CONTRIBUTOR:

Donny Inbar

AFFILIATION:

TITLE:

Lecturer

DEPARTMENT:

Jewish Studies

INSTITUTION:

San Jose State University

BIOGRAPHY:

Donny Inbar's research focuses on the roots and birth of Jewish show business and Yiddish theater. He has lectured, taught, and published extensively on Jewish and Israeli arts and culture and on the Hebrew Bible. In Israel he led two parallel careers in Israeli theater and media, and translated plays, prose and poetry. In San Francisco he served as the Cultural Attaché at the Consulate General of Israel. He now serves as Associate Director for Arts and Culture at the Israel Center of the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Federation.