Professor David Peimer
Portrayals of Jewish Resistance in Film: “Ben-Hur,” “Masada,” “Bar Kochba”
Summary
David Peimer looks at Jewish resistance as portrayed in the films Ben-Hur, Masada, and Bar Kokhba. He asks, what is resistance and how is it seen today? Peimer also discusses the Ben Zakkai vs. Bar Kochba debate (scholar vs. military leader).
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a professor of theatre and performance studies in the UK. He has taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and New York University (Global Division), and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing. He has written eleven plays and directed forty in places like South Africa, New York, Brussels, London, Berlin, Zulu Kingdom, Athens, and more. His writing has been published widely and he is the editor of Armed Response: Plays from South Africa (2009) and the interactive digital book Theatre in the Camps (2012). He is on the board of the Pinter Centre in London.