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…Spring, 2004... Hello again! It's spring and that means it's time for the Sixth Annual JCC Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival sponsored by Park West Gallery. Our short but amazing history has resulted in over 41,000 people having seen some of these great movies. After thinking things couldn't get any better than the 11,000 tickets we sold in 2002, in 2003 we sold 15,000, and with your help we hope to keep it up! This award-winning Festival w...…

…Festival at ot'a'"G a Glance NVDII ARES Film # Advice and Dissent Followed by... Sid At 90 and... Funny Old Guys 0 Thunder in Guyana Followed by... Born in Buenos Aires 0 0 Shanghai Ghetto : Paper Clips (Main Attraction) , :NOTE Start time is after Federation's Yom HaZikaron service at the JCC. Hitler's Hat Followed by... Berga: Soldiers of Another War Amen Secret Lives: Hidden Children & Their Rescuers Shalom, Y'All Preceded by... ...…

…Festival at tor'G a Glance t'Cidg Paper Clips Different Drummers Relentless Followed by... James' Journey to Jerusalem The Collector of Bedford Street Followed by... Molly: The Goldbergs Dummy Thunder in Guyana All I've Got Followed by... My Architect e Italians Are Coming 603 E. Liberty Street FILM # DATE 0 Sunday, May 2 0 0 Monday, May 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Geburtig Michigan Theatre Festival at f or alm R'G a Glance NE FILM...…

…Sunday April 25 2002 • 21 min • English • Color • USA Co-Sponsored by Barbara & D. Michael Kratchman 12:30 p.m. A pointed, magical, pixyish morality tale that's funny. L'chaim! A frustrated businessman, Jeffery Goldman (John Pankow, Mad About You) tries to end his hopeless marriage by asking the local rabbi (Eli Wallach) to place a curse on his wife, Ellen (Rebecca Pidgeon, Heist). The rabbi refuses, but he gives peculiar advice on how t...…

…Old 2003 • 40 min. • English • Color • USA The third of these three remarkable films is simul- taneously funny, warm and heartbreakingly sad. Impossible? Take a look. Co-Sponsored by Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network/Ira Kaufman Chapel and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute Filmmaker David Zeiger is invited to the lunch table to experience the banter of "the funny old guys," Jewish television veterans and pals for decades who, after s...…

…Baal in Buenos Ai 2003 • 40 min. Spanish with English Subtitles • Color • USA Filmmaker Beth Toni Kruvant has made another film that deals with the many lives of Jews in other lands. Just fascinating. A special direc- tor's selection award film. Co-Sponsored by Rose and David Handleman This documentary provides insight into the diffi- cult situation faced by the Jews of Argentina during recent economic and political crises. See them strugg...…

…vslOtAG Paper UNITED ARTISTS 2003 • 110 min. • English • Color • Great Britain/USA 8 p.m. Sponsored by Harold and Sarah Gottlieb Festival Introduction by Terry Lawson This is a very special screening in many ways. First, it is the Festival's main attraction; the film we most want you to see, and we are showing it in two theatres simultaneously at the United Artists Theatre. Second, it is the 2004 winner of the Harold and Sarah Gottlieb P...…

…Monday H itler's Hat 2001 • 50 min. • English • Color/BW • USA 5 p.m. Director Jeff Krulik explores a momentous brush with infamy in this offbeat winner of the Best Documentary award at the recent New York Underground Film Festival. April 26 Sponsored by the Ray & Atara Zimmerman Fund Richard Marowitz, a Jewish G.I., present at the search of Hitler's Munich apartment in April 1945, finds a black top hat in the back of an empty closet. M...…

…Amen 2002 130 min. • English • Color • France 8 p.m. As we know, many did not escape Hitler's "Final Solution." How, exactly did religious leaders in Germany and the Vatican ignore the plight of Europe's Jews during W.W. II? Costa-Gavras unravels it for us in this major motion picture. Co-Sponsored by The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith (ADL) This story of unspeakable horror by the world's pre- eminent creator of political suspense ...…

…2002 . 60 min. • English • Color • USA 5 p.m. The Festival fast-forwards to the USA, the South and—what else—the Jews there. Enjoy Brian Bain's delightful, personal piece. Co-Sponsored by Bluma and Robert Schechter & Sophie Pearlstein Filmmaker Brian Bain takes a 4200-mile Southern road trip that turns into a rite of passage. Through his humorous and affec- tionate encounters with Jewish Southerners of all types, he examines the character ...…

…Asp ha 2002 • 87 min. • Hebrew, German & Arabic with English subtitles • Color • Israel 8 p.m. Let's be honest—really, how different are cul- tures one from another? Aren't human beings really all the same, deep down? Take a look. Sponsored by Cindy & Bill Faber Danny Verete's gorgeously shot film shows us what the New York Post calls a modern Israel with "the Judean Desert caught in a time warp." We see three dramatic encounters between ...…

…• 2002 . 63 min.. Hebrew & English with English subtitles • Color • Israel Can one speak respectfully and modestly to the rigidity and confines of Orthodox rituals while looking for one's own place? If you see this, you'll never doubt it again. ... - Anat Zuria examines the Taharat Hamishpacha that shape women's lives and sexuality within Jewish Orthodoxy through her own experiences and those of three friends. At the heart of their stories...…

…lone 2002 • 75 min. • Color/BW • USA English with subtitles as necessary 2 p.m. Director/Screenwriter Helene Klodawsky wanted to know about the power of romance and the unfail- ing power of love. Well, she found it and we are glad to share it with you. Thursday April 29 Co-Sponsored by Harriet & L William Sherr Family A lovely, surprising psychological, emotional, and spiri- tual look at survival and the many perspectives of love in the...…

…Denma rk 2003 58 min.. English & Danish with English subtitles • Color • USA/Denmark A special director's selection award film. Karen Cantor's amazing documentary, narrated by Garrison Keillor, tells the true story of how the citizens of Denmark secured the safety of 95% of their Jewish population during Nazi occupation.: What happened is widely known but little under- stood in its details. This film provides a historically accurate account...…

…2002 • 103 min. • German & English with English subtitles • Color • Austria 8 p.m. Sponsored by Charles & Rita Gelman Education Foundation How do our pasts affect our present and future? And what if it's a past you can't forget no matter how hard you try? Austria's official submission in the Foreign Language Film category at the recent Academy Awards tries to tell us. Set in Vienna and New York in the 1980s, this remarkable film revolves a...…

…vo ,„,,AG Dummy 2002 . 93 min.. English •Color .USA This not-yet-seen-in-theatres film has a dream cast: Adrien Brody, Illeana Douglas, Milla Jovovich, Ron Liebman, and more! And it is simultaneously funny and touching. SIN NAB 8 1111PALACE bosol NEM MICHIGAN THEATRE B RMING Co-Sponsored by Susan & Brand MarwiL In Birmingham co-sponsored by Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit Adrien Brody (The Pianist) plays soft-spoken Steven, who turns to v...…

…Mel ly. LThe 1951 • 104 min. • English • BW • USA 3 p.m. Honoring the memory of Aaron Ginsberg. Sponsored by his family and friends. This is an encore showing. So many people missed it in the fall that we've brought it back. It's fabulous! Molly, Molly, Molly. Oy vey! This warm, funny movie is the only full-length Goldbergs story ever made. It has all the folks from the TV and radio, plus. And it has a great story about hope, love, helpin...…

…op osoto 2003 • 87 min. • English, Hebrew, Zulu with English subtitles Color • Israel tt51111 UNITED ARTISTS 8 p.m. Co-Sponsored by Roberta & Wil Viviano NewsindiaTimescom, "Depicting the paradoxical loss of values in a consumerist society." elsbro.diaryland.com , "A modern day comedy with ancient origins." Le Monde, "A joyous expressiveness makes this small film a happy sur- prise." L'Humanite, "Serious themes are treated here with feroc...…

…D 2003 . 90 min.. English, Hungarian & Yiddish with English subtitles Color/BW • USA A special director's selection award film. If you ever thought of a magic carpet ride, think of a magic sofa ride, back in time to strange places with new customs and different languages. Hop on! Sponsored by Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah and the Anne & Larry Pernick Community Fund This delightful film is a category-breaker. To reclaim an ancestral c...…

…Breaks 2003. 55 min. English Color • USA A special director's selection award film. Disability in the Jewish community is something that in many places is kept behind drawn curtains. But in Detroit JARC and other efforts have opened them to life- giving light. Look at this next moving film. If a child's first step is a milestone, for Jacob Sontag born with Canavan's disease, it's a miracle. Prevalent among Ashkenazi Jews, the disease leaves...…

…Different Dru mmers 2003 . 50 min.. English, Hebrew & Arabic, with English subtitles Color/BW • USA 8 p.m. Honest Reporting Inc. has put together a com- pelling "scorecard" (Relentless) about the Middle East. We precede it with a second film (Different Drummers) to show all viewpoints and • follow up with an urgent discussion about Israel and peace in our time. This is an important event. Entire screening Co-Sponsored by Zionist Organi- za...…

…TICKET ORDER FORM (Fax, Send, Bring or Call) TICKET PHONE: 248.788.2900 Name: Address: City/State/ZIP: Phone: Fax: E-mail: Please send me Festival passes (BEST VALUE!) at $95 general admission. SAVE 50%! Festival passes admit you to each of the 25 screenings, and are transferable. They can be used for the same films in Commerce, Ann Arbor, Birmingham or in Windsor. Ann Arbor passes $48. SAVE 35%! Festival Passes from above at $95 each ...…

…L E N O R E M A R W I L TO OUR FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS: The JCC Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival expresses its deepest appreciation to the late Milton Marwil and his fam- ily, whose generosity makes this wonderful commu- nity event possible. We also want to give special THE CENTER thanks to our Festival Sponsor, Park West Gallery, JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Their major contribution emphasizes a commitment to bringing art into all of our lives and to ...…

…A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO: FESTIVAL SPONSOR: Park West Gallery FILM PRIZE SPONSORS: Sarah & Harold Gottlieb FESTIVAL FILM PRODUCERS, DIRECTORS & CASTING DIRECTORS: • The Charles & Rita Gelman Education Foundation • Patricia & Michael Levine Philanthropic Fund • Benard L. Maas Foundation • United Artists Theatre/Regal Entertainment Group Uptown Entertainment/Birmingham 8 Theatres • Family & Friends of Aaron Ginsberg • Cindy & Bill Faber • A...…

…L E N O R E M A R W I L E 211. ti e The JCC Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival, spon- sored by Park West Gallery, is truly grateful to all sponsors, organizations, committee chairs and volun- teers. This great Festival simply would not be possible without your commitment and generosity. You should THE CENTER all be very proud. And...it's never too late. When you JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL order your tickets, please help us with as generous a donat...…

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…ORDER EARLY! For All Of Your Seder and Pesach Week Dinner Feasts Prepared By Our Fabulous Chefs! Horovitz describes Yussuf as "strik- ingly self-aware and unmistakably smart" and they trade competing nar- ratives. The mutual friend who intro- duces them says that under other cir- cumstances Yussuf might have been an academic, but as Horovitz writes, "His real life got in the way." Yussuf was arrested during the first intifada, (he says he wa...…

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…Food Easiest Passover Taking old favorites and making them simpler for the holiday. ANNABEL COHEN Special to the Jewish News p -eople often get the wrong idea about those who love to cook. I don't cook fancy or what some like to call gourmet meals all the time. I simply don't always have the time required to fuss when it comes to cooking. This translates to holiday cooking as well. Like many busy cooks, I, too, hunger for ease. So for Pas...…

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…Arts Life Sports Davidson Enshrined Pistons' owner Bill Davidson joins the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer Jr oe Louis, Hank Greenberg, Ty Cobb, Gordie Howe, Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas, and now Bill Davidson. Davidson will be inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday, March 30, with the other members of the 50th anniversary group: University of Michigan baseball pitcher Jim Abbott; Michigan Sta...…

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…E7Lploring 'The Passion' Rabbi Irons explains how Jesus did not fulfill Jewish Messiah role. •44q•••• •44:. KAREN SCHWARTZ Special to the Jewish News • z 4 • z•zz.- Ann Arbor R egardle-ss of the claims Christianity or Mel Gibson's movie The Passion of the Christ make about the figure they rec- ognize as their savior, from the tradi- tional Jewish viewpoint, Yeshu, identified by the Hebrew name similar to Jesus, did not fulfill the r...…

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…Spirituality Torah Portion / Synagogues Life And Death And The Power of God Shabbat Vayikra: Leviticus 1:1-5:26• Isaiah 43:21-44:23. . Ilipir hat did Jews argue about before we had Israeli politics, feminism and gay rights? It's hard to believe, but the topic that elicited the most passion was an entirely aca- demic point: whether animal sacrifice remained a legitimate form of Jewish worship. I say that this dispute was academic for the o...…

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…New Arrivals March 11 Tracey and Mitchell Grossbach of San Francisco are delighted to announce the arrival of Sadie Francis Grossbach, sister of Ethan. Proud local grandparents are Dr. Jerome S. Kaufman, Suzanne and Gene Curtis and from Commack, N.J., and Bob and Sylvia Grossbach. The little girl is named in honor of her recently deceased great-grandmother Francis Ostrow Heller, her great-grandfather Milton Heller and her great-aunt Fredelyn ...…

…Citizens of Humani Jeans L'Attesa Michael Stars Diane Von rurstenberg Cacleau late Lee and George Chutz. An honor student at Birmingham Covington School, Evie found it mean- ingful, as part of her mitzvah projects, to donate to Haven and to twin her bat mitzvah with an Israeli child through the Amit organization. Laura Beth Cohen will celebrate her bat mitzvah on Saturday, March 27, at Temple Beth El. She is the daughter of Pegg and Walter C...…

…The Center & Chabad invite you to experience the B'NAI MITZVAH from A one-hour tour includes matzah baking, Shalom Street experience and learning about the wonderful holiday of Passover. Arnold Weissler and Hanna Reta and Gordon Fishman. Jamie is a double honor student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. Her mitzvah proj- ects include visiting the elderly at Fleischman Residence in West Bloomfield, befriending ...…

…Denby Center. Bennett Price will become a bar mitz- vah on Saturday, March 27, at Congregation B'nai Moshe. His par- ents are Marty and Katie Price. He has a younger brother Elijah and sister Alexa. His grandparents are Maijorie and Julius Shuster and the late Barnett Lazarus, Esther Price and the late Elliott Price. Bennett is an honor student. at Clifford Smart Middle School in Walled Lake. For the past three years, he has participated in t...…

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…az B'NAI MITZVAH from page 75 Marcie. Melissa is the granddaughter of the late Fay and Ted Rotblatt and Sheila and Martin Silverman of University Heights, Ohio. Melissa is in the seventh grade at Solon Middle School. Her mitzvah project was to donate 10 inches of her hair to Locks of Love. She is also a vol- unteer at the Solon Jewish Preschool Summer Camp and a service leader at the Chabad Center. She will donate and help to plant potted ...…

…DIAMOND HUGGIE EARRINGS AT A GREAT PRICE. Weddings STENTA-AGREST R osita Antoinette Stenta and Jason Evan Agrest were recently married at Emerson, Chapel in Troy. A reception was held at Villa Penna in Sterling Heights. Rosita is the daughter of Antonio and Carmela Stenta of Novi. Jason is the son of Martin and Irene Agrest of West Bloomfield. Rosita and Jason were honored to have their grandmothers Rosa Ioannisci and Goldie- Agrest par...…

…Weddings The Perfect Place for Planning Bar/Bat Mitzvahs Weddings Birthdays Baby Namings 11 Anniversaries HOLINSTAT-BORNSTEIN S Leven Howard Holinstat and Debra Melissa Bornstein were married recently at Shackamaxon Country Club in Scotch Plains, N.J. Incorporated into the chuppah was Steve's grandfather's tallit. The couple drank from a kid- dush cup, which has been part of the Bornstein family history; Dr. Bornstein is a Holocaust survivo...…