Professor Tony Michels on "Norma Rae "(1979)

Professor Tony Michels, Stanford History Department Ph.D. now George L. Mosse Professor of American Jewish History at University of Wisconsin, Madison will lead a discussion on Tuesday, March 2 starting at 12:30 on the 1979 film "Norma Rae."   This is part of an ongoing class on contemporary American Jewish culture as reflected in film, tv, and elsewhere taught by Stanford Professor Steven J. Zipperstein. Tony Michels is the author of the widely praised "A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York"(Harvard University, 2005) as well as other works.  He is currently completing a book on the history of American Jews and Communism.