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DETROIT 
JEWISH 
FILM 
FESTIVAL

May 2-14, 2024

FILM FESTIVAL 2024 SPOTLIGHT FILMS

Monday, May 13, 7 p.m. /
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 Tickets $18

Tuesday, May 14, 7 p.m. /
/
 Tickets $18

TheJDetroit.org/FilmFestival /
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 248-609-3303 

An enchanting Israeli musical rom-com starring Lee Biran 

and Eliana Tidhar. 

The story of Operation Solomon, Israel’s airlift of 15,000 

Ethiopian Jews to Israel. 

Talkback with Jane F. Sherman. 

This program is proudly supported by the Israel Engagement Fund: A JCC Association 

of North America Program Accelerator and the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.

 
Produced with support from Burton A. Zipser and Sandra D. Zipser Foundation

Live concert by Israeli-Ethiopian singer/songwriter OSHI 

following each film!

Lenore Marwil
Detroit Jewish
Film Festival

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OUR STORY

EXODUS 91

In the wake of the unprecedented 
antisemitism, threats, harassment, 
intimidation and discrimination 
against Jewish students at U-M, 
ZOA-Michigan has placed a 
billboard on US-23 demanding the 
University of Michigan take swift 
action to protect its Jewish students. 
“The university has failed to 
respond to concerned students, 
parents and alumni who have 
contacted U-M urging that it 
take action to stop violations of 
their own code of conduct and 
infractions of the law. We put up 
the billboard in hopes of getting 
their attention,
” said ZOA-MI 
President Sheldon Freilich. “It’s 
time for enforcement — there 
must be serious consequences for 
those breaking the law and inciting 
antisemitism.
” 
Since Oct. 7, ZOA-Michigan 
has received many complaints 
from U-M students who fear for 
their safety. In the weeks leading 
up to finals and graduation, the 
antisemitic hostilities are reaching 
a dangerous pitch. The situation is 
exacerbated by the multiple pro-
Hamas demonstrations on campus 
and in campus buildings, with their 
calls for the end of Israel and the 
genocide of Jews, often punctuated 
by Nazi symbols and slogans, the 
ZOA related. 
Jewish U-M students have 
become frequent targets of openly 
expressed hatred — in classrooms, 
dormitories, cafeterias, libraries 
and on campus grounds. 
 Students feel abandoned by the 
regents and campus administration 
for tolerating disruptive hate-filled 
protests aimed at Jews. 
 In the last two months alone, 
two federal civil rights complaints 
were filed against U-M for failing 
to safeguard Jewish students. 

New ZOA-Michigan 
Billboard Targets 
Antisemitism at U-M

