2016 Everett Schedule PDF - Everett Jewish Life Center in

WEEK 7: August 7 – August 13
Speaker: Dr. Shai Feldman, The Judith and Sidney Swartz - Director of the
Crown Center for Middle East Studies and Professor of Politics
at Brandeis University.
Greg Peterson, Co-Founder of the Robert H. Jackson Center
SUNDAY: 2:00 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: Dough
Special Event: Movie and a Nosh - A dessert
and sundae buffet will follow the film – Minimum
Donation of $15.00. Tickets must be purchased in
advance.
A comic British film starring well known actor,
Jonathan Pryce, as a London Jewish baker who is
desperate to keep his business going in a changing
neighborhood. Along comes a young African
Muslim assistant from Darfur with unexpected
results. A Jewish Film Festival circuit mega hit. United Kingdom,
2014, 95 min, English, narrative/drama/comedy.
MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M.
Lecture: Dr. Shai Feldman - The Chaotic Middle East: Impact
on Israel’s National Security
TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Dr. Shai Feldman - Israel, the U.S.,
and the New Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities
WEDNESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M
Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Greg Peterson 2016 March of the Living: Auschwitz to Birkenau
Personal Reflections
3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: Dough
THURSDAY: 12:15 – 1:30 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch and Yiddish Conversation
with Bernice Thaler
WEEK 8: August 14 – August 20
Speaker: Dr. Tamara Cofman – Wittes, Director of the Saban
Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution
SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: Run Boy Run
A poignant, emotionally riveting film by a German
director made in Poland. It tells the true story of an
8 year old boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto in
1942 and for three years survives on his own in Nazi
occupied Poland. The child’s struggle increasingly
reflects the Jewish people’s struggle to maintain
their identify in the face of genocide.
Germany/France, 2013, 108 min, German/Polish/Russian w/ subtitles, narrative/drama/true story
MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M.
Lecture: American Intervention in the Middle East:
What Have We Learned?
TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Slouching
Toward Bethlehem: What’s the Future
for the Middle East?
WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: Run Boy Run
The Everett Jewish Life
Center in Chautauqua
WEEK 9: August 21 – August 28
Speaker: Dr. Shalom Sabar, Professor of Jewish Art
and Folklore at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: The Outrageous Sofie Tucker
The rags to riches documentary of “The Last of the Red
Hot Mamas”, Sophie Tucker, who was a popular entertainer in America during the first half of the 20th century. She
ruled the worlds of vaudeville, Broadway, television and
Hollywood and was the first woman to infatuate her audiences with her bold, bawdy and brassy style unlike any
other. The music is outstanding. USA, 2015, 96 min,
English, documentary
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2016
Schedule
MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M.
Lecture: Rembrandt and the Jews - Between Myth and Reality
TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Religious Ideology
and Visual Culture: The Sacrifice of Isaac in
Jewish, Christian and Islamic Art
WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: The Outrageous Sofie
Tucker
THURSDAY: 12:15 P.M.
Film Showing: Bagels Over Berlin
A documentary that pays homage to the Jewish Army
Air Corp volunteers in WWII. Hear the stories of men who
served in the branch of service with the highest mortality rate
during the first years of war. Alan Feinberg, the film producer,
will introduce the film and answer questions. 60 minutes
The Jewish Film Series was co-founded by Carol N. Hirsh &
Margery Gootnickʤʿʲ in 2009. The first full film series was presented
to Chautauqua audiences in the 2010 Season. This Season’s
films were curated and previewed by Carol Hirsh & Elliot Fix. The
introductions that precede each film were written by Elliot. We
thank Carol and Elliot for all their work to make this film series
possible.
The Everett Jewish Life Center Needs Your Support
The Everett Jewish Life Center in Chautauqua was built and
furnished with the Everett family’s generous gift. The continued
operation of our facility depends on contributions from the
community. We rely on support from donations for on-going
operations, maintenance, and programming. Your donations are
needed to help maintain a vibrant center for Jewish life in
Chautauqua and they are greatly appreciated. We are a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit organization and, as such, gifts to the Everett Jewish
Life Center in Chautauqua are tax deductible to the extent allowed
by law.
The Everett Jewish Life Center in Chautauqua is the
Inclusive Center of Jewish Life in Chautauqua.
Fully participating in the 9 week programs, the Center offers
talks, films and other Jewish and inter-religious activities.
Our beautiful art collection is on display in the Community Room
and our Library is open to all during house hours.
Our Porch is always available for great conversation.
36 Massey Avenue, PO Box 315
Chautauqua, NY 14722
716.357.2077
www.JewishCenterChautauqua.org
2016 SEASON
PROGRAM FOR THE EVERETT JEWISH LIFE CENTER
For latest schedule changes, please see our website or check for notices at the EJLCC.
WEEK 1: June 26 – July 2
WEEK 3: July 10 – July 16
Speaker: Dr. Steven Katz, The Alvin J. And Shirley Slater Chair
in Jewish Holocaust Studies at Boston University
Speaker: Irvin Ungar, CEO of the firm Historicana, the
foremost expert and leading dealer of the art of Arthur Szyk
SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: The Farewell Party
Award winning Israeli film about a group of residents in a Jerusalem senior living home who struggle with a decision to help a dying friend end his
life with dignity. A witty, dark comedy aided by
an ensemble of Israel’s finest actors. Israel, 2014,
93 min, Hebrew w/ subtitles, narrative/drama/dark
comedy.
SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: 24 Days
A French award winning film that portrays the true
story of 24 days in 2006 in Paris when 23 year old
Ilan Halimi was kidnapped for ransom. The brutality of the crime was deemed as an anti-Semitic hate
crime by his mother, causing conflict with the police
over the rescue efforts. France, 2014, 111 min,
French w/ subtitles, narrative/drama/true story.
MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M
Lecture: Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk
MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M.
Lecture: Rethinking Jewish Resistance
during the Holocaust
TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Saving Jews
during the Holocaust
WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: The Farewell Party
WEEK 2: July 3 – July 9
This week’s programs are sponsored by Linda & Sol Ludwig. We
are very thankful for their generosity.
Speakers: Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor, Associate Professor of Contemporary
Jewish Studies at Hebrew Union College, L.A.
Dr. Steven Windmuller, Professor Emeritus at Hebrew Union
College, L.A.
SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: Deli Man
This documentary travels in pursuit of great deli cuisine.
Tracing the history of the deli, the film centers on third
generation deli man, Ziggy Grube, from Houston, TX,
who has built the finest delicatessen in U.S. history.
USA, 2014, 91 min, English, documentary.
MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M.
Lecture: Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor - Chutzpah to Chidush: A
Century of Yiddish-Influenced English in America
TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Dr. Sarah Bunin
Benor - Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn
the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism
Book Signing: Becoming Frum: How
Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of
of Orthodox Judaism
WEDNESDAY: 12:15 - 1:15 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Dr. Steven
Windmueller - Are Jews Becoming Republicans: The 2016
Presidential Campaign and the Jewish Vote
Book Signing: The Quest for Power: A Study in Jewish
Political Behavior and Practice
3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: Deli Man
THURSDAY: 12:15-1:30 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch and Yiddish Conversation
with Charley Shuman
Book Signing:
• The Szyk Haggadah
• The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk
WEEK 5: July 24 – July 30
Speaker: Dr. Anne Lapidus Lerner, Assistant Professor Emerita
of Jewish Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary
SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: The Last Mensch
Lead German actor, Mario Adorf, portrays a
Holocaust survivor, who has denied his Jewish heritage all his life. When he faces his own mortality, he wants to be buried in a Jewish cemetery. An
emotional life changing road trip ensues that
becomes
the
film’s
essence.
France/Germany/Switzerland, 2014, 93 min,
German w/ subtitles, narrative/drama.
.
MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M.
Lecture: Eve Exposed
TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Freedom
Illuminated: Understanding The Szyk
Haggadah
TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Are We Bound
by the Binding of Isaac?
WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: 24 Days
WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: The Last Mensch
THURSDAY: 12:15 – 1:30 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch and Yiddish Conversation with
Sol Messinger
THURSDAY: 12:15 – 1:30 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch And Yiddish Conversation with
Charley Shuman
WEEK 4: July 17 – July 23
Speaker: Yossi Prager, Executive Director for North America
of the AVI CHAI Foundation
SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: Belle and Sebastian
A family appropriate film of the unshakable bond
between young Sebastian and a giant sheepdog
he tames named Belle. Set during World War II
in a peaceful village of the Alps on the border of
occupied France and Switzerland, Belle and
Sebastian are tested when Nazi soldiers enter the
village to root out resistance fighters and Jewish
refugees attempting to cross the border. France,
2014, 117 min,
French w/ subtitles,
narrative/drama/family.
MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M.
Lecture: What Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Teaches Us About Lincoln’s Religious Worldview – and
Our Own
TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Applied Jewish
Wisdom: Jewish Values in Charitable
Giving
WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: Belle and Sebastian
THURSDAY: 12:15 – 1:30 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch and Yiddish Conversation
with Bernice Thaler
WEEK 6: July 31– August 6
Speakers: Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J Street
Robert Goldberg, CEO and Executive Director
at the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo
SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: The Green Prince
A gripping documentary that tells the incredible
true story of Moab Hassan Yousef, who is the son
of a Hamas founder. He became one of the Israeli
Secret Service’s most valuable assets for ten years.
A tale of profound, personal transformation.
Israel, 2014, 101 min, English/Hebrew w/ subtitles,
documentary/true story
MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M.
Lecture: Jeremy Ben-Ami - Choices Ahead: Defining the
Future of Israel and its relationship with the American
Jewish community
TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Jeremy Ben-Ami What Can be Done to Save the Two State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict?
WEDNESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Robert Goldberg - The New
Jewish Community
3:30 P.M.
Jewish Film Series: The Green Prince
THURSDAY:12:15 – 1:30 P.M.
Brown Bag Lunch and Yiddish Conversation
with Sol Messinger