Ea Strangers No More
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Theatres: WB 5/1, AA 5/2
Theatres: WB 5/1
My Lovely Sister (Ahoti Hayafa)
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The Lost Love Diaries (Yomanei
Ha'ahava Ha'avudim)
Theatres: WB 5/2
USA, 2010, 40 minutes, English, and Hebrew with
English subtitles
Sponsored by the Joseph & Suzanne Orley
Foundation
Co-sponsored by Federation's Alliance for
Jewish Education's Jewish Experience for Families
Strangers No More follows the amazing story of
the Bialik-Rogozin School in the heart of Tel Aviv,
where students come from more than 40 different
countries.
The children enter the school as strangers fleeing
hardships of every dimension, sometimes even
genocide. Once they walk through the doors,
though, they become family.
2011 Oscar winner for Best Documentary
D7 Homecoming
Theatres: WB 5/1, AA 5/2
Israel, 2011, 91 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles
Sponsored by Sheri & David Jaffa*
Co-sponsored by the Birmingham Temple
Come fall under the spell of this magical movie
which received an incredible 11 Ophir (Israeli Oscar)
nominations!
Based on a Moroccan Jewish folktale, My Lovely Sister
is the love-hate story of sisters Rahma and Mary.
Rahma faces quite a few challenges. She is unable to
forgive her sister Mary for marrying an Arab. She's
also convinced her home is haunted by the spirit of
her dead mother, and she even bakes cookies and
leaves them — just in case her ghost-mother gets
hungry. Then there's her husband, who is constantly
telling Rahma how to manage everything.
If you're ready to escape to a world like nothing
you've ever experienced, don't miss this film!
2011 Nominated Jerusalem Film Festival Award Best
Israeli Feature
2011 Winner Israeli Film Academy Best Actress,
Best Supporting Actress
Israel, 2011, 53 minutes, English, and Hebrew and
Dutch with English subtitles
Co-sponsored by the JCC's 61st Annual Jewish Book
Fair, Evelyn & Steven Rosen
In the midst of World War II, Bernie and Ellis were
lovers. Torn apart by the war, they were each forced
to go into hiding. Before parting, they promised to
write diaries about their experiences.
This true story continues years later when, with no
hope that Bernie is alive, Ellis, still heartbroken,
marries another man.
On Ellis's wedding day she receives a package, from
an unknown woman, that contains Bernie's diary.
Completely overwhelmed, she buries the diary and
moves with her new husband to Palestine. Sixty-five
years later, Ellis's daughter Shula urges her to open
the diary.
Following the film, please join us for a discussion
with Rabbi Tamara Kolton of the Birmingham
Temple.
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Israel, 2011, 60 minutes, Hebrew, French, Spanish
with English subtitles
A Wonderful Day (Yom Nifla)
Theatres: WB 5/2
BECOME A 2012
IINORE MARWIL
Sponsored by the Joseph & Suzanne Orley
Foundation
Co-sponsored by Federation's Alliance for
Jewish Education's Jewish Experience for Families
Follow the journey of three Israeli-born children of
foreign workers who travel to spend time with fam-
ily they have never met in their parents' homelands.
This emotional documentary spotlights the
children's search for identity in a confusing world.
The three speak perfect Hebrew and are army age.
As they navigate their lives, they learn why their
parents left for Israel and what it means to the
larger families.
Following the film, please join us for a discussion
with invited Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment
(SAJE) Filmmaker-in-Residence, Galit Roichman.
248.661.1900
JEWISH FILM fESTIYAL
PATRON!
Israel, 2011, 24 minutes, Hebrew, with English subtitles
Co-sponsored by the JCC's 61st Annual Jewish Book
Fair, Evelyn & Steven Rosen
Shachar has his entire life figured out. He's relaxed
and confident. But wait. There comes his meddling
grandmother. And what's this with his girlfriend to
whom he's about to propose?
Humorous and sentimental, this short has a clever
take on grandparents and their grandchildren, love
and life.
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