Sonia Gollance

Jun 17, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Sonia Gollance |Julie Satow

With the most elu­sive chal­lenges, some­times a solu­tion lies right in front of us. That prin­ci­ple guides my work as a schol­ar of Jew­ish iden­ti­ty in pop­u­lar media, as I use the screens in front of us — the films, TV episodes, music videos, tweets, and memes that we con­sume every day — to defuse com­mon real-world chal­lenges in dis­cussing antisemitism. Both Jews and non-Jews com­mon­ly strug­gle to explain how anti­semitism works in twen­ty-first-cen­tu­ry Amer­i­ca.

May 2, 2024 | jwa.org | Sonia Gollance

The hit show Bridgerton, which is about to launch its much-anticipated third season, has everyone talking about representation in romance fiction. Set in Regency England, this adaptation of Julia Quinn's beloved eight-book series about the marriage choices of eight aristocratic siblings has gotten attention for its steamy scenes and alternate universe with racially diverse British nobility (although without any Jewish characters, despite the fact that Quinn is herself Jewish).