Andrea Most
Andrea Most is Professor of American literature, Environmental Studies, and Jewish studies in the Department of English at the University of Toronto. Her books include Making Americans: Jews and the Broadway Musical (Harvard, 2005) and Theatrical Liberalism: Jews and Popular Entertainment in America (NYU, 2013), and she is currently at work on an eco-critical memoir: A Pain in the Neck: Mind, Matter and a New Feminism.
A gifted comedian, Gilda Radner made a name for herself as one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live. Throughout her comedic career, she often drew inspiration from her Jewish upbringing, thereby achieving a significant breakthrough in Jewish women’s visibility on television.
