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IRENA'S VOW Saturday, January 25, 7:30 PM
Discussion Leader: Rabbi Amiel Monson
This program is cohosted by Congregation Beth Shalom
2023, 121 min., Canada-Poland, English
In occupied Poland, a former nurse risks her own life to shelter a dozen Jewish men and women from the Nazi war machine in this unfoIn occupied Poland, a former nurse risks her own life to shelter a dozen Jewish men and women from the Nazi war machine in this unforgettable tale of bravery and sacrifice.
$7 JCC Member, $13 Guests, Refreshments are included
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FEBRUARY FILM
All About The Levkoviches
February 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Discussion Leaders: Peter & BJ Rosenfeld, Ed & Andrea Leighton
Drama-Comedy
2023, 85 min., Hungary, Hungarian, and Hebrew with English subtitles
In this heartwarming family comedy, an elderly boxing coach, known for his generosity but stubbornness, finds it easy to connect with everyone except his own son. Their strained relationship
has resulted in years of silence, to the point where the old man has never even met his grandson, who moved to Israel with his father and adopted an Orthodox Jewish lifestyle. However, when
the old man's wife unexpectedly passes away, the family is brought back together for her funeral. As they sit shiva and mourn for a week, they embark on a journey of rediscovery, healing, and
understanding. Director: Ádám Breier
Jewish Cinema: Culture, Community, Conversation
The Jewish Film Festival is a hallmark event that runs throughout the calendar and brings exciting, entertaining, and thought-provoking film to our community along with a discussion led by an area expert.
Individual films: $13, $7 JCC Member discount ($13.39, $7.21 when paying with a credit card)
Please Note: Most films are intended for an adult audience
For more information, please call Judy Ben-Ami at (518) 377-8803 or email judyb@schenectadyjcc.org
AUCTION
Saturday, March 8 , 7:30 PM
Discussion Leader: Kayla Carlsen, Executive Director of the Albany Institute of History and Art
2024, 91 Min., France, French with English subtitles
Based on true events, hotshot opportunist wheeler-art dealer André Masson receives a letter concerning the discovery of a painting in a factory worker’s home in the suburbs on
the Alsatian border. Said painting, by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele, had been long assumed lost, condemned and destroyed as “degenerate art” by the Nazis in 1939.
Masson’s first reaction is to believe that it can only be a copy. He decides to make the trip to examine it, and, against all odds, the painting turns out to be the masterpiece that has
gone missing. This could undoubtedly be the turning point of his career, but after a brief investigation, he realizes that he has in his hands a looted work of art. Director: Pascal Bonitzer
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REVENGE: OUR DADTHE NAZI KILLER
Sunday, April 27, 7:00 PM
Discussion Leader: Professor Stephen Berk
2023,101 min., Australia, English
This documentary follows three Jewish brothers in Melbourne who stumble on a family secret: their father, a Holocaust survivor and WWII partisan, allegedly went to Sydney in the 1950s to undertake a revenge killing against a Nazi. As they delve into the past, they unexpectedly unearth a web of Nazi networks Down Under, covert Jewish vigilante groups, and multiple cases of Nazis who mysteriously died or disappeared in post-WWII Australia. All of this occurs in the context of Cold War intrigue, with antisemitism at the highest level of government. A gripping story that poses the moral question of when, if ever, is it justified to take the law into your own hands? Director: Danny Ben-Moshe
The Film Festival is sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Northeastern NY. This program was made possible through the generous support of the JCC Friends of the Arts, the Epstein Jewish Cultural Fund, Meyer and Mary Kurland/Gebell Fund, Jonas and Edith Flemiberg Jewish Cultural Fund, the Jewish World, and by a grant from the Schenectady County Legislature through its County Initiative Program.
Jewish Film Festival Committee: Erica & Len Berger, Ellen Blake, Art Clayman, Alex Hallenstein, Elaine Klein, Gail Sternstein and Judy Ben-Ami, Jewish Cultural & Adult Programming Director