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Many of the stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame generate as much controversy as the Star of David does, and the media coverage of both Tinseltown and Tel Aviv is often sensational and wrongheaded. But the relationship between the two is something that has gotten much less attention than the much-hyped and much-misunderstood relationship between Israel and America. In Hollywood and Israel: A History, Tony Shaw and Giora Goodman set the record straight about the relationship between Israel and Hollywood and provide interesting insights into both.

Holocaust and Genocide Studies 17.1 (2003) 62-88 The Holocaust and American Public Memory, 1945-1960 San Diego State University Abstract: Until the 1960s, many scholars assert, most Americans' awareness of the Holocaust was based upon vague, trivial, or inaccurate representations. Yet the extermination of the Jews was remembered in significant ways, this article posits, through World War II accounts, the Nuremberg trials, philosophical works, comparisons with Soviet totalitarianism, Christian and Jewish theological reflections, pioneering scholarly publications, and mass-media portrayals. The...