Sharon Pucker Rivo

Adjunct Associate Professor of Jewish Film

rivo@brandeis.edu
781-736-8658
Lown Center for Judaica Studies, 102

Departments/Programs

Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Degrees

University of California, Berkeley, M.A.
Brandeis University, B.A.

Profile

Webpage

Courses Taught

NEJS	181a	Jews on Screen: From "Cohen’s Fire Sale" to the Coen Brothers
NEJS	181b	Film and the Holocaust

Awards and Honors

Special Recognition for contribution to Jewish Culture by Rochester Jewish Federation/JCC (Red Carpet gala at George Eastman House - other honoree Eliott Gould) (2010)

Zvi Cohen Leadership and Legacy Award, Boston Center for Jewish Heritage/Vilna Shul (2007)

Distinguished Humanist Award presented by The Melton Center for Jewish Studies at Ohio State University (2005)

First Cultural Achievement Award by The National Foundation for Jewish Culture (2000)

Keter Torah Award, Boston Bureau of Jewish Education (1996)

Scholarship

Rivo, Sharon Pucker. "In Search of Jewish Identity." Edgar G. Ulmer. vol. one Ed. Bernd Herzogenrath. Jefferson, N.C. 28640: McFarland and Company, 2009. 105 to 119.

Rivo, Sharon Pucker. "Keynote - The Jewishness in Edger G. Ulmer's Films." Conference on Edgar G. Ulmer - Filmmaker, Olomoutz, Czech Republic. Sept 13 - 17, 2006.

Rivo, Sharon Pucker. "Presented "The Cantor's Son" at Walter Reade Theatre." Lincoln Center Jewish Film Festival. New York, NY. January 21, 2007.

Rivo, Sharon Pucker. "Presented restored Yiddish film "The Living Orphan"." Washington DC Jewish Film Festival. December 7, 2006.

Rivo, Sharon Pucker. "Presented world premiere of Restored film The Cantor¿s Son." Jerusalem International Film Festival. Jerusalem, Israel. July, 5, 2006.

Rivo, Sharon Pucker. "Workshop - Use of Holocaust Films in the classroom." Lessons and Legacies Holocaust Conference. Claremont Colleges, CA. November 2 to 5, 2006.

Rivo, Sharon Pucker. "Keynote - Between Two Worlds." Yiddish Theatre Revisited: International Conference devoted to the history repertoire and legacies of the Yiddish Theatre. University of Washington, Seattle WA. May 6 to 9, 2006.