LimmudFest 2013 | Limmud Atlanta + SE

Sharing the research from a book manuscript in progress this lecture will center on the recent popularity of Israeli television formats or programming concepts in the U.S. Grounding the analysis in historical and contemporary contexts the session will explore the way Israeli television, founded in the late 1960 as a single-channel Statist (Mamlakhti) public service transformed in the last two decades into a robust, commercial industry, with emerging international capacities in a new, more globalized media landscape. Focusing more specifically on the biggest Israeli hit in the U.S. to date, Showtime's "Homeland," and on the original Israeli series it has been adapted from "Hatufim" (Prisoners of War), the session will contemplate the new level of Israeli-U.S. cultural exchange marked by such adaptations.