Israel Culture and Film Festival 2010
12th Annual Northern New Jersey Israel Film Festival 2010
February 20-March 20
A wonderful opportunity to engage with Israel through Film and Culture. The 2010 Israel Film and Culture Festival is your way to connect with the Jewish homeland. Opening night is Saturday, February 20 and ending Saturday, March 20, the UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey’s Israel Programs Center and a host of co-sponsors will screen seven different films.
The films will be shown at different Jewish institutions around northern New Jersey. The films include: “A Matter of Size,” “Menachem and Fred,” “Eli and Ben,” “Rafting to Bombay,” “Jaffa,” “Galilee Eskimos,” and “Faces of Israel”.
The celebratory culture event “100 Years of Kibbutz Movement” will take place on Sunday March 14. This event features a performance by the internationally acclaimed Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company.
A Matter of Size*
Directors: Sharon Mayman, Erez Tadmor
90 minutes
Saturday, February 20, 2010
8:30pm
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades (Eric Brown Theater), Tenafly
Admission: $10.00 JCC members - $12.00 General Admission
Limited seating – please call Tammy at (201)408-1427 for advanced sales
Thursday, March 4, 2010
7:30pm
YM-YWHA of North Jersey, Wayne
Admission: $8.00
Menachem and Fred
Directors: Ronit Kertsner, Ofra Tevet
128 minutes
Saturday, February 20, 2010
7:15pm for dinner, 8:00pm for film
Barnert Temple, Franklin Lakes
Discussion following the film with director Ronit Kertsner
Admission: Dinner and film $25.00 (tickets can only be purchased in advance from Jeff Himeles at (201) 403-4537
Admission: Film only $8.00 (purchased at the door)
Saturday, March 6, 2010
8:00pm
Congregation Gesher Shalom/JCC of Fort Lee
Discussion following the film with Professor Udi Sommer, SUNY (Dept. of Political Science)
Admission: $8.00
Faces of Israel: A Discussion about Marriage, State, and Religion in the Jewish Homeland
Director: Amy Beth Oppenheimer
75 minutes
Sunday, February 21, 2010
7:30pm
Congregation Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck
Discussion following the film with Rabbi Seth Farber of the ITIM Institute (featured in the film)
Admission: $8.00
Co-sponsored by the Aliyah Dept. of Jewish agency for Israel, New York
Eli and Ben*
Director: Ori Ravid
87 minutes
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
7:30pm
Temple Avodat Shalom, River Edge
Discussion following the film with Rabbi Neal Borovitz
Admission: $8.00
Sunday, March 7, 2010
4:00pm
Temple Emanuel of Pascack Valley, Woodcliff Lake
Discussion following the film with Community Shaliach, Stuart Levy
Admission: $8.00
Rafting to Bombay
Director: Erez Laufer
71 minutes
Sunday, March 7, 2010
6:30pm
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades (Eric Brown Theater), Tenafly
Discussion following the film with Dr. Jonathan Golden, Associate Director of the Center on Religion, Culture and Conflict, Drew University
Admission: $10.00 JCC members - $12.00 General Admission
Limited seating – please call Lynn at (201)408-1458 for advanced sales
Thursday, March 18, 2010
7:30pm
YM-YWHA of North Jersey, Wayne
Discussion following the film with Dr. Jonathan Golden, Associate Director of the Center on Religion, Culture and Conflict, Drew University
Admission: $8.00
Northern New Jersey’s Jewish Community
Celebrates 100 Years of the Kibbutz Movement
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades
(Auditorium)
Sunday, March 14 ~ 7:30pm
Program Includes
The Internationally Renowned
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company
featuring
Popular Kibbutz Songs
Sung by Local Community Cantors
Historical Film
Photo Exhibition
For more information and tickets,
please contact Ronit Gorelik
201-408-1496
rgorelik@jccotp.org more information
Download the
Israel Film Festival Brochure
For Festival information, call
Galeet - 201 820 3908
All ticket sales at the door
(no advance purchases)
Israel Program Center
Chair
David Cohen
Galilee Eskimos
Director: Jonathan Paz (film)
99 minutes
Monday, March 8, 2010
7:30pm
Jewish Center of Teaneck
Discussion following the film will be led by North American Kibbutz Movement Central Shaliach, Yaniv Sagee
Admission: $8.00
Jaffa*
Director: Keren Yedaya
104 minutes
Thursday, March 11, 2010
7:30pm
Bergen County Y, a JCC, Township of Washington
Discussion following the film with Community Shaliach, Stuart Levy
Admission: $8.00
Saturday, March 20, 2010
8:30pm
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly
Discussion following the film with Professor Udi Sommer, SUNY (Dept. of Political Science)
Admission: $10.00 JCC members - $12.00 General Admission
* Equivalent Rating – PG-13
Festival Co-Sponsors
Bergen County Y, a JCC, Township of Washington ~ Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly ~ YM-YWHA of North Jersey, Wayne ~ Congregation Gesher Shalom/JCC of Fort Lee ~ Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley, Woodcliff Lake ~ Temple Avodat Shalom, River Edge ~ Barnert Temple, Franklin Lakes ~ Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck ~ Jewish Center of Teaneck ~ Consulate General of Israel in New York, Office of Cultural Affairs ~ Jewish Agency for Israel, Aliyah Department ~ Fort Lee Film Commission ~ New Jersey-Israel Commission ~ Dragoman Films ~ New Jersey Council of the Arts / Bergen County Department of Parks, division of Cultural and Historic Affairs
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