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Adam's Wall
Adam Levy and Yasmine Ghibran, both in their 20's, meet in
Montréal and fall in love. Their relationship is challenged from the start, for he
is Jewish and she is an Arab Christian from Lebanon.
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After the Cup
Northern California Premiere!
This wonderful film tells the story of a soccer team that couldn't create a new
Middle East, but showed the world what one could look like. |
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Amnon's Journey
Amnon Weinstein, an Israeli master violin maker, lovingly restores
violins that were used during the Holocaust. He follows his dream,
the dramatic use of these violins in a concert set against the walls of
Jerusalem.
Special Event: After the film, enjoy a classical music performance
that will extend the spirit of the music played in the movie—by musicians
Alexander Aisenberg, Hélène
Wickett and Dahna Rudin. |
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Anita
Anita, who has Down's Syndrome, becomes separated from her mother
after the tragic 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center. Heartrending and suspenseful
until the very last moment. |
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A Secret
*Best of the Best*
An insecure adolescent in post-war France, and a Catholic, always knew that he had been born Jewish.
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Broken Promise
Set during the Second World War, an indomitable young Jewish man
escapes, by luck and his wits. Masquerading as a Gentile, he joins a band of partisans
and somehow manages to survive. Based on a true story. |
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Eyes Wide Open
Aharon, from a Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox community, befriends another man and
the two awkwardly discover their attraction and love for each other, requiring
difficult choices. |
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Half a Ton of Bronze
This hilarious film, inspired by the theft of a statue in Northern Israel, creates non-stop
laughter as frantic efforts take place to recover it before it is turned into scrap. |
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Variations for Piano for Six Hands
Misha, a pianist, left his family in Russia for 5 years, returns, and expects
his family to receive him with open arms.
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The Infidel
Mahmud Nasir is a moderately secular Muslim, accidentally discovers that
not only was he adopted as a baby, but both his birth parents were Jewish,
sending him tumbling into a hilarious identity crisis. |
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Inside Hana's Suitcase
Larry Weinstein ("Beethoven's Hair"), the film's director, recreates the uniquely
personal story of a brother and sister, with only one surviving the Holocaust.
Special Event: Meet Larry Weinstein, the film director, on November
6th.
Teen Screen
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Jaffa
This Israeli film, starring famous actresses Ronit Elkabetz and Dana
Ivgy, is set in Jaffa. Various tragedies result in grief, remorse, and, what is
most profound, a sense of betrayal. |
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Jump
Philippe Halsman, one of the world’s legendary photographers, was well-known
for his iconic portraits of celebrities jumping. Patrick Swayze, in one of his
final few films, is Halsman’s attorney in this dramatic retelling of a tragic
experience.
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Leaving the Fold
Israeli and North American formerly ultra-religious explain
their
individual reasons for having left a Chassidic or haredi lifestyle in favor
of secularism.
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Gut Shabbes, Vietnam
The Lubavich Chassidic movement sends its emissaries to any country, however remote,
where Jews are known to live. This film follows a young Israeli rabbi and his family
to Ho Chi Minh City where they establish a Chabad House.
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Love Life
A successful young woman, happily married to a good man, is drawn to an older
man who was once her father's friend. |
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A Matter of Size
Herzl is severely "weight-challenged" and has long suffered indignities.
After giving up on any further attempt to lose weight, he and
several others become sumo wrestlers. Heart-warming.
Special Event: Watch—and meet "Byamba"—the
most spectacular sumo
wrestler on this continent, and possibly in the world.
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Nora's Will
(Cinco Dias sin Nora)
A Mexican Jewish woman, divorced for many years, commits suicide
shortly before Passover. She leaves behind detailed instructions
concerning the seder that she was to host. Bitter-sweet and comedic.
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Seven Minutes in Heaven
A young Israeli woman is recuperating from the wounds—to both body and mind—that she sustained a year before during a terrorist explosion. |
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Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story
Anthony Hopkins narrates
and describes Greenspun's many
accomplishments. He was the publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, a
smuggler of weapons to the new State of Israel, and a target of
Senator McCarthy.
Special Event: After the film, hear from Scott
Goldstein, producer
of the film. |
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Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
From the 1930's through the early 1950's, Molly Goldberg of The
Bronx, was loved by Americans of all religions as they tuned into radio
and TV to hear the neighbors call, "Yoo hoo, Mrs. Goldberg."
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Zrubavel
Itzhak Zubravel, who immigrated with his family from Ethiopia, is a boy who dreams
of becoming a director of successful films. He manages to cope in a poor, crime
and drug-ridden neighborhood. His devoted grandfather
struggles to instill Ethiopian values.
Special Event: After the film, hear from Barbara
Ribakove Gordon,
director of the North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry (NACOEJ).
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