Jewish Studies
Jones Hall 312C
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118-5698
Phone: 504-865-5349
Fax: 504-865-5348
Email: jewishst@tulane.edu
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Rami Kimchi
rkimchi@tulane.edu
Rami Kimchi is an Israeli critic and filmmaker. His films include Galia’s Wedding (1986), Travels with My Brother (1997), Cinema Egypt (2001), and Father Language (2006). His main interests are in Israeli cinema, modern Hebrew literature, Yiddish literature, Palestinian cinema, and Near Eastern cinema. He has published articles in Shofar, Reeh, Balshanoot Ivrit, Moznaim, Iton 77, and Hakivon Mizrach. Kimchi received his Ph. D in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan, his DEA in Jewish Civilization from Paris University, his MA in Hebrew Literature and his BA in Film Television from Tel Aviv University. Kimchi was the winner of the Doy Sadan Prize for Hebrew Literature in 1993 and has won prizes for Galia’s Wedding at the International Film Festival in Jerusalem in 1987 and at the Munich International Film Festival in 1986. Now he serves as a Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies at Tulane University, New Orleans.
Tulane University, Jewish Studies, Jones Hall 312C, New Orleans, LA 70118 504-865-5349 jewishst@tulane.edu