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Watermarks treks from Tel Aviv
to Vienna to Los Angeles to intro-
duce us to seven surviving mem-
bers of the Hakoah ("The
Strength" in Hebrew) swimming
team of the 1930s. Hakoah repre-
sents one of the earliest examples
of Jewish jocks dominating their
non-Jewish competition and put-
ting certain stereotypes to rest.
(I've heard that Chicago's West
Side had some terrific Jewish
basketball teams in the 1930s,
but that's a story for another
day.)
Although they are encouraged
by the filmmaker to recall and
reminisce about their formative
years, it's obvious that these
vibrant, vital women don't live in
the past. Their lack of nostalgia
for their youth, and their satis-
faction with the way their lives
turned out, gives Watermarks an
air of gentle satisfaction.
At the same time, the film is
inescapably a commentary on
mid-century European anti-
Semitism. But since the head of
Hakoah was so diligent about
spiriting the girls and their fami-
lies safely out of Europe — and
maintaining communication
with them — this is by and large
a happy story of long, healthy
lives.
Those who appreciate irony
will enjoy the saga of Elisheva, a
non-observant Jew who jour-

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neyed to Palestine in 1935 to
compete in the second
Maccabiah Games. She was
amazed at the warm welcome she
received from her host family,
and the respect the parents
showed the children.
When she got home, her Old
World parents made fun of her
effusiveness. "So, when are you
going to Palestine?" they mocked.
But Elisheva laughed last, as it
turned out.
When the family was forced to
flee Austria three years later, it
was Elisheva's connection with
Hakoah that secured passage for
the entire family on an illegal
ship bound for Palestine.
Although it is sufficient to
meet these women and bask in
their spirit, the director has a
hidden agenda: He wants to
choreograph a reunion in Vienna,
and a group swim in the former
Hakoah pool.
This leads to the octogenarians
encountering a few people whose
cluelessness underscores that for
a certain generation of European
Jews, you can't go home again.
Watermarks is not a transforma-
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ing and even inspiring one. ❑

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