El Keeping Up with the Steins
113 Where I Stand: The Hank
Greenspun Story
ever-present threat of violence in Jerusalem and
the increasing sense of social dislocation.
The characters in this drama have no names.
They are unhappy people known solely by their
professional roles - until a young women's tragic
death forces them to find comfort in each other
and in life.
2010 Winner of five Israeli Academy Awards
El Shadows in Paradise
Oakland U.
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USA, 2006, 90 minutes, English
Co-sponsored by Sheri & David Jaffa*, Jewish
Parents Institute (JPI), Shari & John Lebo
And you thought the Kardashians were over the
top!
This star-studded film featuring Jeremy Piven
("Entourage"), Daryl Hannah ("Splash") and
Miranda Cosgrove ("iCarly") will keep you laughing
and wanting more!
Usually a bar mitzvah is an honored time for
families. The experience is quite different for
a confused 13-year-old named Ben who barely
understands the Hebrew he is reciting.
But forget the Hebrew and all the religious stuff.
Let's get to the really important thing: the party.
And guess who just had the most amazing bar
mitzvah party on a cruise? The Steins, of course!
The Steins - it's always the Steins! Ben and his
family know that his party has to be even better.
A great family film!
la Bar Mitzvah
USA, 2008, 98 minutes, English
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society of
Michigan, Elizabeth Pernick/Madeline Rosenfield/
Barbara Rosenthal/Ilene Weiss
He worked for Bugsy Siegel, ran guns to Israel,
fought Senator McCarthy, and NO, he never played
for the Tigers.
Narrated by Anthony Hopkins, this documentary
tells the true story of convicted gun runner, Las
Vegas visionary, crusading newspaper publisher,
target of the Watergate burglars and hero of
Israel's War of Independence (to name just a few)
Hank Greenspun. From his early days working for
Bugsy Siegal to his run-in with the Purple Gang and
his secret life in the underground Haganah, Hank
was fearless.
"One of the greatest stories never told with all the
twists of a great spy thriller."
- eFilmCritic.com
Filmmaker Scott Goldstein has been invited to
speak after the film.
2009 Winner, Los Angles Jewish Film Festival
USA, 2008, 55 minutes, English
Co-sponsored by Lee & Paul Blizman, Pheobe &
Harris Mainster
A fascinating, true story of the Jewish artists,
authors and intellectuals whom the Nazis forced
into exile and who ultimately found a home in the
United States.
By 1939, 30,000 intellectuals and radicals were
exiled from Europe, 80% of whom were Jewish.
Many settled in southern California and made an
indelible mark on the world.
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2010 Atlanta Underground Film Festival
13 The Human Resources Manager
Best Feature, 2011 Lenore Marwil Jewish Film
Festival
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USA, 1935, Black and White, 81 minutes
Yiddish, with English subtitles
Co-sponsored by Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring
When Boris Thomashefsky died in 1939, the streets
of the Lower East Side were filled from end to
end with more than 30,000 fans, watching in
quiet respect as the funeral procession went by.
Thomashefsky was the most beloved Yiddish actor
of his day - yet he made only one film, starring as
"Israel" in Bar Mitzvah.
And what a life! Poor Israel. His first wife, Leah,
was lost at sea, he's trying to prepare his son for
his bar mitzvah and his new wife is planning to
run off with his money. But then - oy vey! In a plot
twist that would be envied by soap opera-writers
everywhere. Filled with drama, wonderful Yiddish
songs and dance, Bar Mitzvah is a nostalgic gem of
a time long gone.
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Israel, 2007, 60 minutes
Hebrew, with English subtitles
Co-sponsored by Lee & Paul Blizman, Pheobe &
Harris Mainster
Israel, 2010,103 minutes
Hebrew, Russian and Romanian with English subtitles
Sponsored by Sarah Marwil Lamstein,
Co-sponsored by Sallyjo & H. Barry Levine
Waiting for Godik is a musical documentary that
tells the story of the rise and fall of the Israeli king
of musicals, impresario Giora Godik. His life was
colorful, momentous and tragic.
A dead body, a baker, a group of lost souls and the
way in which the world can change from a slow,
gray loneliness to a place of comfort.
Godik was the man behind some of Israel's most
lavishly produced musicals. He was responsible for
the Israeli sensation Kazablan, starring Yehoram
Gaon.
A human resources manager at Israel's largest
bakery finds himself the unlikely chaperone of a
young Russian woman's dead body. Who is she, how
did she get there and what on earth is happening?
But then he tripped and he fell hard. He suddenly
disappeared - and no one could have imagined
where the destitute Godik ended up.
Eran Riklis, acclaimed director of The Lemon
Tree and The Syrian Bride, brings a poignant and
personal approach to a story that speaks to the
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A tragic story of the man who touched the dream
and crashed, the story of a man who believed that
life really could be a musical.