Resource lists for TILLI class, fall, 2011, Jewish Women and Humor, @ Temple Israel, Boston

Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

Temple Israel, Boston

Pathfinder: Molly Picon

Websites:

Jewish Women’s Archives: Biography

My Jewish Learning: Biography

My Jewish Learning: Yiddish Films


Resources @ Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

East and West (Video)

Directed by Sidney M. Goldin and Ivan Abramson

Fiddler on the Roof (DVD)

Directed and produced by Norman Jewison

Making Trouble: Three Generations of funny Jewish Women (DVD)

Directed and produced by Rachel Talbot

So Laugh a Little

By Molly Picon as told to Eth Clifford Rosenberg          

Molly Picon: A Gift of Laughter

 By: Lila Perl

Summer in the City Lecture Series (DVD)

By Robert Brustein

Resources at the Boston Public Library and Brookline Public Library:

Mamele

Directed by Josephy Green

Molly!

By Molly Picon with Jean Bergantini Grillo

 

Resources at the Brookline Public Library

The Joy of Jewish Memories Songbook: Nostalgic Melodies in Contemporary Settings

Arranged by Sol Zim; foreward by Molly Picon

Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

Temple Israel, Boston

Pathfinder: Fanny Brice

Websites:

Jewish Women’s Archives: Biography

My Jewish Learning: Biography

Resources at Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center:

Funny Woman: The Life and Times of Fanny Brice

By: Barbara W. Grossman

Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks (audio)

Fanny Brice, vol. 3 (video)

Funny Girl (video and audio)

Making Trouble: Three Generations of funny Jewish Women (DVD)

Directed and produced by Rachel Talbot

Summer in the City Lecture Series (DVD)

By Robert Brustein

Resources at Boston Public Library and Brookline Public Library:

Entertaining America: Jews, Movies, and Broadcasting

By: J. Hoberman and Jeffrey Shandler

The Fabulous Fanny: The Story of Fanny Brice

Fanny Brice: The Original Funny Girl

By: Herbert G. Goldman

 

Notable American Women: The Modern Period: A Biographical Dictionary

Edited by: Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green, with Illene Kantrov and Harriette Wal

Resources at the Brookline Public Library:

 

The Great Ziegfeld (audio and DVD)

Director: Robert Z. Leonard

The Ziegfeld Follies

By: Ann Ommen van der Merwe

Ziegfeld Follies (DVD)

Directed by Vincente Minnelli

 

Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

Temple Israel, Boston

Pathfinder: Gertrude Berg

Websites:

The Jewish Women’s Archives: Biography:

My Jewish Learning: The Goldbergs

Resources Available at Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center:

Entertaining America: Jews, Movies, and Broadcasting

By: J. Hoberman and Jeffrey Shandler

The World of Sholom Aleichem Videocassette

Resources Available at the Boston Public Library and Brookline Public Library:

Notable American Women: The Modern Period: A Biographical Dictionary

Edited by: Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green, with Illene Kantrov and Harriette Walker

“Something On My Own”: Gertrude Berg and American Broadcasting

By: Glenn D. Smith, Jr.

Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (DVD)

Directed by Aviva Kempner

Resources Available at the Brookline Public Library:

The Goldbergs

By: Gertrude Berg and Michael Morris

The Jews of Primetime

By: David Zurawik

Molly and Me

By: Gertrude Berg with Cherney Berg

 

Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

Temple Israel, Boston

Pathfinder: Sophie Tucker

Websites:

Jewish Women’s Archives: Biography

My Jewish Learning- Jews in Coney Island: A History

NY Times Article: A Century Later, She’s Still Red Hot

Resources Available at Dr. Arnold Segel Library Center:

Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women

Directed and produced by Rachel Talbot

 

Sophie and Me: Some of These Days

By: Lois Young-Tulin

Sophie Tucker: First Lady of Show Business

By; Armond Fields

Vintage Show Biz Greats: Sophie Tucker & Ted Lewis (audio)

Resources Available at the Brookline Public Library:

Origins of the Red Hot Mama (sound recording)

Shout, Sister, Shout! Ten Girl Singers Who Shaped a Century

By: Roxane Orgill

 

Some of These Days; the Autobiography of Sophie Tucker

By: Sophie Tucker

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Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

Temple Israel, Boston

Pathfinder: Belle Barth

Websites

Jewish Women’s Archives: Biography

NY Times Theatre Review

Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

Temple Israel, Boston

Pathfinder: Judy Holliday

Websites

Jewish Women’s Archives: Biography

Encyclopedia Britannica: Biography

The Judy Holiday Resource Center

Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

Temple Israel, Boston

Pathfinder: Bea Arthur

Websites

Jewish Women’s Archives: Biography

Archive of American Television Bea Arthur Interview

NY Times Article:  “Bea Arthur, Star of Two TV Comedies, Dies at 86” By Bruce Weber April 25, 2009

Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

Temple Israel, Boston

Pathfinder: Betty Walker

Websites

Comedy College: Biography

Resources @ Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

You don't have to be Jewish ; When you're in love the whole world is Jewish (CD)

Created, written, and produced by Bob Booker and George Foster

CD PN6231 .J5Y6

Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

Temple Israel, Boston

Pathfinder: Elaine May

Websites

Jewish Women’s Archives: Biography

PBS American Masters Series: Biography

Resources @ Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

The Heartbreak kid  (VHS)

Directed by Elaine May

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