Second, it locates Kubrick in the intellectual milieu of New York City to show that Kubrick's films engaged with the same dilemmas and explored the same paradoxes as the New York Intellectuals did. Third, it suggests that Ku…
The American Jewish Story through Cinema
Various studies of American Jewish cinema have been published in the last couple of years and to this we can add Eric A. Goldman's The American Jewish Story through Cinema. Divided into seven chapt
Up, up, and oy vey! How Jewish history, culture and values shaped the comic book superhero
Simcha Weinstein proclaims at the outset of his book, ‘While the Jewish contribution to film, theatre, music, and comedy is well known, the Jewish role in the creation of all-American superheroes i
Material Culture and Jewish Thought in America
The New Jew in Film
Jewish film characters have existed almost as long as the medium itself. But around 1990, films about Jews and their representation in cinema multiplied and took on new forms, marking a radical rupture with the past. With a new generation of Jewish filmmakers, writers and actors at work, contemporary cinemas in Hollywood and the rest of the world have been depicting a multiplicity of new Jews, including tough Jews, brutish Jews, gay and lesbian J…
Jute, Journalism, Jam and Jews
The Jews of Aberdeen
America is home’
This article examines one of America's most celebrated periodicals, Commentary magazine, founded by the American Jewish Committee under the editorship of Elliot E. Cohen in 1945. The article describes the process by which young Jewish intellectuals, who had removed themselves from their communities, would edit and write for a magazine of the organised Jewish community. It examines Commentary's formative years during the 1940s and 1950s, in partic…
"Inhibited but not “crowded out"’
Antonio's b‐boys
"Inhibited but not “crowded out"’
Antonio's b‐boys
America is home’
This article examines one of America's most celebrated periodicals, Commentary magazine, founded by the American Jewish Committee under the editorship of Elliot E. Cohen in 1945. The article describes the process by which young Jewish intellectuals, who had removed themselves from their communities, would edit and write for a magazine of the organised Jewish community. It examines Commentary's formative years during the 1940s and 1950s, in partic…
The Jews of Aberdeen
The New Jew in Film
Jewish film characters have existed almost as long as the medium itself. But around 1990, films about Jews and their representation in cinema multiplied and took on new forms, marking a radical rupture with the past. With a new generation of Jewish filmmakers, writers and actors at work, contemporary cinemas in Hollywood and the rest of the world have been depicting a multiplicity of new Jews, including tough Jews, brutish Jews, gay and lesbian J…
Jute, Journalism, Jam and Jews
Material Culture and Jewish Thought in America
A Hidden Heart of Jewishness and Englishness
This article considers the Jewishness of Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), one of the most important filmmakers of the twentieth century. It argues, first, that Kubrick's origins and ethnicity had a significant impact on his work. Second, it locates Kubrick in the intellectual milieu of New York City to show that Kubrick's films engaged with the same dilemmas and explored the same paradoxes as the New York Intellectuals did. Third, it suggests that Ku…
The American Jewish Story through Cinema
Various studies of American Jewish cinema have been published in the last couple of years and to this we can add Eric A. Goldman's The American Jewish Story through Cinema. Divided into seven chapt
Up, up, and oy vey! How Jewish history, culture and values shaped the comic book superhero
Simcha Weinstein proclaims at the outset of his book, ‘While the Jewish contribution to film, theatre, music, and comedy is well known, the Jewish role in the creation of all-American superheroes i
What was HAL? IBM, Jewishness and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001
In Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), the spaceship Discovery is run by a supercomputer named ‘HAL 9000’. Kubrick seemed to be particularly concerned with HAL, spending more time, care, and attention lovingly crafting its character than that of the film’s humans. Much ink has been spilled on the origins of HAL’s name, particularly its proximity to the letters, and hence the company, IBM. In what will be argued is an example of his si…
English centre vs. Celtic periphery
Using a case study from Dundee, this article scrutinises historians’ assumptions about the nature of links between the major British-Jewish centres and ‘the periphery’. Utilising a cache of letters addressed to the Chief Rabbi concerning the provision of a trained Jewish butcher (shochet) in 1883, Abrams considers the Jewish community of Dundee in northeast Scotland as an example of Jews at a temporal, organisational, cultural and geographical fr…
Introduction
The origins of this special thematic issue of Jewish Culture and History date back to September 2011, when a small group of scholars were invited to Ulster University’s campus in Belfast for a coll
Jewish cricket’
This article explores Black-Jewish relations as presented through the prism of the 2003 film Wondrous Oblivion, directed by Paul Morrison. The film revisits the transition period between the 1950s and 1960s when Britain was starting to become a multicultural society. Set in South London in 1960, Wondrous Oblivion is a coming of age story focusing on David Wiseman (Sam Smith), a Jewish boy who aspires to be a first-class cricketer. David lives in …
Introduction
The origins of this special issue lie in a symposium on ‘The Interface Between British Contemporary Black and Jewish Cultures’, co-sponsored by the British Academy-funded network ‘British Jewish Co
British and Irish newspapers implicitly support single-use masks over reusable face coverings
Introduction The environmental impact of waste caused by single-use masks or face coverings is an under-considered effect associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The combination of the protective purpose of face masks and their potential environmental impacts through littering or waste management means the wearing of face masks is simultaneously associated with the health crisis and creation of a new environmental challenge, combining two strands …
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