Jennifer Caplan

The Chai-Light Zone

Arts & Literature

“The Chai-Light Zone offers a new approach to the intertwined histories of American Judaism, the Cold War, and television. By centering their analysis on Rod Serling’s Jewishness, the authors propose new readings of several key episodes of the series. Although Serling’s Jewishness has been seen by many as vestigial, the authors offer several arguments for it being, in actuality, central to an understanding of Serling’s screenplays.”