Rosenwald, on January 26, 2020 at 2 PM (inclement weather date: Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 2 PM) Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 2 PM (inclement weather date: Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 2PM) The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 2 PM (inclement weather […]
A Jewish Identity Film Series will be hosted by Hazzan Sheldon Levin at Neve Shalom, Metuchen, every Thursday this month at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. • “Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream” will be screened on Feb. 6. • “Sallah Shabati,” a 1964 Israeli comedy about the chaos of Israeli immigration and resettlement, […]
The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County in Freehold will continue its Third Annual Yiddish Film Festival at 2 p.m. The 1937 American comedy “Green Fields (Grine Filder)” (inclement weather date, Feb. 12, 2 p.m.) is a 95-minute-long black-and-white film with new English subtitles featuring child actor and later adult star Herschel Bernardi. Admission is […]
WishMakers is the story of the Tulip Winery, established in a residential adult special needs community in Israel. The winery fosters a caring environment while providing employment, dignity and purpose for the residents. In recognition of Tu B'shevat, Judaism's celebration of the bounties of nature, we'll watch the film, hear from producer, writer, and director, […]
Highland Park Conservative Temple-Congregation Anshe Emeth will continue its 18th annual Jewish film series at 8 p.m. with a screening of the Israeli drama “Scaffolding.” 17-year-old Asher is a troublemaker prone to angry outbursts in school. When Asher comes into contact with a gentle literature teacher, however, he finds kinship and a chance to expand […]
Temple Shalom of Aberdeen is presenting a Movie Night on February 18th showing the film Trumbo. Admission is free and open to the community. The film will be shown starting at 7:30 pm. In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood's top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political […]
Rutgers University’s Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life will screen the first documentary about the life of 20th-century novelist and Nobel- and Pulitzer Prize-winner Saul Bellow on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. at Rutgers Cinema, 105 Joyce Kilmer Ave., Piscataway (Livingston campus). The 85-minute film, “The Adventures of Saul […]
Adult Forum of Congregation B’nai Israel, Millburn, 12:30 p.m. Cost is $12, $10 Adult Forum members. RSVP with lunch order to Lois at 973-533-1809 by Feb. 26.
Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange, 7 p.m. Screening of documentary on Sister Rose Thering followed by discussion facilitated by Deborah Lerner Duane, immediate past chair of Seton Hall University’s Sister Rose Thering Fund for Education in Jewish-Christian Studies. The cost is $5 for non-temple members; refreshments will be served. Register at bit.ly/TSTISisterRose.
Highland Park Conservative Temple-Congregation Anshe Emeth will conclude its 18th annual Jewish film series at 8 p.m. with a screening of a dark comedy, “The Humorist.” The screening, in Russian with English subtitles, will be followed with remarks via Skype by Paul Goldberg, whose novel about Stalin’s death, “The Yid,” was named a finalist for […]
Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, Freehold, will conclude its film screening tribute to writer, producer, and director Aviva Kempner today with “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg” at 2 p.m. (inclement weather date March 15). This film is sponsored in part by Gary Matoren, in memory of his daughter, Debbie Lynn Matoren, in […]
Adult Forum of Congregation B’nai Israel, Millburn, 12:30 p.m. Cost is $12, $10 Adult Forum members. RSVP by March 11 with lunch order to Lois at 973-533-1809.
YM-YWHA of Union County, Union, 11:30 a.m. Screening of “Bombshell: The Hedy LaMarr Story.” Cost is $10 ($8 Y members). RSVP to 908-289-8112.
Admission is $10 members, $12 non-members
The Axelrod Performing Arts Center (APAC), in cooperation with Menemsha Films, will hold the virtual Israel-Jewish International Film Festival from July 19 to Aug. 13. Opening July 19 with the exclusive North American premiere of “Asia,” starring Shira Haas from Netflix’s “Unorthodox,” the festival features 10 award-winning films from Israel, Hungary, Norway, Germany, and France. […]