2007
January 2007
Monday 1 January 2007
Mon 1 Jan to Sun 4 Feb. Opening reception: Thursday, December 14, 5:30pm - 7:30pm Beautiful, witty and thought-provoking, Barbara Zucker's sculptures and wall works are created from patterns of wrinkles on the faces of older women. 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19103. 215-446-3045. Gershman Y Jewish Community Center - [email][events]
Sunday 14 January 2007
Sun 14 Jan, 1-4:30 pm. Join the exhibiting artists, Dr. Lori Lefkovitz (founder of Kolot / It's a Girl Thing), and others for an in-depth discussion of issues around women's body image, from girlhood on. 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19103. 215-446-3045. Gershman Y Jewish Community Center - [email][events]
Monday 15 January 2007
Mon 15 Jan, 7 pm. Director: Joshua Faudem, 2005, USA/Israel, 75 minutes, Documentaries and Dialogue The filmmaker has been invited. Philadelphia Premiere Mike's Place on the Tel Aviv beachfront is a popular rock and blues bar that could be anywhere. The worldly English speaking denizens who congregate there regularly laugh, dance and sing undeterred by the ever present world of warfare and terrorism. If anything, their desire to live life to the full is intensified. But, on April 30th, 2003, Mike's Place was forever changed. 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19103. 215-446-3045. Gershman Y Jewish Community Center - [email][events]
Saturday 27 January 2007
Sat 27 Jan, 8 pm. Additional show times: Sunday January 28 2:00pm and Monday January 29 7:00pm. Director: Henry Meyer, 2005, Sweden, 116 minutes, in Swedish with English subtitles. Winner of the "Crystal Bear," Berlin International Film Festival. Four Weeks in June revolves around the meeting between Sandra, an unhappy young woman, and Lilly, an older, cranky, secretive Jewish lady who lives upstairs in their dilapidated apartment house. In spite of the differences in age and background, the two connect and an unexpected friendship develops between them. Ghita Norby as Lilly won the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Award. 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19103. 215-446-3045. 12. Gershman Y Jewish Community Center - [email][events]
Sat 27 Jan, 8 pm. Director: Lena Einhorn, 2005, Sweden, 125 minutes, in Swedish, Polish and German with English subtitles Guest Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Steinberg 2006 Jerusalem Film Festival-Winner, Yad Vashem Award This powerful drama tells the true story of Nina Einhorn's life, from her childhood in Poland in the 1930s to her death in Sweden in 2002. Rather than a conventional docudrama, it is a feature film with Nina herself as the storyteller. Director Lena Einhorn, her daughter, based the film on her award winning novel, Nina's Resa. This remarkable story ends where it began when Nina returns to the apartment in Lodz from which she had fled in 1940. Also shown on January 28 at 2:00pm and January 29 at 7:00pm. 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19103. 215-446-3045. 12. Gershman Y Jewish Community Center - [email][events]