Philip Rubenstein
Great Jewish Moments at the Movies, Part 2
Summary
More discussions of Jewish assimilation as seen on film. Works discussed include Avalon (1990), Leon the Pig Farmer (1992), Goodfellas (1990), Meet the Fockers (2004), A Serious Man (2009), Private Benjamin (1980), The Pawnbroker (1964), and Inglourious Basterds (2009), among others.
Philip Rubenstein
Philip Rubenstein was director of the Parliamentary War Crimes Group, which, in the mid-to-late 1980s, campaigned to bring Nazi war criminals living in the UK to justice. Philip was also the founder-director of the Holocaust Educational Trust and played a role in getting the study of the Shoah onto the national school’s curriculum in the UK. These days, he works with family businesses, advising on governance and continuity from one generation to the next.