From the late Sixties into the mid-Seventies, Jewish-American cultural visibility was at its height, with comedy, literature and films making major inroads into public consciousness and popular culture. A formidable wave of leading men and women with names like Hoffman, Grodin, Streisand, Gould, Benjamin and Segal became popular movie stars, appearing in such critical and commercial favorites as The Graduate, The Heartbreak Kid, Funny Girl, Goodbye, Columbus, Where’s Poppa?, Bye Bye Braverman and others. Launching mainstream Hollywood’s conception of the “schlemiel-mensch” everyman and the “nice Jewish girl,” the characterizations may have changed over the years, but the movies remain timeless and unforgettable. Film scholar Irv Slifkin and Variety veteran Laurence Lerman of FilmShul will present an informative, engaging and fun class on Hollywood and the Jewish American Experience.