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Sunday, July 13 FIXING THE WORLD 11:00 AM, Little Theatre When David and Rachel's Grandpa Abe gives a homeless man a job, the children decide they'd like to do their part in tikkun olam - making the world a better place. Their efforts seem futile until Mitzvah Mouse magically transports them back to meet Maimonides (Ed Asner) who explains the value of giving.... MORE » |
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Sunday, July 13 CHILDREN OF THE SUN 1:00 PM, Little Theatre Children of the first kibbutzim in Israel were born in the early 20th century to youthful parents, full of hope. They have been called "Children of the Sun," because they were considered children of the "Sun of Nations" Revolution in Israel. Born into a utopia, they were they were destined to become "new citizens" for the common good and a life of equality. Featuring rare footage shot at the kibbutzim between 1930 and 1970, and rare recordings ... MORE » |
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Sunday, July 13 JERUSALEM IS PROUD TO PRESENT (Yerushalayim Ge'ah Lehatzi) 4:00 PM, Little Theatre Unprecedented plans to hold the 2006 World Pride celebrations in Jerusalem are met with dramatic political and religious opposition in JERUSALEM IS PROUD TO PRESENT. This eye-opening and controversial exposé captures the fierce struggle of a nation torn between tradition and transformation. Death threats pour into Open House, Jerusalem's gay and lesbian community center; Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders band together over concerns... MORE » |
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OPENING NIGHT! Sunday, July 13 SIXTY SIX 7:00 PM, Dryden Theatre This riotous British coming-of-age comedy features Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Rea, and, as the young Londoner Bernie Rubens, newcomer Gregg Sulkin. Bernie just can't wait for his Bar Mitzvah. For once, he figures, he'll finally be the center of attention, and family and friends will have to put distractions aside. But it's the summer of '66, and World Cup fever is mounting. It looks like Bernie's special day will coincide with the ... MORE » |
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Monday, July 14 PRAYING WITH LIOR 6:15 PM, Dryden Theatre Lior Liebling is a 13-year-old Jewish boy preparing for the greatest achievement of his life: his Bar Mitzvah. But this is no ordinary religious rite of passage. Lior has Down Syndrome, a genetic condition that causes mild to severe mental disability. Though his condition is challenging on many levels, Lior - the son of Philadelphia husband and wife rabbis - demonstrates a remarkable love for prayer and religious song, and professed ... MORE » |
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Monday, July 14 BEAUFORT (Bufor) 8:45 PM, Dryden Theatre BEAUFORT was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Academy Awards. This cinematic powerhouse chronicles an Israeli army unit's defense of a strategic bunker inside a 12th-century Crusader fortress near the Lebanese border at the end of nearly two decades of occupation. This mesmerizing war/antiwar film from the director of the acclaimed CAMPFIRE has won prizes the world over - including the ... MORE » |
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Tuesday, July 15 Tween & Teen Screen LITTLE HEROES 2:00 PM, JCC Hart Theatre One of the first children's films made in Israel, this delightful adventure begins when four children embark on a magical journey to rescue two injured teenagers. On her way home from summer camp, Alicia senses that there are people crying for help in a nearby valley. Determined to save them, she and three boys set off on a journey. Through some ... MORE » |
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Tuesday, July 15 ORTHODOX STANCE 6:30 PM, Little Theatre In this corner. . . undefeated, 24-year old Brooklyn, New York, welter-weight Dmitriy Salita, an Orthodox Ukrainian Jewish immigrant boxer whose relentless body punches in the ring echo his relentless observance of Jewish law. Cameras follow Dmitriy through his grueling training, boxing matches and the challenges he faces as an Orthodox Jewish boxer. In the words of his trainer... MORE » |
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Tuesday, July 15 MY MEXICAN SHIVA (Morirse Está En Hebreo) 8:45 PM, Little Theatre When Moishe Tartakovsky, exuberant patriarch of a Mexico City family, dies of a heart attack in the middle of a raucous mariachi party, he leaves behind a large and complicated web of secrets that must be untangled over the course of his seven-day shivah (the prescribed mourning period in Jewish custom). In this sly and charming dysfunctional-family drama, the comically unraveling shivah will serve to account for ... MORE » |
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Wednesday, July 16 I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN YOU: The Life and Legacy of Simon Weisenthal 6:30 PM, Little Theatre After barely surviving more than four years of concentration camp horrors and the loss of nearly his entire family, Simon Wiesenthal dedicated his life to tracking down and prosecuting more than 1,000 fugitive Nazis in the name of "justice, not vengeance." Narrated by Academy Award-winning ... MORE » |
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Wednesday, July 16 AVIVA MY LOVE (Aviva Ahuvati) 9:00 PM, Little Theatre This sharp and darkly funny drama broke box-office records in Israel. The magnificent Asi Levi plays hard-working Aviva, who tends to her kvetchy children, unstable mother, unemployed husband, and exhausting job - and clings, against all odds, to her dream of becoming a writer. When a famous author takes an interest in her work, Aviva jumps at the chance to be mentored, but is this the path to make her dreams come true? Winner of ... MORE » |
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Thursday, July 17 YIDDISH THEATRE: A LOVE STORY 2:00 PM, JCC Hart Theatre Enter the funny, larger-than-life world of Yiddish Theater through this moving new documentary film about Zypora Spaisman, an 85+ year-old actress who has helped keep Yiddish theater alive in America. With a passion for art, life and Yiddish, she fights to be relevant in a society that worships youth. A must see film for anyone who loves theater and has realized Yiddish is HIP! Presented in cooperation with ... MORE » |
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Thursday, July 17 MY FATHER MY LORD (Hofshat Kaits) 6:30 PM, Little Theatre Winner of Best Narrative film at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival, MY FATHER MY LORD is a quiet, intense film of shattering power and dreamlike beauty. Filmmaker David Volach drew upon his upbringing as one of 19 children in an ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem family to create this tale of a revered rabbi's effort to impart his deep faith to his young son. Framed as a variation on the biblical stories of Job, and of Abraham and Isaac, this haunting ... MORE » |
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Thursday, July 17 THE FIRST BASKET 8:30 PM, Little Theatre Did you know that Ossie Schectman, a Jewish kid from Queens, scored the NBA's very first basket? Schectman and his New York Knickerbocker teammates Sonny Hertzberg, Stan Stutz, Hank Rosenstein, Ralph Kaplowitz, Jake Weber, and Leo "Ace" Gottlieb went on to win the opening game 68-66. For Jewish immigrants in the early 20th century, sports played an essential part in becoming "American," and was a way of disproving ... MORE » |
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Saturday, July 19 NOODLE 7:00 PM, Dryden Theatre Miri is a twice-widowed, El Al flight attendant with a well-regulated existence. Her life is suddenly turned upside down by an abandoned Chinese boy whose migrant-worker mother has disappeared. The film is a touching comic-drama in which two human beings - as different from each other as Tel Aviv is from Beijing - accompany each other on a remarkable journey, one that takes them both back to a meaningful life. Winner of the ... MORE » |
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Saturday, July 19 THE SECRETS 9:15 PM, Dryden Theatre THE SECRETS is a film filled with passion, love and faith, in which two brilliant young women discover their own voices within the Orthodox Jewish society. Their faith is tested when they enter a religious seminary for women in Sfad where they encounter the modern world and some of its temptations. The film is beautifully shot and wonderfully cast. Its superb cast includes the veteran French actress Fanny Ardant. ... MORE » |
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Sunday, July 20 HOLY LAND HARDBALL 1:00 PM, Little Theatre With extraordinary access, HOLY LAND HARDBALL follows the unlikely formation of the Israel Baseball League, the first ever professional baseball circuit in the Middle East. The film chronicles the highly unpredictable journey from the first player tryouts in Massachusetts in August 2006 through the league's scheduled first pitch in Israel in June 2007. In its efforts to bring America's pastime to the Israeli people, the IBL ... MORE » |
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Sunday, July 20 UNSETTLED 4:00 PM, Little Theatre Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival, UNSETTLED presents the historic 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip through the eyes of six young people. Three are settlers determined to stay. Two are soldiers with different feelings about the order to evict Jews from their homes. One is an activist. These twenty-something surfers, soldiers and settlers are barely out of their... MORE » |
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Sunday, July 20 MAKING TROUBLE 7:00 PM, Dryden Theatre Come have fun at this laugh-out-loud, impeccably researched documentary exploring six legendary American Jewish women comics. Produced by the Jewish Women's Archive, MAKING TROUBLE is a tribute to ... MORE » Almost-Closing-Night Party A NOOGIELAND BASH in celebration of Gilda! (Party to follow film and discussion) |
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BONUS NIGHT! Extra Monday Night at rjff! Monday, July 21 CONSTANTINE'S SWORD 7:00 PM, Dryden Theatre Based on the best-selling book of the same name, Oscar-nominated documentarian Oren Jacoby follows author, journalist, playwright, and former Catholic priest James Carroll through the controversial history of the Catholic church and anti-Semitism. Beginning with the scandal of the growing influence of evangelical Christianity within today's ... MORE » |
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