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Culture November 7: Manhattan: ‘In Her Footsteps’
A new film discovers the true meaning of belonging. Forward executive editor Dan Friedman will moderate a Q&A following the November 7 screening of “In Her Footsteps,” the story of director Rana Abu Fraiha’s family’s journey, from their Bedouin village to Omer, a nearby Jewish town. They lived in Omer for 20 years, yet they…
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Culture November 5: Manhattan: ‘Looking For Zion’
The Other Israel Film Festival continues with a look back at Zionism in the 1930s. Join Forward editor-at-large J.J. Goldberg for the U.S. premiere of “Looking For Zion,” a documentary directed by Tamara Erde. Inspired by photographs taken by her Zionist grandfather, she finds herself on a journey, discovering the decisions and reasons behind his…
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Culture November 2: Manhattan: Shabbat Dinner And Film Screening
Join Forward opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon at the Film Fest: 20s + 30s Shabbat Dinner on November 2 at the Marlene Meyerson JCC in Manhattan. Hosted by Other Israel Film Festival, New Israel Fund’s New Generations, OneTable and other young leadership groups, the event, which will run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., will feature kosher…
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Culture Sand Storms, Soldiers and Satire Set Stage for Other Israel Film Festival
With over 80 Jewish film festivals nationwide, we can certainly fathom how New York’s Other Israel Film Festival, with its mandate to focus on the “others” within Israeli life, has thrived, and reached its tenth year. One could in fact claim that this perspective is crucial to understanding Israeli life — many societies are predicated…
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The Schmooze Faced With Demolition, Bedouin Seek Answers
Set in an unnamed village in the Negev desert, Ami Livne’s low budget directorial debut, “Sharqiya,” tells the story of a Bedouin family whose home is served a demolition order by Israeli authorities. The film won the 2012 Jerusalem Film Festival’s Haggiag Award for best feature film, screened this month at the U.K. Jewish Film…
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The Schmooze Out and About: Israeli Judaica Thieves Nabbed; Rise of the Classical Mandolin
Does the Coen Brothers’ “True Grit” draw on ancient Indo-European myth? Forward contributor Zackary Sholem Berger translates two poems, “My Pedigree” by Moyshe Nadir and “Herring Barrels” by Dvoyre Fogel, in the latest issue of Eleven Eleven. Israeli musician Avi Avital has become the first mandolinist to be nominated for a Grammy award in the…
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Life Bakri Attack: Other Israel Film Festival Under Fire
Artists 4 Israel, the organization best known for its (S)kin lifedrawing opportunities, has launched a blistering attack on Mohammed Bakri and the JCC in Manhattan for inviting him to be part of the Other Israel Film Festival. Referring to his involvement with the 2002 film “Jenin, Jenin” Artists 4 Israel call Bakri a “filmmaker who…
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