Maggie Levantovskaya is a lecturer in English at Santa Clara University.
Maggie Levantovskaya
By Maggie Levantovskaya
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Culture In ‘Picnic At Hanging Rock,’ Jewish And Other Mysteries
“I know when there’s girls together there is trouble,” says Reg Lumley, a side character in the new Amazon miniseries “Picnic at Hanging Rock.” The series is based loosely on Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel, and was also adapted by Peter Weir in his landmark 1975 film. The six-part television interpretation depicts girls and women living…
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Community A shonda for the Jews
On April 25, sitting in the “Louis B. Mayer” auditorium of the Jesuit university where I teach, I said the words “I’m white and I’m proud” over and over again. At first, I barely mouthed them, shifting uncomfortably in my seat and looking around. And then my voice became audible. And then I awkwardly shouted,…
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