Nexus 4

<p><em>Nexus</em> is the official publication of the biennial German Jewish Studies Workshop which was inaugurated at Duke University in 2009 and is now held at the University of Notre Dame. Together <I>Nexus</I> and the Workshop constitute the first ongoing forum in North America for German Jewish studies. <em>Nexus</em> publishes innovative research in German Jewish Studies introducing new directions analyzing the development and definition of the field and considering its place vis-à-vis both German Studies and Jewish Studies. Additionally it examines issues of pedagogy and programming at the undergraduate graduate and community levels.</p><p><br /><em>Nexus 4</em> features a special section on the Hungarian German Jewish writer and theater director George Tabori; edited by Martin Kagel this section includes both new documentary material and a number of trenchant scholarly articles. Additionally the volume includes a <em>Forum</em> section (edited by Brad Prager) on the 2016 documentary film <em>A German Life</em> an exploration of Kafka and childhood (Ritchie Robertson) and a provocative reassessment of <em>Schindler's List</em> (Eva Revesz).</p><p>Contributors: Tobias Boes Antje Diedrich Norbert Otto Eke Martin Kagel Jennifer M. Kapczynski Brad Prager Eva Revesz Ritchie Robertson Robert Skloot Kerstin Steitz Donna Stonecipher Lena Tabori Stanley Walden Valerie Weinstein.</p><p>William Collins Donahue is the John J. Cavanaugh Professor of the Humanities at the University of Notre Dame where he chairs the Department of German and Russian. Martha B. Helfer is Professor of German and an affiliate member of the Department of Jewish Studies at Rutgers The State University of New Jersey.</p>