The chai-light zone : Rod Serling, secular Jew /

The Twilight Zone is remembered as a science fiction television series that reflected the uneasiness of Cold War America. Its creator, Rod Serling, was a secular Jew who fought in World War II and returned stateside to see moral problems at home, like racism and the potential for technology to rob u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	DeAngelo, David (Author), Gimbel, Steven, 1968- (Author), Stern, Stephen J., 1963- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2024].
Subjects:	Serling, Rod, > 1924-1975 > Criticism and interpretation. Twilight zone (Television program : 1959-1964) Judaism. Jews. Television personalities > United States. Authors, American > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: A world that needed healing
Rod Serling's Jewishness
Portrayals of Nazism in The Twilight Zone's early seasons
"The Mighty Casey" : striking out Nazi race theory with Jewish ethics
Serling's moral invasion of anti-semitic stereotypes
The Borscht Belt meets Orion's Belt : Jewish comedy in The Twilight Zone
Three rabbis named Chaim : Neo-Talmudic television
Seeing is not believing : The Twilight Zone, Candid Camera, and Mission: Impossible.