After a career in Hollywood, Rich Brownstein has lectured worldwide about Jewish and Holocaust films, including for six years at Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies. He is the author of "Holocaust Cinema Complete: A History and Analysis of 400 Films, with a Teaching Guide," 2021, McFarland Press.
Rich was honored as the keynote speaker in June 2022 at the 36th Annual Conference of the Association of Holocaust Organizations in Charlotte, and as a speaker at the Association of Jewish Libraries’ annual conference in Philadelphia, and at the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies at Boston University on Yom HaShoah. He has also been a guest on many podcasts and webinars, and have presented virtually for numerous organizations, including the American Jewish University, B’nai B’rith International, Classrooms Without Borders, the International March of the Living, the National Library of Israel and UCLA. He also presented a webinar for Echoes & Reflections, the joint project of Yad Vashem, the Anti-Defamation League, and the USC Shoah Foundation. Many of his articles have been published in The Jerusalem Post and he has been quoted, as well, in the New York Times.
Rich was honored by Israeli President Isaac Herzog in recognition of his book and dedication to Holocaust education.