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Caroline Golum

Caroline Golum is a filmmaker and writer living in Brooklyn. When she is not working for the Man, she is making, writing about, or watching a movie. You can follow her on Twitter.

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The Three Versions of The Jazz Singer and the Sinister Bargain of Jewish Whiteness

Avatar photo by Caroline Golum August 18, 2021December 30, 2021

For scholars, weighing the context of the classic film’s use of blackface is a valuable thought exercise. For a Jew, it is an exorcism.

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