"The Jewish Americans" (2008) (mini)TV mini-series

Director:

David Grubin

Writer:

David Grubin (writer)

Release Date:

9 January 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Cast

Joyce Antler	...	Herself
Ruth Bader Ginsburg	...	Herself
Saul Berman	...	Himself (as Rabbi Saul Berman)
Alice Lotvin Birney	...	Herself
Aaron Bisman	...	Himself
John Morton Blum	...	Himself
Sid Caesar	...	Himself
Father Coughlin	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Charles Coughlin)
Rachel Cowan	...	Herself (as Rabbi Rachel Cowan)
Dr. Hasia Diner	...	Herself (as Hasia Diner)
Linda Emmet	...	Herself
Jules Feiffer	...	Himself
Fyvush Finkel	...	Himself
Nathan Glazer	...	Himself
Gwen Goodman	...	Herself
Arthur Goren	...	Himself
Jack Gottlieb	...	Himself
Richard Greenstein	...	Himself
Jacob Harris	...	Himself
Dorothy Height	...	Herself
J. Hoberman	...	Himself
Bethamie Horowitz	...	Herself
Sara Hurwitz	...	Herself
Nancy Fuchs Kreimer	...	Herself (as Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer)
Rabbi Irwin Kula	...	Himself (as Rabbi Irwin Kula)
Tony Kushner	...	Himself
Sherry Lansing	...	Herself
Amichai Lau Lavie	...	Himself
Julius Lester	...	Himself
Jacqueline Levine	...	Herself
Joy Levitt	...	Herself (as Rabbi Joy Levitt)
John Loeb Jr.	...	Himself (as Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr.)
Matisyahu	...	Himself
Henry Morgenthau Jr. III	...	Himself (as Henry Morgenthau III)
Robert Morgenthau	...	Himself
Lara Napayar	...	Herself
Fred Naumann	...	Himself
Rev. C. Herbert Oliver	...	Himself
Mandy Patinkin	...	Himself
Letty Cottin Pogrebin	...	Herself
Joachim Prinz	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Rabbi Joachim Prinz)
Carl Reiner	...	Himself
Freddie Roman	...	Himself
Jack Salzman	...	Himself
Jonathan Sarna	...	Himself (as Jonathan D. Sarna)
Andrew Schiff	...	Himself
Liev Schreiber	...	Narrator
Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis	...	Himself
David Silber	...	Himself (as Rabbi David Silber)
Paul Steinfeld	...	Himself
Mordechai Swiatycki	...	Himself (as Rabbi Mordechai Swiatycki)
Michael Tilson Thomas	...	Himself
Alfred Uhry	...	Himself
Abigail Van Buren	...	Herself (as Dear Abby)
Gail Geiner Weinstein	...	Herself
Rabbi Stephen Wise	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dorothy Zellner	...	Herself

Directed by
David Grubin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David Grubin		writer

Produced by
Amy Brown	....	co-producer
Rachel Buchanan	....	co-producer
Kristina Cafarella	....	associate producer
Denise Dorn	....	associate producer
David Grubin	....	executive producer
Jay Sanderson	....	executive producer: JTN
Stephen Segaller	....	executive producer: WNET

Original Music by
Michael Bacon

Cinematography by
James Callanan

Film Editing by
Don Bernier
Susan Fanshel
George O'Donnell
Deborah Peretz

Sound Department
Neil Cedar	....	dialogue editor
Neil Cedar	....	supervising sound editor
Philippe Desloovere	....	sound editor
Jay Fisher	....	sound editor
Ken Hahn	....	sound re-recording mixer
Roger Phenix	....	production sound mixer
James David Redding III	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Jeff Bieber	....	executive producer: WETA
Andy Budd	....	visual effects (2008)
Dalton Delan	....	executive producer: WETA
Jan Golunski	....	visual effects (2008)
Ricky Spence	....	visual effects
Graham Watts	....	visual effects (2008)

Editorial Department
Damon Ginandes	....	post-production assistant
Andrew Jenter	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
James Oakar	....	score preparation

Other crew
Anna Bowers	....	production assistant: David Grubin Productions
Melody Weinstein	....	production assistant: David Grubin Productions

Production Companies

• David Grubin Productions

Distributors

• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2008) (worldwide) (all media)

Runtime:

360 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

David Grubin Productions