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. 5/11 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. 13 Waiting For Godik 2010 Atlanta Underground Film Festival 13 The Human Resources Manager Best Feature, 2011 Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival TT170 BAR-MITIVAII .„11NRGGIAA ZOCrilleARG ■ 1117k =We/ . 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. 248.661.1900 n — 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 4 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.