2008
February 2008
Sunday 3 February 2008
Sun 3 Feb. Sunday, February 3rd - Film A Czech peasant is torn between greed and guilt when the Nazi-backed bosses of his town appoint him “Aryan controller” of a Jewish widow’s button shop. The widow is played by the great Yiddish actress Ida Kaminska. The film won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1965. (125 min; B&W; Czech/Slovak.) Purchase the film from our bookstore. 2 p.m. Cost: $6. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]
Sunday 10 February 2008
Sun 10 Feb. Sunday, February 10th - Film Gregory Peck stars as Phil Green, a Gentile who poses as a Jew to write a magazine story about anti-Semitism in America. Gentleman’s Agreement won three Academy Awards in 1947, including Best Picture. (118 min.) Purchase the book from our bookstore. 2 p.m. Cost: $6. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]
Sunday 17 February 2008
Sun 17 Feb. Sunday, February 17th - Film This exquisite film about an aristocratic Italian Jewish family during World War II won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1971. (95 min.) Purchase the book from our bookstore. 2 p.m. Cost: $6. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]
Sunday 24 February 2008
Sun 24 Feb. Sunday, February 24th - Film Based on a novella by Philip Roth, this 1969 box office hit is a biting look at upwardly mobile Jewish life in the suburbs. Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw star. (105 min.) Purchase Goodbye, Columbus: And Five Short Stories from our bookstore. 2 p.m. Cost: $6. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]