2010
January 2010
Monday 11 January 2010
Mon 11 Jan, 7 pm. Documentaries & Dialogue -- Philadelphia Premiere Director: Lorry Salcedo Mitrani Date 2008 Country Peru R/T 60 minutes In Spanish with English subtitles Monday, January 11, 2010, 7pm $8 in advance, $10 at the door This a-typical documentary follows the Judios Mestizos, descendents of Jewish male immigrants and Peruvian native women who live in isolated Iquitos, Peru. Though they lack support from more traditional Jewish communities in Lima, they persevere in identifying more strongly with their Jewish roots. Special Guest Speaker: Rabbi Marcelo Bronstein of B’Nai Jeshurun in New York City. 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19103. 215-446-3045. Gershman Y Jewish Community Center - [email][events]
Monday 18 January 2010
Mon 18 Jan, 7 pm. Documentaries & Dialogue -- Philadelphia Premiere Director: Date 2006 Country USA R/T 75 minutes Monday, January 18, 2010, 7 PM $8 in advance, $10 at the door Inheritance, like its title, is about a family legacy, this time concerning the offspring of a villainous Nazi perpetrator who feels the sins of her father so strongly that she seeks out one of his victims. Monika Hertwig's father was Amon Goeth, the inspiration for Ralph Fiennes' character in Schindler’s List. Hertwig succeeds in finding and interviewing the eloquent Helen Jonas-Rozensweig, who was one of Goeth's slaves when he was the commandant of the Plaszów concentration camp in Poland. Special Guest Speaker: Marcia Sachs Littell, Professor, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, The Richard Stockton. 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19103. 215-446-3045. Gershman Y Jewish Community Center - [email][events]
Monday 25 January 2010
Mon 25 Jan, 7 pm. Documentaries & Dialogue -- Philadelphia Premiere Director: Naftaly Gliksberg Date 2008 Country Israel R/T 80 Minutes In English, French, German, Hebrew and Polish with English subtitles Monday, January 25, 2010, 7pm $8 in advance, $10 at the door Former Rabbi Naftaly Gliksberg travels through America and Europe, interviewing a variety of characters to discover what they think of Jews. Oh yes, anti-Semitism exists as always, but Naftaly is amazed to uncover its venomous omnipresence. Naftaly wowed the audience of the New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival in June and you can access his interview with Philip Lopate on New York Public Radio. Special Guest Speakers: Producer Zafrir Kochanovsky; Director Naftaly Gliksberg has been invited. 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19103. 215-446-3045. Gershman Y Jewish Community Center - [email][events]