Tag Archives: Film

What to Watch on Large and Small Screens This Summer

Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, Robert Oppenheimer, Leonard Bernstein, Varian Fry, and Golda Meir are among the many Jewish figures to be found on screen this summer.

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Women Bridge a Cultural Chasm in an Award-Winning Israeli Film

Join Kathryn Bernheimer for a discussion following the May 17th screening of "Cinema Sabaya" at the Dairy Arts Center's Boedecker Theater

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Far From Home-Less

As we complete the book of Exodus with the construction of the Holy Sanctuary, I can’t help thinking of the following quote from 2021’s Academy Award’s winning film, "Nomadland." “I may be houseless, but not homeless” was one of the opening phrases by the laconic but sensitive, Fern.

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Boulder JCC Presents “Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance,” with a Talkback

A common cause was found in the turbulent Civil Rights era of the 1960s, as Jewish leaders backed Dr. King’s efforts at racial equality and harmony. Yet, the relationship has frayed in recent years, as a once-mighty bond of support and respect has seemingly faded, been forgotten, or ignored.

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“After Munich” Film and Talkback

"After Munich" is a 2019 documentary film that tells the stories of four women whose lives were forever altered by the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games.

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