Festival Brochure - Hartford Jewish Film Festival

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22 FILMS. 10 DAYS. 8 COUNTRIES. 7 VENUES.
CELEBRATING
20 YEARS
OF JEWISH FILM
MARCH 31 APRIL 10, 2016
ROCK ‘N REEL!
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT | 06117
www.mandelljcc.org
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS
OF JEWISH FILM
22 FILMS. 10 DAYS.
8 COUNTRIES. 7 VENUES.
THURSDAY
SATURDAY
APRIL 2
MARCH 31
OPENING
NIGHT
KICKING OUT
SHOSHANA
Screens with
THE TEN PLAGUES
8:00 PM Reception
9:00 PM Film
EAST JERUSALEM,
WEST JERUSALEM
Mandell JCC,
West Hartford
7:00 PM
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David Broza LIVE!
In Conversation
and Song
SUNDAY
APRIL 3
All films on this day
at Spotlight Theatres,
Hartford
LOOK AT US NOW,
MOTHER!
1:00 PM
Followed by Reel Talk
MONDAY
APRIL 4
IN SEARCH OF
ISRAELI CUISINE
5:30 PM
ZAHAV A La CarteDinner and A Movie
7:00 PM Film
Meet the Chef &
Cookbook Signing
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Mandell JCC,
West Hartford
EVERY FACE HAS
A NAME
Page 20 & 21
Screens with
REMEMBER
Reception and
CD Signing
4:00 PM
Mandell JCC,
West Hartford
Page 13
ARE YOU JOKING?
Screens With
THE TEN PLAGUES
7:00 PM
Followed by Reel Talk,
Laughs & Reception
Mark Twain House,
Hartford
Pages 6 & 7
Page 23
TUESDAY
APRIL 5
Screens with
All films on this day at
The Emanuel Synagogue,
West Hartford
(CAUGHT IN THE NET)
SENIOR SCREEN
10% MY CHILD
BULMUS
4:00 PM
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Box Office: Tel 860-231-6316
TO LIFE!
Fax 860-233-0802
7:30 PM
[email protected]
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Mandell JCC Member Services Center
Visit www.hjff.org for updates.
As of 12/18/15 Subject to change.
Festival Funders
DOUGH
7:30 PM
Page 19
THE MUSES OF
ISAAC BASHEVIS
SINGER
Screens With
70 HESTER STREET
1:00 PM
and Reception
Page 27
IMBER’S LEFT
HAND
7:00 PM
Pages 32 & 33
Lights, Camera, 20 Years of Action!
Welcome to our 20th season celebrating extraordinary films and filmmakers
from every corner of the Jewish world! Art should move you, and this year’s
lineup will have you dancing, eating, reading, talking and applauding for ten
magical days and nights.
Legendary Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza will Rock ‘N Reel our
Opening Night, Thursday March 31 with a live appearance at the premiere of
his new rockumentary EAST JERUSALEM, WEST JERUSALEM. The festival
continues through Sunday, April 10 with 22 international first-run films
featuring Tony winning actor Jonathan Pryce, Nobel Prize Laureates Isaac
Bashevis Singer and Yitzchak Rabin, Massachusetts painters Jill Hoy and Jon
Imber, Israel’s “Wonder Woman” Gal Gadot, New York actress Sas Goldberg
and Philadelphia’s Zahav Restaurant chef Michael Solomonov. On Closing
Night, you’ll get a sneak preview of Professor Sam Kassow’s upcoming
Warsaw Ghetto documentary, WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY.
Serving up titles from France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Sweden,
Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, our set list includes
foodie flicks, fun-filled comedies, heart-tugging dramas, and films about
famous Jews in music, politics, books and art.
There will be plenty of opportunities to meet, eat, think and drink
with 15 invited filmmakers, actors, musicians, authors, playwrights,
artists, scholars and a celebrity chef.
This year we return to our favorite theaters and welcome new venue and
program partners. The Mark Twain House will host our first-ever Reel Talk –
Reel Laughs comedy night with Hartford’s Sea Tea Improv troupe.
Our world-class film festival is the creation of many individuals and
organizations. In the lead role are our festival funders - the Jewish Federation
of Greater Hartford’s Annual Campaign, the Jewish Community Foundation and
the Mandell JCC Pillars Society. Thanks to more than one hundred Mandell JCC
corporate partners, organizations, local businesses, theaters and media sponsors
and generous individual and family philanthropists, the Mandell JCC is able to
bring you this glorious community event.
Without them there would be no applause.Thank You!
We are grateful to our hard-working committee of film aficionados, the
Mandell JCC staff behind-the-curtain, our business partners, vendors and
volunteers who ensure your enjoyment and the smooth flow of events.
They are a remarkable team!
When the lights dim and the screen flickers on, it is YOU, our
extraordinary and loyal fans, who have brought us to this moment.
We look forward to celebrating two decades of the best contemporary
independent and international Jewish cinema with even more films, fun
and food! Buy your tickets early, clear your schedule and until we see you
at the movies, Thank You!
Nicole Greenblatt
Chair
Photo by Lorraine Greenfield
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20th Mandell JCC
Hartford Jewish Film Festival
Harriet J. Dobin
Director
imagination
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A uniquely human ability; A virtual space of
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Congratulations to the Mandell JCC Hartford
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THURSDAY, MARCH 31
EAST JERUSALEM,
WEST JERUSALEM
OPENING
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SPECIAL JURY
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Religion Today
Film Festival
CONNECTICUT PREMIERE
OPENING NIGHT
David Broza, Israeli singer-songwriter and
international peace ambassador, journeys to
East Jerusalem accompanied by award-winning
American, Palestinian and Israeli musicians, to
record his latest album in a marathon eight-day
session in the studio of Sabreen, the Palestinian
band. Broza recruits fellow artists Steve Earle,
Wyclef Jean, Mira Awad, Muhammad Mughrabi,
Issa Freij and others to realize his dream of building
bridges between people in conflict through music
and art. This soul-stirring rockumentary captures
Broza’s charisma, brilliant talent and energy in the
recording studio, on location in Jerusalem, and
behind-the-scenes in the kitchen where Israeli
and Palestinian chefs prepare daily banquets
for the crew.
“The album is good; the making-of
documentary is extraordinary.”
Thursday, March 31
7:00 PM
Mandell JCC,
West Hartford
Director: Henrique Cymerman
& Erez Miller
Israel | Year: 2014
80 minutes
Language: English, Hebrew &
Arabic with English subtitles
Special Guest: David Broza
LIVE! In Conversation & Song
Dessert Reception and
CD Signing To Follow
See page 52
Vanity Fair
Sponsored by LAZ Parking, ZipPark, Cindy & Barry
Lazowski, Marcia & Alan Lazowski and Dana &
David Lazowski in honor of Rabbi Philip and Ruth
Lazowski; Trinity College Hillel and Beth El Temple.
ENCORE SCREENING
Sunday, April 10 | 4:30 PM
Bow Tie Cinemas,
Palace 17, Hartford
20th Annual Mandell JCC Jewish Film Festival | 7
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
IN A LEADING ROLE
Rabbi Philip & Ruth Lazowski
With thanks and admiration
to our award-winning parents
and role models.
We are thrilled to sponsor
Opening Night.
Opening Night | Connecticut Premiere
Thursday, March 31 | 7:00 PM
East Jerusalem, West Jerusalem
With David Broza LIVE!
Beth El Temple, West Hartford
Cynthia Lahm & Barry Lazowski
Alexandra & Elizabeth
Kudos to the Mandell JCC
on 20 years of enlightening
our world.
Marcia & Alan Lazowski
Jesse & Jonah
Dana & David Lazowski
Mikayla, Ari & Jenna
When Ami Shoshan, a chest-thumping, charming
Jerusalem soccer star is caught flirting with a
mobster’s gorgeous girlfriend (future Wonder
Woman Gal Gadot), his punishment is swift. Either
lose part of his male anatomy or fake-announce
publicly to being gay. Ami is booted off the team
but finds new allies in the gay pride movement.
In this crowd-pleasing politically incorrect Israeli
farce, everyone is a target, from sports fans and
feminists to plastic surgeons and paparazzi; from
Hasids and homophobes to drag queens and
divas. By bringing together soccer and gay politics,
this funny film scores points for rethinking old
prejudices and learning new tolerance.
“Often hilarious and blessed with
a stellar cast of comic actors.”
Tablet
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
KICKING OUT SHOSHANA
Saturday, April 2
9:00 PM
Herbert Gilman Theater,
Mandell JCC
Preceded by Reception,
8:00 PM
Director: Shay Kanot
Israel | Year: 2014
98 minutes
Language: Hebrew with
English subtitles
Not rated; Adult content
ENCORE SCREENING
Wednesday, April 6 | 7:00 PM
Bow Tie Cinemas,
Blue Back Square,
West Hartford
Screens with:
THE TEN PLAGUES
Sponsored by Farmington Bank.
Hospitality: Brescome Barton, Inc. and
The Crown Market
Director: Serena Shulman
USA | Year 2014
10 minutes
Language: English
See page 49
Farmington Bank is proud to support Mandell JCC
Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender
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We Applaud Building
Bridges and Spreading
Hope Through Film
Congratulations on 20 Years of Success!
BESA Companions
and Homemakers, LLC
Beth Berinstein & Sandra Berinstein
SPONSOR: Connecticut Premiere
Spotlight Theatres
SUNDAY, APRIL 3
LOOK AT US NOW, MOTHER!
GRAND PRIZE
HEARTS, MINDS,
SOULS
Rhode Island
International
Film Festival
This mother of all films proves it’s never too late
to say “I’m sorry” or “I forgive you.” Filmmaker
Gayle Kirschenbaum (My Nose) turns the camera
on herself and her overbearing, hypercritical mom
Mildred, exploring their troubled past to fix their
future. Told with biting humor and raw honesty,
this is a fearless story about family secrets,
forgiveness, empathy and healing. After years
of being scolded to find a husband, get a nose
job and straighten her hair, Gayle moves past
the hurt and into the heart of their rocky
relationship. They repair it with love and
laughter, turning foes into friends.
“Leaves the spectator in stitches
without any surgical suturing.
It’s emotional graffiti on celluloid”
Sunday, April 3
1:00 PM
Spotlight Theatres,
Hartford
Reel Talk Follows Film
Director: Gayle Kirschenbaum
USA | Year: 2015
84 minutes
Language: English
Immediately Following Film
Gayle Kirschenbaum, Director
Mildred Kirschenbaum, Mother
Nancy Lichtenberg, LCSW,
Jewish Family Services of
Greater Hartford
Moderator: Paul Lewis,
Program Officer, PJ Library
See page 52
Psychology Today
Sponsored by BESA Companions and Homemakers,
LLC, Beth Berinstein and Sandra Berinstein; Women’s
Philanthropy Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford;
Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford; Congregation
Kol Haverim Sisterhood and Life Long Learning
Committee and Spotlight Theatres.
The Zachs Family Foundation
SALUTES
The Mandell JCC
For 20 years of showcasing the best
of who we are on screen and stage.
We Are Honored To
Host Opening Weekend!
Sunday, April 3, 2016
We’re more than just movies!
Photos: Stu Levy
Ask about our Bistro Festival Specials.
39 Front Street, Hartford, CT 06103
860-422-7712 • www.spotlighttheatres.com
SUNDAY, APRIL 3
EVERY FACE HAS A NAME
BEST
POLITICAL FILM
FilmFest,
Hamburg, 2015
NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
On April 28, 1945, hundreds of just-liberated
concentration camp survivors arriving to the
harbor in Malmö, Sweden were filmed by Swedish
journalists as they take their first steps in freedom.
Now, 70 years later, these men and women are
tracked down by the director and research team
to watch the archive footage for the very first time,
reliving those momentous days. In stark contrast
to today’s global refugee crisis, this revealing
documentary blends emotional stories from
Jewish survivors, Norwegian prisoners of war,
Polish mothers and children, French resistance
fighters, British spies and shockingly, an American
Catholic teenage girl visiting Italy and deported
to Auschwitz.
WINNER
Winner, Church of Sweden Prize,
Gothenberg Film Festival, 2014
HONORABLE
MENTION
Honorable Mention
Yad Vashem Chairman’s
Competition, Jerusalem International
Film Festival, 2015
Sponsored by The Rosalie H. and Jay D. Smith;
Jewish Heritage Fund, Jewish Community
Foundation of Greater Hartford, in memory of
Rosalie Smith and Spotlight Theatres.
Sunday, April 3
4:00 PM
Spotlight Theatres,
Hartford
Director: Magnus Gertten
Sweden | Year: 2015
76 minutes
Language: English, Swedish,
Polish and Hebrew with
English subtitles
Archival footage nudity; for high
school age and above.
Screens with:
REMEMBER
Facing The Holocaust Greater Hartford Stories
of Survival
Director: Steve Shaw
USA | Year 2015 | 6 minutes
Language: English
See page 49
Bravo!
We Proudly Support the Mandell JCC
Hartford Jewish Film Festival’s 20th Anniversary!
Congratulations
Nicole Greenblatt
2016 Festival Chair
The Krasow Greenblatt Family
Supporting our local community
every step of the
way
Simsbury Bank congratulates the Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival for
providing 20 years of great films to promote the arts of the greater Hartford area.
Simsbury Bank is committed to understanding your needs and finding the solutions
that fit. That’s the way banking should be.
SimsburyBank.com
860.286.9400
MEMBER FDIC
Bank this way.
SUNDAY, APRIL 3
10% MY CHILD
BEST
INDEPENDENT
FILM
Israel Ophir
Awards, 2015
To be with Franny’s mom, Nico has to win
Franny’s heart. Set in bustling Tel Aviv, this tender,
sweet story about friendship, love and modern
families focuses on a single 26 year-old aspiring
filmmaker and the spunky 7 year old daughter of
his elusive girlfriend, Noa. With Franny’s jealous
dad Amnon still in the picture, and the nonstop
distractions of everyday life, Nico finds his way
into Franny’s innocent world with grownup
honesty, child-like fun and mutual trust. Franny
and Nico follow their hearts to build a new
relationship, complete with inside jokes,
secret handshakes and shared dreams.
“Looks at the messier aspects of life
with imagination, warmth and humor.”
Midnight East
Sunday, April 3
4:00 PM
Spotlight Theatres,
Hartford
Director: Udi Bar-On
Israel | Year: 2014
85 minutes
English subtitles
ENCORE SCREENING
Thursday, April 7 | 6:00 PM
Bow Tie Cinemas,
Blue Back Square,
West Hartford
Screens with:
BULMUS
Sponsored by Simsbury Bank and
Spotlight Theatres.
(CAUGHT IN THE NET)
Director: Ariel Weisbrod &
Yossi Meiri
Israel | Year 2015 | 8 minutes
English subtitles
See page 49
Arts & Culture Fund
Fitness, Wellness & Aquatics Fund
Early Childhood Education Fund
Jewish Life and Learning Fund
Social Justice Fund
Senior Fund
Israel Program Fund
Plant & Equipment Fund
Together, we make
TOMORROW
Camp and Youth Fund
Leadership Fund
Special Needs Fund
“Your” Fund
Every Gift Counts.
The Mandell JCC is proud to participate in the
Aim Chai Community Endowment Campaign with
our very own Centennial Endowment Challenge.
We are grateful for all endowment gifts:
• Donations to any of the
JCC Endowment Funds listed above.
• Donations that establish a named
Endowment Fund.
You can create a named fund for as
little $83 per month for 60 months.
For more information:
David Jacobs, Executive Director,
860-231-6313, [email protected]
SUNDAY, APRIL 3
TO LIFE!
BEST
GERMAN
FILM
Filmball Vienna
2015
Time and strokes of fate have taken their toll on
the once-sultry cabaret singer Ruth (Hannelore
Elsner) and the handsome but gravely ill Jonas
(Max Riemelt), a young man on the run in Berlin.
Opposites in age and life experiences, Jonas learns
to tackle his fears as Ruth reveals secrets of her
tragic past. The pair forge an intertwined bond
of friendship, giving each other a reason to live.
Graced by flashbacks of the young Ruth’s nightclub
career discovered in a treasure trove of old films
(“Bei Mir Bistu Shein,” “Roumania,” “Tumbalalaika”)
TO LIFE! is an uplifting ode to the resilience of the
human spirit and finding your way back.
Sunday, April 3
7:30 PM
Spotlight Theatres,
Hartford
Director: Uwe Janson
Germany | Year: 2014
95 minutes
Language: German with
English subtitles
“A good-looking, well-acted and
engaging movie...the greatest
pleasure are the Yiddish tunes.”
Michael Fox, JWeekly.com
Sponsored by Mandell JCC Pillars Society and
Spotlight Theatres.
The Mandell JCC Hartford
Jewish Film Festival has entertained
and inspired us for two decades
We Are Honored To Be Supporters
Ron Fishman and David Wetsman
SPONSOR: Hartford Premiere
231 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06032
860.284.6880 | www.pasiusa.com
At TD Bank, we’re happy
to support the things that
bring our community together.
TD Bank, N.A. | Equal Housing Lender
BEST FILM
St. Louis International
Film Festival
HARTFORD PREMIERE
It’s not just the bread that’s getting baked in
this endearing cross-cultural dramedy about
an old-school Jewish baker struggling to keep
his dying business afloat in London. Sparks and
challah sales fly when Ayyash, Nat’s new young
Muslim apprentice, accidentally drops his stash
of cannabis in the challah dough. The stellar cast
starring in this batch made in heaven includes
his greedy competitor, the nasty neighborhood
drug lord, a love-seeking widowed landlady and
Nat’s apathetic family. The unlikely friendship
that forms between the curmudgeonly old-timer
and the teenage refugee from Darfur creates a
warmhearted, humorous story about overcoming
prejudices and finding value in the things that
matter most.
SUNDAY, APRIL 3
DOUGH
Sunday, April 3
7:30 PM
Spotlight Theatres
Hartford
Director: John Goldschmidt
United Kingdom/Hungary
Year: 2014
94 minutes
Language: English
Not rated; High school and above.
“Funny and endearing comedy
about bridging the cultural and
generational gap.”
St. Louis River Front Times
Sponsored by PASI, LLC, Ron Fishman and
David Wetsman and Spotlight Theatres.
ENCORE SCREENING
Bow Tie Cinemas,
Palace 17, Hartford
MONDAY, APRIL 4
ZAHAV A LA CARTE
Dine with Chef Michael!
Monday, April 4
5:30 PM
ZAHAV A La Carte Dinner and A Movie
Enjoy a Grand Tasting of chef/author
Michael Solomonov’s most popular
ZAHAV: A WORLD OF ISRAELI
COOKING dishes before the film
and meet him in person.
Mandell JCC
Join us after the film for conversation
and cookbook signing.
Cookbooks are on sale at the
Mandell JCC Member Services
Center. A portion of the proceeds
from the sale of ZAHAV: A WORLD
OF ISRAELI COOKING will support
the Anja Rosenberg Kosher Food
Pantry at Jewish Family Services of
Greater Hartford.
$35 plus tax
Photos by Michael Persico
“Everything that we’d hoped for
and more...deserves a permanent
place on your shelf.” -Zagat
“Part memoir, part oral history,
it goes beyond…. It’s a photo
album of a food-obsessed family,
a boon for the home cook.”
The New York Times
RUGELACH
The dough comes
together quickly
and once rolled out,
becomes a canvas
to experiment with
fillings such as
dates, apricot jam,
and pistachio, even
peanut butter and
Marshmallow Fluff.
James Beard-award winning chef, Philadelphia
restaurateur and cookbook author Michael
Solomonov’s latest culinary masterpiece is a
mouth-watering cinematic portrait of Israel told
through its rich array of food. The film follows the
Israeli-born and Pittsburgh-bred Solomonov to all
corners of Israel, profiling top chefs, home cooks,
farmers, vintners, bakers, brewers, chocolatiers,
street foodies, and cheese artisans drawn from
the many cultures that make up Israel today –
Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian and Druze. Shot
on locations from open-air markets to restaurant
kitchens and home dining rooms, on farms,
olive groves, vineyards and kibbutz fields, a rich,
complex and human story emerges.
“He’s funny, knowledgeable,
and like his food, he tells it like it is.”
MONDAY, APRIL 4
IN SEARCH OF ISRAELI CUISINE
Monday, April 4
7:00 PM
Mandell JCC
Preceded by ZAHAV
A La Carte, 5:30 PM
Meet the Chef & Cookbook
Signing Follows Film
Director: Roger Sherman
Israel/USA | Year: 2015
97 minutes
Language: English & Hebrew
with English subtitles
Invited Guests
Roger Sherman, Director
Michael Solomonov, Chef/Author,
Zahav Restaurant, Philadelphia
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The New York Times
Sponsored by TD Bank and The Rona Gollob
Fund, Jewish Community Foundation.
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Ellen Jean
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Rosalie H. and
Jay D. Smith
Jewish
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The Lynne
Gordon Hartford
Jewish Film
Festival Fund
We are grateful to these funds of the Jewish
Community Foundation for promoting Jewish values,
community and culture through the magic of film. Thank You!
www.jcfhartford.org
The Connecticut Public
Broadcasting Network
is proud to support the
20th Annual Mandell JCC
Would-be standup comic Barb Schwartz is
Jewish, single, smart and fed up with her
dead-end paralegal job and her hyper-critical,
dysfunctional Long Island family. Her life sorta
sucks; she just can’t catch a break. When her law
firm lands a scandalous sex-tape case involving
her childhood BFF, Billy the gay ballet dancer, her
life starts to turn around. With his encouragement,
Barb reclaims her passion for comedy by taking
an improv class. Barb and Billy discover it’s never
too late to become the person you were always
afraid to be. This offbeat and subversive Big Apple
comedy is full of gut-busting laughs, office humor
and emotional outbursts.
“Classic New York comedy in the best
Woody Allen-Diane Keaton tradition”
Scene Stealers
MONDAY, APRIL 4
ARE YOU JOKING?
Monday, April 4
7:00 PM
The Mark Twain House,
Hartford
Followed by Reel Talk,
Laughs and Reception
Director: Jake Wilson
USA | Year: 2014
91 minutes
Language: English
Invited Guests:
Sas Goldberg, Actress/Comic
Moderator: Julia Pistell,
Sea Tea Improv
See page 52
Screens with:
THE TEN PLAGUES
Sponsored by Mandell JCC Pillars Society;
Young Adult Division, Jewish Federation of
Greater Hartford; The Mark Twain House and
Sea Tea Improv.
USA | Year:2014 | 10 minutes
Language: English
See page 49
In honor of an art, a people, and the life-spirit that unites us all,
Central Connecticut State University is proud to
support the Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival.
www.ccsu.edu 860.832.CCSU
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TUESDAY, APRIL 5
THE MUSES OF
ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
OPENING NIGHT
OFFICIAL
SELECTION
New York Jewish
Film Festival
SENIOR SCREEN
Isaac Bashevis Singer, the 1978 Nobel Prizewinning author of Yentl The Yeshiva Boy and
Gimpel The Fool, mixed romance and brilliance
to enchant audiences and charm his ‘harem’ of
more than forty women translators who were vital
to his international success. This intimate portrayal
of the “Yiddish Don Juan” is an unflinching look at
one of the world’s most celebrated and eccentric
literary figures through the eyes of the women
who knew him best. Candid and poignant
interviews with nine of his translators, blended
with exclusive archival footage, reveal a titillating
side of this unlikely ladies man and cultural
treasure who died in 1991.
“You won’t read the famed Yiddish
language author the same way again”
moviemovesme.com
Tuesday, April 5
1:00 PM
West Hartford
Followed By Reel Talk
and Refreshments
Director: Shaul Betser
& Asaf Galay
Israel | Year: 2014
72 minutes
Invited Guests:
Professor Joshua Lambert,
National Yiddish Book Center
Leah Napolin, Playwright
See page 53
Screening with:
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Director: Casimir Nozkowski
USA | Year: 2014 | 10 minutes
Language: English
See page 49
Thank You To Our
2016 Supporters
and FILManthropists!
mandell jcc
PILLARS
SOCIETY
These generous members of the Mandell JCC Pillars Society,
our annual philanthropy program, provide necessary operating
support. They ensure that the Mandell JCC can continue to
provide today’s quality programs and services. We are grateful
to all of our donors for their generosity and leadership.
VISIONARIES ($50,000)
The Hoffman Family
The Mandell Family
The Zachs Family
Gail & Harold Kirstein
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LUMINARIES ($25,000)
Louise & Todd Kaufman
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Jean & David Federman
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Patricia & Michael Kazakoff
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Ann & Jeremy Pava
Marc Perkins
Betsy Youmans & Bruce Simons
and Linda & Harris Simons
Mickey & Michael Weinstein
For more information contact David Jacobs,
Executive Director, 860-231-6313, [email protected]
As of 12/15/15
Arts and culture programs at the Mandell JCC are funded,
in part, by dollars raised through the Jewish Federation’s
annual campaign.
Through donor and endowment funds,
the Jewish Community Foundation of
Greater Hartford is proud to support
the Mandell JCC.
• Kirstein Family Holocaust Education Fund
• Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Memorial Fund
• The Rona Gollob Fund
• Rosalie H. and Jay D. Smith
Jewish Heritage Fund
• The Lynne Gordon Hartford
Jewish Film Festival Fund
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COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS
April Haskell and Jerry Passman
In Honor of and Inspired by Jay Fishman
Central Connecticut State University
The Krasow Greenblatt Family
Voices of Hope/JFACT
Second and Third Generations of Holocaust Survivors
Lisa and Peter Fishman & Marcia and Alan Lazowski
Jewish Association for Community Living
Anti-Defamation
League
Connecticut
Region
Congregation
Kol Haverim
Sisterhood & Lifelong
Learning Committee
Jewish Family
Jewish Historical
Services of
Society of
Greater Hartford Greater Hartford
Trinity College
Hillel
Supporters as of 12/15/15
PACESETTERS
Setting the pace for our community
FOUNDER ($2,500+)
Lisa & Peter Fishman
Francine & Robert Goldfarb
Irma & Mort Handel
Judy & Chick Marks
Michalee & Mark Merritt
Judy & Frank Resnick
Anndee & Rick Robinson
Robert A. Roth
Lea & Richard Rubenstein
Roberta, Bruce & Eliana Singer
Karen & Alan Tuvin
Leslie & Richard Weinstein
LEADER ($1,800+)
Jennifer & Scott Ellner
Jill Brock & Bob Fechtor
Hedyth Fishman
Monica & Lee Gold
Cary & Bob Krug
Marilyn Steinmetz & Stephen Lieberman
BUILDER ($1,000+)
Marcia Cornell
Nicole & Joshua Greenblatt & Family
Alys & Jack Krichavsky
Fran & Fred Landy
Linda & Alan Levin
Dana & Shawn McCormick
Beth & Dan Papermaster
Randi & Steve Piaker
Joan & Paul Shapiro
Carrie & Mel Simon
Mary-Jane Eisen & Robert K. Yass
PATRON ($500+)
Beth & Harris Appelman
Becky & Jeff Azia
Kathy & Eddie Binder
Lewis, Miki, Jack & Marley Brown
Sharon & Stephen Conway
Melinda & John Henry Decker
Leigh & Greg Farber
Eve & Ed Fishman
Kathy & Ron Fishman
Roberta & Benson Monastersky
Ivy & Avinoam Patt
Lewis Rabinovitz
Risé Roth
Janet & Steven Selden
Ronny & Elbert Siegel
Karianne & Adam Silverman
Dr. Jay D. Smith
Ruthan Wein
FRIEND ($365+)
Lisa & Evan Berman
Michael J. Croll, Esq.
Lauren & Brad Drazen
Bella & Judd Fink
Harriet J. Dobin & Dr. Nathan Fischer
Lauren Krasnow & Ken Horenstein
Denise Padilla & Andy Katz
Barbara & David Klau
Terri & Jack Kramer
Ann Molod
Jeffrey Renert
Toby & Arthur Schuman
Carrie & Steve Shaw
Ronit & Scott Shoham
Merrill Stein & Shirley Zelman
MOVIE MAVENS (up to $365)
Chris & Deb Chessari
Lauren Eisen
Judy & Stu Levy
Bonnie Hittleman-Lewis & Paul Lewis
Jen & Adam Schoenfeld
Jennifer Sharp
Natan & Rachel Stempler
Shana Sureck
Shirley & Julius Wachtel
Supporters as of 12/15/15
Please see page 56 for In-Kind Supporters and Acknowledgements
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FREE Special Events
Imber’s Left Hand
Side By Side
“Hoy’s work is sure-footed, yet free; reflects
years of knowledge and skill, yet is fresh and
inviting. Her paintings document a moment in
time, spontaneous and unpredictable.”
The Ellsworth American
Chase Family Gallery
Mandell JCC
March 27 – April 16
Paintings by
Jill Hoy and Jon Imber
“Life, in Imber’s paintings, unfurls with wayward
force, like a thick, flicked rope. It takes on vital
cadences. It laughs at itself, too.”
The Boston Globe
Jill Hoy
Jon Imber
The Making of
Imber’s Left Hand
Senior Brunch & Learn
Wednesday, April 6
12:15 PM
Chase Family Gallery
Mandell JCC
Jon Imber
Jill Hoy
Join us for brunch and a special
opportunity to meet the artist and filmmaker.
Learn more about the paintings of Jill Hoy
and Jon Imber and go behind the scenes of
Imber’s Left Hand.
In person: Jill Hoy, artist
Richard Kane, Director, Imber’s Left Hand
Ron Hoffman, Executive Director,
Compassionate Care ALS
Brunch courtesy of Hoffman SummerWood Community
Free and Open to Seniors (70+); Space is limited; Reservations required
RSVP: Sharon Holtzberg, [email protected], 860-231-6311
TUESDAY, APRIL 5
IMBER’S LEFT HAND
AUDIENCE
AWARD
Hamptons Take 2
Film Festival
This inspiring portrait of love, loss and the power of
creativity chronicles the final months of renowned
Massachusetts artist Jon Imber, who continued to
paint after being diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s
Disease). His courageous and darkly humorous
response to the fatal degenerative disease led him
to create 100 portraits in four months. The film
sensitively observes Jon as the disease claims his
body. Thanks in large part to the loving support of
his wife, artist Jill Hoy, Imber learns to paint with
his left hand, and eventually with both hands. The
way in which Imber responds to his fate is at the
heart of this intimate and passionate documentary.
Tuesday, April 5
7:00 PM
West Hartford
Director: Richard Kane
USA | Year: 2014
62 minutes
Language: English
Invited Guests: Jill Hoy, Artist
Richard Kane, Director
Ron Hoffman, Director,
Compassionate Care ALS
“This beautiful film takes the
wind out of you.”
Boston Globe
Moderator: Deborah Gaudet,
Director of Film Programs,
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
See pages 53 & 54
Sponsored by April Haskell and Jerry Passman
in honor of and inspired by Jay Fishman;
Jewish Association for Community Living and
The Emanuel Synagogue.
"I Feel Like I am in the Middle of Swirling Energy," Jon Imber, 2013
In Honor of and Inspired By
JAY FISHMAN
April Haskell & Jerry Passman
Connecticut Premiere
Imber's Left Hand
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
SERIAL (BAD) WEDDINGS
Berlin French
Film Week
This unabashedly, politically incorrect romantic
comedy about a bourgeois Catholic family
upended by the multicultural marriages of their
four stunning daughters pokes fun at the melting
pot of modern-day France. Claude and Marie
are church-going and conservative, yet consider
themselves open-minded. That’s tested when
three of their daughters successively marry an
Arab, a Jew and an Asian. Their last hope for a
traditional marriage is dashed when their fourth
daughter brings home Charles, a Catholic from the
Ivory Coast. When the new in-laws arrive, bigotry
suddenly becomes a two-way street. This raucous
Meet-The-Fockers style romp down the aisle
spares no one in the pursuit of love and laughs
with a French twist.
“Ridiculously funny, absurdly ironic…
a little masterpiece”
moviemovesme.com
Wednesday, April 6
7:00 PM
Bow Tie Cinemas,
Blue Back Square,
West Hartford
Director:
Phillippe de Chauveron
France | Year: 2014
97 minutes
Language: French with
English subtitles
Contains adult themes
and language.
ENCORE SCREENING
Bow Tie Cinemas,
Palace 17, Hartford
Screens with:
SOME VACATION
Sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Director: Anne S. Lewis
USA | Year 2014 | 6 minutes
Language: English
See page 49
Congratulations, Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish
Film Fest, for 20 years of building culture!
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center proudly supports the
Mandell Jewish Community Center’s efforts to enrich Connecticut’s
communities through the promotion of arts.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
THE KIND WORDS
Three adult siblings discover family intrigue about
their late mother’s secret love life and set off on
a journey from Israel to France to Algiers of the
1960’s in search of the mystery man who sired
them. Shattered by the revelations and left to
pick up the pieces as they struggle with their own
personal issues, the two brothers and one sister
grapple with redefining themselves as spouses,
lovers, siblings and children. Nominated for 12
Israeli Ophir awards, this serio-comic film is a
bittersweet crowd-pleaser that walks an emotional
tightrope between honesty and deception.
Wednesday, April 6
7:00 PM
Bow Tie Cinemas,
Blue Back Square,
West Hartford
Director: Shemi Zarhan
Israel | Year: 2015
118 minutes
Language: Hebrew and
French with English subtitles
Not rated; Contains scenes with
nudity and adult content.
‘Top notch…a film of charm, wit
and irony, provides insight into
issues of identity, family crisis,
compromise and love.”
Amy Kronish, Film Reviewer/Author
Sponsored by Simsbury Bank.
ENCORE SCREENING
Wednesday, April 6
7:00 PM
Bow Tie Cinemas, Blue Back
Square, West Hartford
Voices of Hope and JFACT Proudly Present
Once In A Lifetime
Hartford Premiere
Bow Tie Cinemas, Blue Back Square
Sponsored by Voices of Hope chairs
Peter Fishman and Alan Lazowski
and their families.
Established by the families of Holocaust survivors
across Connecticut, Voices of Hope’s bold mission
is to foster a culture of courage and social action
against hate, bigotry, intolerance and indifference.
JFACT is a statewide advocacy organization,
representing the 7 Jewish Federations, 4 Jewish
Community Centers, 7 Jewish Family Services,
and 2 Jewish nursing homes in Connecticut.
www.ctvoicesofhope.org
www.jfact.org
860-727-5771 | [email protected] | 40 Woodland Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06105
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WINNER
AUDIENCE
AWARD
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INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
WINNER
MICKI MOORE
PRIZE
TORONTO JEWISH
FILM FESTIVAL
HARTFORD PREMIERE
A determined, plucky high school teacher taps
into stories of the Holocaust to motivate and
challenge her troubled inner city students in
this inspiring French schoolhouse drama. Based
on a true story, rowdy students in Mrs. Gueguen’s
multi-cultural classroom gradually band together
to enter a national student competition on the
theme of children living under the Nazis. Despite
their long-shot odds and after a face-to-face
meeting with a Holocaust survivor, the
once-unruly teens begin to see themselves
and the world through a more hopeful lens.
A Cannes Film Festival hit, this powerful drama
offers insight on the enduring impact of the
Holocaust in educating future generations.
Thursday, April 7
8:15 PM
Bow Tie Cinemas,
Blue Back Square,
West Hartford
Director: Marie-Castille
Mention Schaar
France | Year: 2014
105 minutes
Language: French with
English subtitles
“It is hard not to be moved…a
beautifully crafted film.”
Wave Film Festival
ENCORE SCREENING
10% MY CHILD
Sponsored by JFACT Voices of Hope – Second
and Third Generations of Holocaust Survivors/Lisa
& Peter Fishman and Marcia & Alan Lazowski and
Noah Webster Library, West Hartford Center.
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“A cheerful heart
is an unending
banquet.”
- Proverbs 15:16
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Mandell JCC
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appetites for good food and
great films for 20 years!
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Passover begins April 22, 2016!
SATURDAY, APRIL 9
ROCK IN THE RED ZONE
WINNER
BEST DOC
HONG KONG JEWISH
FILM FESTIVAL
Kobi Oz and The Teapacks
On the edge of Israel’s Negev Desert on the Gaza
border lies Sderot, a missile - battered city of factory
workers and children of immigrants from North
Africa and the Middle East. Despite living in the
“bomb shelter capital of the world,” Sderot’s people
persevere under fire through music. In underground
clubs, young artists transform Israel’s ethnic poprock music scene, creating vibrant rhythms fusing
East and West. California filmmaker Laura Bialis
encounters a creative community that captivates
her, leads her to love and changes her life. This raw
and heartbreaking tale of rhythm, rockets and
romance on the frontlines is ultimately hopeful.
Saturday, April 9
9:00 PM
Mandell JCC
Preceded by Reception,
8:00 PM
Director: Laura Bialis
Israel | Year: 2014
87 minutes
“Straight to the heart…one of the
best Israeli docs ... ever.”
The Jerusalem Post
“The feel-good, get-angry and
get-down movie of the year”
jbspins.blogspot.com
Sponsored by Puritan Furniture Mart, Inc.,
Roberta, Bruce and Eliana Singer; and the
Jewish Community Relations Committee,
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford.
CohnReznick is an independent
member of Nexia International
SUNDAY, APRIL 10
RABIN IN HIS OWN WORDS
WINNER
BEST
DOCUMENTARY
Haifa International
Film Festival 2015
Twenty years after his assassination, the late
Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister, soldier,
diplomat and Nobel Prize winner, tells his
dramatic life story in his own words. His
personal and professional dramas unfold in
rare archive footage, off-the-record interviews,
home movies and private letters. This fascinating
portrait begins with his childhood in pre-state
Israel to his early years as a farmer, then a military
leader who fought during critical moments in Israeli
history. The film captures his brilliant diplomatic
career as Israel’s United States ambassador
followed by his entry onto Israel’s political arena
and the world stage as peacemaker, which
ultimately cost him his life in November 1995.
Sunday, April 10
11:00 AM
Mandell JCC
Preceded by Bagel
Brunch & Reel Talk
10:00 AM
WIth Michal Abramoff,
Director of Israel
Programs, Mandell JCC
Director: Erez Laufer
Israel | Year: 2015
100 minutes
English subtitles
“Dramatic and shattering...an
exceptional documentary.”
Haaretz
Sponsored by Brian Newman, CPA, Partner
and the Partners of Cohn Reznick, LLP and
the Jewish Community Relations Committee,
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford.
310 Albany Turnpike, Canton CT | www.mandelljcc.org
Programming for All Ages
PARENT/CHILD & AGES 3-5
• Variety of Sports Classes
• Sticky Fingers & Toddler Time
• Happy Piano/Motion Mania
• Birthday Parties
• Music & Movement
GRADES K-3
• Variety of Sports Fundamentals Classes
(Basketball, Soccer, Floor Hockey, Lacrosse,
Baseball, Flag Football)
• Basketball Leagues
• After School Programs
• Jewelry/Legos/Yoga/Art Classes
• Birthday Parties
• Vacation Programs/Clinics
• Drop-in Play
JEWISH PROGRAMMING
• PJ Library Storytimes and Events
• Family Holiday Celebrations
• Shabbat Club
• Community collaborations
Supported by a grant from the
Jewish Community Foundation
GRADES 4-12
• Drill & Play programs in a variety of Sports
• Sports Leagues
(Basketball, Volleyball, Flag Football)
• Sport Performance Training
(formerly Velocity Training)
• Personal & Small Group Training
• Zumba/Yoga classes
• Drop-in Play
ADULTS
• Leagues (Basketball, Volleyball, and more)
OLDER ACTIVE ADULTS
• Pickleball
• Current Event Discussion Group
• Book Club
• Silver Sneakers/Walking Club
AND MORE!
• Parents Night Out Events
• Birthday Parties & Bar/Bat Mitzvah Parties
• Summer Sports Camps
• Rental Space for Travel Sports Teams
practices/games
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elana MacGilpin, 860-231-6327,
[email protected]
Sunday, April 10th at Bow Tie Cinemas, Palace 17, Hartford
2:15 PM
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Screens with SOME VACATION
2:15 PM
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SUNDAY, APRIL 10
ENCORE SCREENINGS
DOUGH
4:30 PM
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EAST JERUSALEM, WEST JERUSALEM
4:30 PM
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Save The Date
Greater Hartford Community
Israel Festival 2016
May 8-15, 2016
• Yom Hazikaron Ceremony | May 10
• Yom Ha’atzmaut BBQ and Celebration | May 12
• El Al Ambassadors
• Shabbat Morning Hike
• Teen Leadership Event
• Bira V’Nashira
• And more!
For more information:
Michal Abramoff, [email protected],
860-231-6333, www.mandelljcc.org
Presented by the Mandell JCC and
Partner Agencies of the
Greater Hartford Jewish Community
Israel programs at the Mandell JCC are generously
funded by the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford and
the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford
SUNDAY, APRIL 10
Tribute: Observations
on Survival and Spirit
LESSONS FROM THE HOLOCAUST
Sponsored by The Kirstein Family Fund
for Holocaust Education
Who Will Write Our History is an
upcoming 90-minute documentary about
Emanuel Ringelblum and the secret archives
of the Warsaw Ghetto based on the book by
historian Samuel Kassow.
Who Will Write Our History
A work-in-progress preview
follows THE LAST MENTSCH.
For more information visit
whowillwriteourhistory.com.
Ringelblum’s Oyneg Shabes Archive is
regarded among historians as an unequaled
achievement of self-study in the very depths
of hell. The 30,000 pages of documents
hidden in the archive, including diaries,
poems, paintings, photographs, underground
newspapers, stolen Judenrat records and
official Nazi pronouncements are considered
the most important cache of eyewitness
accounts to survive the Holocaust.
They are the Dead Sea Scrolls rising from
the rubble of the Ghetto.
“This is perhaps the most important
Holocaust story yet to be told.”
Photo by Sherry Peters
Professor Deborah Lipstadt, Project Advisor
The team behind Who Will Write Our History,
to be released in 2017: Nancy Spielberg,
Roberta Grossman, Dr. Samuel Kassow
An ASL interpreter
will be present for
the entire evening.
THE LAST MENTSCH
Student Screening at Hall High School
Sponsored by Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Memorial
Fund, Jewish Community Foundation.
HARTFORD PREMIERE
Hardened but endearing Auschwitz survivor
Marcus Schwartz (German Academy Award winner
Mario Adorf) made a postwar life and dealt with
his trauma by creating a new identity in Germany.
Facing mortality, he now wants to be buried in
a Jewish cemetery but needs proof of his longdenied heritage. A brash young Turkish woman with
her own identity crisis volunteers to drive across
Europe to his Hungarian village. The unlikely duo
meet an array of characters and forge a touching
new friendship that changes them both. Part road
trip, part buddy caper, this sweeping, powerful
drama explores the price of forgetting the past and
the power in remembering it.
SUNDAY, APRIL 10
THE LAST MENTSCH
CLOSING
NIGHT
Sunday, April 10
7:30 PM
Mandell JCC
Reel Talk and Dessert
Reception Follow Film
Director: Pierre-Henry Salfati
Germany | Year: 2014
90 minutes
Language: German with
English subtitles
“Poignant, funny and deeply moving,
a powerful, emotional journey.”
Alissa Chadburn
Sponsored by Gail and Harold Kirstein and
The Kirstein Family Fund for Holocaust
Education at the Jewish Community
Foundation, with additional support from the
Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies,
University of Hartford and Trinity College Hillel.
Invited Guests:
Dr. Samuel D. Kassow,
Trinity College
Dr. Avinoam Patt,
University of Hartford
See page 54
SAVE THE DATE
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
7:00 PM | Mandell JCC
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Author Talk & Book Launch
My Train To Freedom
A Jewish Boy’s Journey from
Nazi Europe to a Life of Activism
By Ivan A. Backer
The deeply moving true story of Hartford
humanitarian and activist Ivan A. Backer’s dangerous
escape from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on
Sir Nicholas Winton’s Kindertransport, his boyhood
in England, his perilous 1944 voyage to America,
and his mantra today.
Free and Open To Public
Reservations Required: 860-231-6316
Books on sale at the Mandell JCC
Member Services Center and at event.
Sponsored by
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USA | 2014 | English | 10 minutes
Director: Casimir Nozkowski
What’s in an address? This director’s 140 year
old childhood home on New York’s Lower
East Side was also a synagogue, whiskey still,
raincoat factory and art studio.
THE SHORT LIST
Our five short subjects are paired with full length films
at various times during the festival. Please see pages
2 & 3 for the screening schedule.
BULMUS (CAUGHT IN THE NET)
Israel | 2015 | Hebrew with English subtitles,
8 minutes
Directors: Ariel Weisbrod and Yossi Meiri
A short comedy about a writer, his bratty
young neighbor and a wifi connection based
on the story “Bulmus” by the great Israeli
satirist Ephraim Kishon.
REMEMBER
Director: Steve Shaw
REMEMBER will be a video introduction
to “Facing The Holocaust: Greater Hartford
Stories of Survival,” an exhibit at the
University of Hartford’s Museum of Jewish
Civilization. The exhibit is produced by
the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic
Studies, University of Hartford and JFACT’s
Voices of Hope with a grant from the Jewish
Community Foundation of Greater Hartford.
SOME VACATION
USA | 2014 | 6 minutes
Director: Anne S. Lewis
A traveling salesman transforms his business
trips into family vacations on this ecumenical
holiday road trip.
THE TEN PLAGUES
En route to a Passover Seder with her
family, Shayna, an unwitting young woman,
encounters a modern-day ten plagues of
biblical proportions in this comedy of identity
and belonging.
“I would love to live to
see the moment when the
great treasure will be dug
up and scream the truth
at the world.”
David Graber, Age 19
August, 1942
Warsaw, Poland
Katahdin Productions and the Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival
are grateful to these community underwriters for their generous support of
Who Will Write Our History
A New Documentary By Roberta Grossman
The Zachs Family
Foundation
The Chase Family
Foundations
The Mandell Family
Foundation
The Shuch Federman Family in Memory of Betty and Morris Shuch, Survivors
The Spitz/Tuchman Fund, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford
Julie, Mark & Marcie Wolman
Beth Schiro & Stephen Bayer
Dr. Joanne Berger-Sweeney
Harriet Dobin & Dr. Nathan Fischer
The Rona Gollob Fund, Jewish Community Foundation
Kathy & Bradley Hoffman
Nancy & Jeffrey Hoffman
David Jacobs
Michael Johnston
Marcia & Alan Lazowski
The Peggy & Alan Mendelson Fund, Jewish Community Foundation
Dr. Stacy R. Nerenstone & Morton L. Weinstein
Leigh Newman
Ann & Jeremy Pava
Dr. Romana Primus, The Strochlitz Foundation
Lois Siegal
Howard Sovronsky
Ivan Backer
Dr. Louis & Trudy Brown
Eleanor Caplan
Eileen & Elliot Pollack
Lea & Richard Rubenstein
Leslie & Richard Weinstein
As of 12/15/15
For more information please visit www.whowillwriteourhistory.com
Yom Hashoah programming presented by:
Sunday, May 1 | 7:00 PM
Monday, May 2 | 8:00 AM-8:00 PM
YOM HASHOAH
COMMUNITY-WIDE
READING OF THE NAMES
Community Holocaust Commemoration
of the Martyred Six Million
Emanuel Synagogue, 160 Mohegan Dr., West Hartford
Mandell JCC, Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford
Elsie Kagan
Everything
is Green
February 20 – March 20, 2016
Opening Reception
with the artist:
February 21, 2016 | 2-4 pm
Elsie Kagan’s recent work draws from
both 17th Century Northern European
painting and live observation, fusing
the form of familiar, older works with
an attention to paint’s materiality;
looking for both pictorial space and
surface ‘presence,’ without sacrificing
either. Her work describes the way
stems of a plant refract in water, and
also how gravity pulls color down
a surface, seeking that charged
moment when paint is both a smear,
and a cluster of blossoms.
Exhibit and reception are
free & open to the community.
Please see page 32 for Side by Side,
a companion exhibit to Imber’s Left Hand
INVITED GUESTS & SPEAKERS
Thursday, March 31
David Broza
Israel’s foremost singer/songwriter, David Broza is also a global
humanitarian and peace activist. His energetic performances
are a fusion of the three countries in which he was raised: Israel,
Spain, and England. He fills concert halls and recording studios
with his remarkable singing and guitar playing, ranging from
flamenco-flavored rhythmic and percussive techniques, to
whirlwind finger picking, to a signature rock’n’roll sound. Since
his 1977 hit “Yihye Tov,” Broza has released over 30 albums,
many reaching gold and platinum status.
LOOK AT US NOW, MOTHER
Sunday, April 3
Gayle Kirschenbaum
An Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, television producer
and speaker, Gayle is often called the “Nora Ephron of
documentaries,” with her trademark self-deprecating humor.
Gayle’s production credits include My Nose, several “little
people” shows for TLC and Discovery Health, her wacky
A DOG’S LIFE: A DOGAMENTARY and JUDGMENT DAY:
SHOULD THE GUILTY GO FREE.
Mildred Kirschenbaum
A resident of Boca Raton, Mildred is enjoying the limelight in
the starring role as Gayle Kirschenbaum’s forgiven mom. When
not camped out in Central Park pitching potential film donors
or playing mah-jongg, Mildred travels to exotic locales, dances
at family weddings and continues to be outrageous on the
festival circuit.
Nancy Lichtenberg, LCSW
A graduate of University of Connecticut School of Social
Work, Nancy has over 20 years of counseling experience
working with individuals, families, groups, and couples.
She has worked for 11 of those years at Jewish Family
Services of Greater Hartford helping clients to create
loving relationships with themselves and others.
Moderator, Paul Lewis, Program Officer, PJ Library
ARE YOU JOKING?
Monday, April 4
Sas Goldberg
Sas Goldberg was last seen in Roundabout Theatre’s new
Joshua Harmon play, Significant Other. Other New York credits
include: David Adjmi’s Stunning (Lincoln Center), The Best of
Everything (HERE Arts Center) and The Urban Dictionary Plays
(Ars Nova). Other film and television credits include HAPPYish
(Showtime), Hairbrained and Search Party.
Julia Pistell
Julia Pistell hosts the popular podcast Literary Disco and
was the first-ever Director of Writing Programs at the Mark
Twain House & Museum. An award-winning writer, Julia has
interviewed Joan Didion, Judy Blume, Christopher Moore and
Anita Diamant, among others. She is also a founding member
of Sea Tea Improv.
Roger Sherman, Director
A founder of Florentine Films, Roger Sherman is a producer,
director, cinematographer, still photographer, and author.
His films about art, history, science, social issues, the
environment and food have won an Emmy, a Peabody,
a James Beard Award and two Academy Award nominations.
Michael Solomonov
Celebrity chef-entrepreneur, author and film host Michael
Solomonov co-owns Zahav restaurant in Philadelphia with his
CookNSolo business partner Steve Cook. They also own popular
Philly eateries Federal Donuts, Percy Street Barbecue, Abe
Fisher and Dizengoff. Their gastronomic guide to Israel, Zahav:
A World of Israeli Cooking, is part memoir and part cookbook
featuring recipes, photography and personal stories.
Monday, April 4
THE MUSES OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
Tuesday, April 5
Professor Joshua Lambert
Josh Lambert is the Academic Director of the Yiddish Book
Center and Visiting Assistant Professor of English at the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of
Unclean Lips: Obscenity, Jews, and American Culture and
American Jewish Fiction: A JPS Guide. His work appears in
Tablet, Haaretz, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco
Chronicle, and The Forward.
Leah Napolin
Leah Napolin made her Broadway playwriting debut in 1975
with Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Yentl, which played for a full season.
In 2003, Yentl returned in a Yiddish translation and in 2013 the
play was revised and songs added by Jill Sobule. Ms. Napolin’s
playwriting credits also include Lost Island, Trash and Treasures,
Joined, The Dogs of Pripyat, Split at the Root, A Novel in Three
Acts, War Baby, Conclamatio and Aristophanes’ Retreat.
IMBER’S LEFT HAND
Tuesday, April 5
Ron Hoffman
Ron Hoffman founded Compassionate Care ALS, an organization
offering individualized support to those currently living with ALS,
their families and caregivers. Ron was instrumental in helping Jon
Imber and his family and is featured in the film Imber’s Left Hand.
Ron’s expertise includes needs evaluation, instruction on ALS
disease progression and end-of-life care.
Jill Hoy
Artist Jill Hoy opened her gallery in Stonington, Maine in 1986. She
shows extensively across the United States as well as London and the
Cameroon. Her work is featured in over 700 private, corporate and
museum collections. A former Connecticut resident, she holds a BA
from the University of California at Santa Cruz which bestowed upon
her their 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award.
Richard Kane
Richard Kane is a producer/director of arts documentaries
of which Imber’s Left Hand won three Best Film audience
awards. It is Kane’s second feature documentary and the
15th film in the American Artists collection, his New England
Emmy-nominated series.
Moderator, Deborah Gaudet, Director of Film Programs,
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford
THE LAST MENTSCH
Sunday, April 10
Dr. Samuel D. Kassow
Dr. Kassow is the Charles Northam Professor at Trinity College,
Hartford. He was born in a displaced persons’ camp in Germany.
His mother survived because a classmate hid her and her sister
in a cave underneath the barn on his family’s farm. His father
was arrested by the Russians and spent the duration of the war
in a Soviet prison camp. He is a consultant to the Museum of
History of the Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. His book, Who
Will Write Our History? Rediscovering a Hidden Archive From
the Warsaw Ghetto, is being made into a feature documentary
by Roberta Grossman and Nancy Spielberg.
Dr. Avinoam Patt
Dr. Patt is the Philip D. Feltman Professor of Modern Jewish
History at the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at
the University of Hartford, where he is also director
of the Museum of Jewish Civilization. An author and expert
on the Holocaust, Israel, Zionism and Jewish culture, he
began his career as a scholar at the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. He received his Ph.D.
in Modern European History and Hebrew and Judaic Studies
from New York University.
(In order of appearance; Subject to change; As of 12/15/15)
Let’s Talk About...
2015-2016
“The most lyrical
[and] also the most
searchingly spiritual of
the ‘ex-frum’ memoirs.”
-The New Yorker
LOOK AT US NOW, MOTHER
Sunday,
April 3
SHULEM
DEEN
All Who Go Do Not Return
Avinoam Patt
Avinoam J. Patt is the Philip D. Feltman Professor of Modern
Jewish History at the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic
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| $20 per person
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York University
DAVID J. GERBER
The Inventor’s Dilemma:
A resident of Boca Raton, Mildred is enjoying the limelight in
the starring role as Gayle Kirschenbaum’s forgiven mom.The
When Remarkable Life of
not camped out in Central Park pitching potential film donors
H. Joseph Gerber
or playing mah-jongg, Mildred travels to exotic locales, dances
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 | 7 pm
at family weddings and continues to be outrageous on the
In Conversation with Dan Haar,
festival circuit.
Photo: Cindy Gerber
Nancy Lichtenberg,
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proof that a single creative
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Box Office: 860-231-6316
[email protected]
Online: www.mandelljcc.org
www.mandelljcc.org
unpublished sources.
Jill Ziplow
Book Festival Director
860-231-6339
[email protected]
Book Festival
Co-Chairs
Kathy Binder
Kathy Fishman
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Mandell JCC
2016 Committee
Nicole Greenblatt, Chair
Avinoam Patt, Co-Chair
Harriet J. Dobin, Festival Director
Richard Fechtor, President
Jeffrey S. Hoffman,
Chairman of the Board
Deb Chessari
Victor Dorobantu
Lauren Eisen
Ruth Lazowski
Judy Levy
Lisa Levy
Paul Lewis
Irina Margulis
Dana McCormick
Benson Monastersky
Roberta Monastersky
Jen Schoenfeld
Jennifer Sharp
Ronny Siegel
Steve Shaw
Natan Stempler
Shana Sureck
Jonah Rothstein,
University of Hartford ‘16
Festival Intern
Hospitality Sponsors
Mandell JCC Staff
David Jacobs, Executive Director
Annie Keith, Associate Executive Director
Frank Resnick, CFO
Kim Charron, Controller
Michal Abramoff, Director of Israel Programs
Julie Alfin, Director of Corporate Relations
and Business Development
Dee Chappell, Box Office Associate
Ron Dionne, Director of Maintenance
Steve Evans, Creative Director
Sheri Gaudet, Development Associate
Donna Goldstein, Executive Assistant
Sharon Holtzberg, Director, Adult Programs
Elana MacGilpin, Director, Community Engagement
Mitch Shakun, Events Coordinator
Renee St. Louis, Marketing Director
Lia Wald, Membership Director
Larah Winn, Marketing Associate
Jill Ziplow, Visual and Performing Arts Director
Special Thanks to the Entire Mandell JCC Staff
Amit Chowdhury, 4Biz360 Group, Website Design
Data-Mail, Inc., Direct Mail Support
Rena DeBortoli, Brochure and Collateral Design
Killer Minnow Studios, Festival Trailer
Pyne-Davidson Company, Brochure & Poster Printing
sp3, inc., Technical Support
Stu Levy, Official Photographer
Participants and Additional Support
Beth El Temple, Rabbi James Rosen and staff
David Broza
Lewis Cohen, Killer Minnow Studios
Renee DeNino, I Heart Radio Community Access
Dr. Chad Ellis, and Jodi Teitelman,
Hall High School
Brian Federman, Brescome Barton, Inc.
Fox Laminating/ Walter Congdon and Joe Fox
Neil Friedman, Menemsha Films
Deborah Gaudet,
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Sas Goldberg
Greater Hartford Arts Council
Roberta Grossman
Jeffrey S. Hoffman
Ron Hoffman
Jill Hoy
Judie Jacobson, Leslie Iarusso & Jewish Ledger Staff
Richard Kane
Lisa and Sam Kassow
Gayle Kirschenbaum
Jacques LaMarre, The Mark Twain House
Josh Lambert
Nancy Lichtenberg, LCSW
Leah Napolin
Dr. Avinoam Patt,
Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies
Julia Pistell
Florence Post
Roger Sherman
Michael Solomonov
Spotlight Theatres and Italian Bistro & Staff
sp3 inc., Jeff Simon and Matt Pasternak
Allyson Toulouse, CPBN
The Emanuel Synagogue: Rabbi David Small and staff
PRINT SOURCES
Beth El Temple (BET)
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
860-233-9696
www.bethelwh.org
10% MY CHILD
www.israelifilms.com
70 HESTER STREET
www.7thart.com
ARE YOU JOKING?
[email protected]
Bow Tie Cinemas at
Blue Back Square (BBS)
42 South Main Street
860-236-4111
www.bowtiecinemas.com
Bow Tie Cinemas,
Palace 17 (PAL)
300 New Park Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
860-523-0272
www.bowtiecinemas.com
Herbert Gilman Theater (MJCC)
Mandell JCC, Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Avenue
860-236-4571
www.mandelljcc.org
Mark Twain House (MTH)
351 Farmington Ave.
Hartford, CT 06105
860-247-0998
www.marktwainhouse.org
Spotlight Theatres (ST)
39 Front Street
Hartford, CT 06105
860-422-7712
www.spotlighttheatres.com
The Emanuel Synagogue (TES)
160 Mohegan Drive
860-236-1275
www.emanuelsynagogue.org
Directions to all venues:
www.hjff.org
[email protected]
DOUGH
www.menemshafilms.com
www.filmmovement.com
EVERY FACE HAS A NAME
IMBER’S LEFT HAND
www.filmmovement.com
VENUES & PRINT SOURCES
VENUES
www.israelifilms.com
www.lookatusnowmother.com
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
REMEMBER
[email protected]
www.go2films.com
www.thefestivalagency.com
SOME VACATION
[email protected]
THE KIND WORDS
www.strandreleasing.com
THE LAST MENTSCH
THE MUSES OF
ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
[email protected]
THE TEN PLAGUES
www.scarycow.com
TO LIFE!
As of 12/18/15; Subject to change
Films often sell out; advance ticket purchase strongly recommended.
· Tickets are final sale, non-exchangeable and non-refundable. Tickets are not available for purchase online.
orders received after March 11, 2016 will be available for pick-up at the Mandell JCC during
· Ticket
regular hours and at HJFF Will Call one hour prior to each screening at the venue.
admission seating – first come, first served. Seating guaranteed until 15 minutes before showtime.
· InGeneral
event of a sell-out, a cash-only wait line will be formed 30 minutes before show time, when unoccupied
seats may be released for sale. All patrons must depart the auditorium at conclusion of each screening.
· HJFF is not responsible for lost or stolen tickets.
· Schedule subject to change, check www.hjff.org for late program notices.
· All events under the supervision of the Hartford Kashrut Commission.
· The Festival welcomes volunteers; please contact Harriet Dobin, [email protected], 860-231-6350
Ticket Prices
FestiValues and Support
General Public: (Most Films)
Support cultural arts and the Mandell JCC!
$12 Advance Purchase; $15 at Door
All Fest Pass: Purchase one ticket for each
Discounts:
·
·
$1 off single admission for Wadsworth Atheneum
Members and Let’s Go Arts cardholders.
Group discounts available. Contact the Box Office
Parking
Free parking Sunday, April 3 at Spotlight Theatres,
courtesy of LAZ Parking. Please take ticket at garage
entrance; validated passes will be provided.
Special Events
· Opening Night, 3/31
$75 per person
Includes film, David Broza
LIVE! In Conversation and Song, reception
EAST JERUSALEM WEST JERUSALEM CD
on sale at Mandell JCC
festival film/event and save!
$275 Per Person (For films showing twice,
includes choice of ONE screening)
Mandell JCC Pacesetters
· PATRON $500 includes two tickets
each for Opening and Closing Night and
6 film tickets
· FRIEND $365 includes two tickets each
to Opening Night and Closing Night
Advance Ticket Sales:
· ZAHAV A La Carte – Dinner and A Movie, 4/4
Tickets for all shows are on sale at the
Mandell JCC Box Office, Member Services
Center, via email, phone, fax and regular mail.
Note: Advance tickets are NOT on
sale at individual venues.
· SENIOR SCREEN, 4/5
Mandell JCC
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT, 06117
860-236-4571 Main
THE SEARCH FOR ISRAELI CUISINE
$25 per person advance/$35 At Door
Includes Dinner, Film and Cookbook Signing
ZAHAV: A WORLD OF ISRAELI COOKING
on sale at Mandell JCC
THE MUSES OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
Free for seniors (70+), Tickets Required
· Closing Night, 4/10
THE LAST MENTSCH
$25 per person
Includes Reel Talk and Dessert Reception
Mandell JCC Box Office:
860-231-6316 phone
860-233-0802 fax
[email protected]
The Mandell JCC is committed to inclusion and to enabling individuals to participate in our programs whenever
possible and affordable. Requests for effective communication should be made at least eight (8) business days in
advance of a spoken word event to Sharon Holtzberg, 860-231-6311 or [email protected]. Every effort will
be made to provide the requested effective communication aid or service.
Trailers, Press Kits and Venue Directions: www.hjff.org
2016 Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival | Ticket Order Form
Avoid Sellouts, Order Today!
DATE
FILM/EVENT
TIME/VENUE
Thursday
March 31
OPENING NIGHT
EAST JERUSALEM,
WEST JERUSALEM
7:00 PM
David Broza LIVE!,
Reception,
CD Signing (MJCC)
Saturday
April 2
KICKING OUT SHOSHANA/
THE TEN PLAGUES
8:00 PM Reception
9:00 PM Film (MJCC)
@$12=
Sunday
April 3
1:00 PM (ST)
@$12=
EVERY FACE HAS A NAME/
REMEMBER
4:00 PM (ST)
@$12=
10% MY CHILD/
4:00 PM (ST)
@$12=
TO LIFE!
7:30 PM (ST)
@$12=
DOUGH
7:30 PM (ST)
@$12=
5:30 PM ZAHAV
A La Carte
7:00 PM Film (MJCC)
ARE YOU JOKING?/
THE TEN PLAGUES
7:00 PM (MTH)
SENIOR SCREEN
THE MUSES OF ISAAC BASHEVIS
SINGER/70 HESTER STREET
1:00 PM (TES)
IMBER’S LEFT HAND
7:00 PM (TES)
@$12=
KICKING OUT SHOSHANA/
THE TEN PLAGUES (Encore)
7:00 PM (BBS)
@$12=
SERIAL (BAD) WEDDINGS/
SOME VACATION
7:00 PM (BBS)
@$12=
THE KIND WORDS
7:00 PM (BBS)
@$12=
10% MY CHILD/
BULMUS (CAUGHT IN THE NET) (Encore)
6:00 PM (BBS)
@$12=
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
8:15 PM (BBS)
@$12=
Saturday
April 9
8:00 PM Reception
9:00 PM Film(MJCC)
@$12=
Sunday
April 10
10:00 AM Brunch
11:00 AM Film (MJCC)
LOOK AT US NOW, MOTHER! (Encore)
2:15 PM (PAL)
@$12=
SERIAL (BAD) WEDDINGS/
SOME VACATION (Encore)
2:15 PM (PAL)
@$12=
DOUGH (Encore)
4:30 PM (PAL)
@$12=
EAST JERUSALEM,
WEST JERUSALEM (Encore)
4:30 PM (PAL)
@$12=
CLOSING NIGHT
THE LAST MENTSCH
7:30 PM (MJCC)
Monday
April 4
Tuesday
April 5
Wednesday
April 6
Thursday
April 7
#TICKETS/COST
@$75=
Includes Film,
David Broza LIVE!
Reception
@$25 per person=
Includes Dinner & Film
@$12=
@$12=
SENIORS FREE (70+);
TICKETS REQUIRED
@$12=
Includes Brunch & Film
@$25=
Includes Film,
Reel Talk & Reception
Pacesetters Patron: 2 tickets each for 3/31 Opening NIght and 4/10
Closing Night and 6 film tickets.
@$500
Pacesetters Friend: 2 tickets ea. for 3/31 Opening Night & 4/10 Closing Night
@$365
FestiValue! All Fest Pass: One admission to each individual
film/event(excludes encores)
@$275
Film Schedule Subject to change. Visit www.hjff.org
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Organization
U.S. Postage
PAID
Permit No. 2764
Hartford, CT
Painting by:Jill Hoy
ROCK ‘N REEL!
FILM INDEX BY CATEGORY
Music To My Ears
EAST JERUSALEM,
WEST JERUSALEM................................................ 6, 7
ROCK IN THE RED ZONE......................................... 41
TO LIFE!...................................................................... 17
Flavors of IsReel
10% MY CHILD........................................................... 15
BULMUS (CAUGHT IN THE NET)............................. 49
EAST JERUSALEM,
WEST JERUSALEM................................................ 6, 7
IN SEARCH OF ISRAELI CUISINE.................... 20, 21
KICKING OUT SHOSHANA........................................ 9
RABIN IN HIS OWN WORDS................................... 43
ROCK IN THE RED ZONE....................................... 41
THE KIND WORDS..................................................... 37
Invited Guest Speakers............................. 52-54
Subject to change; Visit www.hjff.org for updates
Funny Bone
10% MY CHILD........................................................... 15
BULMUS (CAUGHT IN THE NET)............................. 49
ARE YOU JOKING?.................................................... 23
DOUGH........................................................................ 19
LOOK AT US NOW, MOTHER!................................... 11
KICKING OUT SHOSHANA........................................ 9
SERIAL (BAD) WEDDINGS........................................ 35
SOME VACATION..................................................... 49
THE KIND WORDS..................................................... 37
THE TEN PLAGUES................................................... 49
Heroes, History, Hope
70 HESTER STREET................................................ 49
EVERY FACE HAS A NAME....................................... 13
IMBER’S LEFT HAND......................................... 32, 33
ONCE IN A LIFETIME............................................... 39
RABIN IN HIS OWN WORDS................................... 43
REMEMBER............................................................... 49
THE LAST MENTSCH........................................... 46, 47
THE MUSES OF
ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER.................................... 27
TO LIFE!...................................................................... 17

Festival Brochure - Hartford Jewish Film Festival

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