Being Jewish in France

Sun 30 Mar, 12 pm. Brandeis University, Lown 2, MS053, Waltham, 02454. Sharon P. Rivo, Executive Director, 781-899-7044, rivo@brandeis.edu. National Center for Jewish Film - [events]

Comme un Juif en France France | 2007 | 185 min | French with English subtitles Director/Writer: Yves Jeuland New England Premiere Special Guest: Antony Polonsky, Albert Abramson Professor of Holocaust Studies, Brandeis University Introduced by: Alexis Berthier, Public Affairs Attaché, French Consulate Boston Yves Jeuland’s sweeping new documentary explores the rich and complex history of Jews in France – the first country to grant Jews citizenship – beginning with Revolutionary cries of Vive la France in Yiddish through the explosive Dreyfus Affair, Vichy’s murderous betrayal during WWII, and the absorption of Jews from Arab countries in the 1960s to charges of rising anti-semitism in the 21st century. Lushly illustrated with rare archival images and mem