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ne arrativ The Rabbi Goes West Incitement Directors: Amy Geller and Gerald Peary 2019, 73 minutes Director: Yaron Zilberman English 2019, 123 minutes Chaim Bruk, a Chabad rabbi, moves to the unlikely area of Bozeman, narrative NIGHT Israel / Hebrew Montana, to bring his brand of Judaism to the American West. Part of his mission is to place a mezuzah on the doorpost of every Jewish home in the state — fewer than 2,000 families. In his travels, Chaim confronts a neo-Nazi threat and resistance to his proselytizing from some skeptical Jews and the state’s Reform and Conservative rabbis. They acknowledge he is beloved by his congregants, but fear his larger OPENING goal: to put up Chabad centers everywhere in Montana. In 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin announces the WINNER Oslo Accords, an effort to achieve peace between Israelis and Post-screening discussion via Skype with filmmakers Amy Geller and Gerald Peary Palestinians. Yigal Amir, a zealous ultranationalist Zionist Best Picture, Israeli Ophir Awards and devout Orthodox Jew, is consumed by anger that the treaty includes ceding of territory he and others believe is — by word of God — Israel’s. Convinced he must stop the signing of the accords to fulfill his destiny and bring salvation to his people, Amir sees only one way forward.

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iv ne arrativ A Baker’s Peace ne arrativ t Director: Sarah Logan Hofstein DOCUM EntARY Director: Rachel Gordon • 2019

a 2019 • 19 minutes Director: Christopher King • 2019 10 minutes • USA/English Austria / English 9 minutes • USA / English, French Birdie, a biracial child, lives with her After moving to Austria, Rachel, a Three bakers — a Christian, a Jew, white mom in New Jersey. As she rr 20-something American Jew, runs and a Muslim — come together in prepares for her bat mitzvah, she a headlong into trauma associated Tel Aviv to bake bread in the form of spends a day with her recovering Saturday, March 21 • 9pm Sunday , March 22 • 11am with the Holocaust — and her feelings addict black father. When he lets her

n a “hamsa” — a symbol of peace. about the refugee crisis. An Ethiopian Filmed in Israel and southern France. down, her resilience enables her to JCC MetroWest, West Orange JCC MetroWest, West Orange refugee shows her that healing begins proudly enter adulthood. with a single act of compassion. NI J PREM ERE ne arrativ NI J PREM ERE ne arrativ Black Hat The Shabbos Goy Offspring ne arrativ Douze Points An Irrepressible Woman ne arrativ ne arrativ Director: Sarah Smith • 2019 Director: Danny Sirkin Director: Laurent Heynemann 14 minutes • USA / English Director: Talia Osteen • 2019 2019, 90 minutes 2019, 105 minutes Directors: Shirly Sasson-Ezer and 7 minutes • USA / English One night, when his family is Israel / Hebrew, French, English France / French Dana Keidar • 2019 • 18 minutes out of town, a Hasidic man On Shabbat, when a young Orthodox Israel / Hebrew Growing up in Paris’s Muslim quarter, Rasoul Abu-Marzuk and It is 1940, and Léon Blum — the Jewish socialist politician and three- with a carefully guarded secret woman in Brooklyn is forbidden to Tarik Jihad were best friends. But when Tarik comes out of the time Prime Minister of France — has been imprisoned at Buchenwald. A dark comedy about a 32-year-old misplaces his black hat, causing turn off a certain stimulating device closet at 15, Rasoul turns his back on his friend, and Tarik is Jeanne Reichenbach, in love with Blum since she was a teenager but careerist who is struggling to his two separate lives to collide gone rogue, she sets out on a quest to ostracized from the community. Now “TJ” is a proudly gay singer married and with a son, is driven to link her fate with Blum’s. As the become pregnant amid massive in a way he never imagined. find someone who can. on his way to represent France in Europe’s biggest song contest. Nazis invade France, she abandons her comfortable life and risks social pressure. But he becomes a target as ISIS plants an operative — Rasoul — everything to reunite with Blum in prison. acting as his boyfriend, into the French delegation to violently Upper Lip P ost-screening discussion with filmmakers attack the festival. ne arrativ Christopher King (Flour & Water) and Rachel Gordon (Broken Bird) This film is brought to you by Director: Shiri Cohen • 2018 This film is brought to you by RRBB/Carl Schwartz 9 minutes • Israel/Hebrew The M. and G. Roesch Foundation A bittersweet coming-of-age tale of a These films are brought to you by Berkowitz Lichtstein, LLC 12-year-old Israeli girl who goes to the beauty salon for the first time to get Kathy Loesberg Terri and Michael Goldberg TH her eyebrows waxed in preparation Larry Rein 2 for her bat mitzvah. IN 2020

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ne arrativ NI J PREM ERE ne arrativ Tel Aviv on Fire The Dead of Jaffa Director: Sameh Zoabi Director: Ram Loevy 2018, 100 minutes 2019, 96 minutes Luxembourg, Belgium, Israel, France / Arabic, Hebrew Israel / Arabic, English, Hebrew In this charming satire, Salam, a slacker PA on a popular Palestinian Three orphaned children from the West Bank are smuggled into narrative soap opera, finds unexpected success as a screenwriter when he Israel and brought to distant relatives George and Rita in Jaffa. Rita begins pilfering plot points from Assi, an imaginative Israeli border embraces them as her own, but George fears the repercussions if the guard. But when Assi’s ideas start pushing the show in a more pro- Israeli authorities discover they are sheltering the young illegal aliens. Israel direction, Salam finds himself caught in the middle of an artistic Meanwhile, nearby, a British film director is making a movie about battleground — with the whole country tuning in to see how it unfolds. his parents’ love affair in 1947 when they served in the British army in Palestine. When the present-day reality meets the historical events that led to it, tragedy ensues. WINNER NOMINATED Best Actor, Best Film Nominee, Best Israeli Feature, Venice Film Festival 2019 Jerusalem Film Festival

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10 JCCMETROWEST.ORG/NJJFF JCCM EtrOWEST.ORG/NJJFF 11 DOCUMENTARY Monday, March 23 • 7pm Monday, March 23 • 7:30pm College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown JCC MetroWest, West Orange FREE SCREENING NI J PREM ERE DOCUM EntARY DOCUM EntARY Aulcie From Cairo to the Cloud Director: Dani Menkin Director: Michelle Paymar 2019, 75 minutes 2018, 94 minutes USA, Israel / English, Hebrew Canada, USA, Egypt, France, Israel, UK / English In 1976, Aulcie Perry, a gifted black athlete from Newark, was recruited A fascinating account of the late-19th-century discovery of the world’s by the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team and helped lead them to largest and most diverse collection of medieval manuscripts, hidden their first historic European Cup championship, putting Israel, as his for centuries in the geniza, or sacred storeroom, of a synagogue in Old teammate and fellow Jerseyan Tal Brody claimed, “on the map.” After Cairo. A tale of adventure and scholarship by pioneering women and converting to Judaism and becoming an Israeli citizen, Perry reveled DOCUMENTARY radical rabbis, who embark on a remarkable odyssey to bring these in the adulation of his new country — but soon took a turn onto a self- historic trove to the modern world. Early photos and film-reel scenes destructive path. He paid dearly for his mistakes and made a valiant combine with animation and visual effects to reveal the significance of attempt to redeem himself. WINNER rare treasures of 1,000 years of Jewish life. Post-screening discussion via Skype with filmmaker Dani Menkin Best Actor, Best Film nominee, Post-screening discussion with Dr. Gary Rendsburg, Venice Film Festival Chair of Jewish History at Rutgers University

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ne arrativ DOCUM EntARY The Mover Viral: Anti-Semitism in Four Mutations Director: Davis Simanis Director: Andrew Goldberg 2018, 87 minutes 2019, 90 minutes Latvia / Latvian, German, Yiddish USA, United Kingdom, France, Hungary / English This award-winning feature film is based on the true story of Žanis A look at the rise of anti-Semitism today in the United States, narrative narrative Lipke, a Latvian blue-collar worker honored as one of the Righteous France, Great Britain, and Hungary. The film provides an analysis Among the Nations. Despite the threat of danger to his own family, of its resurgence, featuring interviews with Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Lipke embarks on a covert operation to save local Jews from Nazi academics, activists, and journalists, as well as survivors of the attacks persecution and certain death, moving them from the Riga ghetto to on Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue and the kosher supermarket in an underground bunker hidden on his property. Paris. It examines how the far left’s criticism of Israel devolves into anti-Semitism and how far-right political leaders have revived ancient anti-Jewish canards. Post-screening discussion with filmmaker Andrew Goldberg and Linda Scherzer, Director of Community Relations Committee of Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ

This film is brought to you by Community Partners Terri and Mark Friedman Community Relations Committee of Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ This film is brought to you by Community Partners Israel Bonds Temple Ner Tamid Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest NJ Sharon and Stephen Seiden Women’s Philanthropy of The Russell Berrie Foundation Temple B’nai Abraham Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ

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NI J PREM ERE ne arrativ DOCUM EntARY Love in Suspenders The Spy Behind Home Plate Director: Jorge Weller Director: Aviva Kempner 2019, 102 minutes 2019, 101 minutes Israel / Hebrew USA / English When Tami, a 60-something widow who can’t let go of her late husband, Award-winning filmmaker Aviva Kempner narrative narrative hits Beno, a 70-year-old lone wolf widower, with her car, the last thing highlights the life of a little-known Jewish hero: on her mind is romance. Wanting only to stop him from suing her, she the enigmatic Morris “Moe” Berg. He went from invites him to her apartment, setting off a series of emotional, but the streets of Newark to playing for five Major comic struggles. They get closer, break up, get back together, and fight League teams during baseball’s Golden Age to again — until, ultimately, love wins out. his secret life spying for the OSS during World War II. Berg’s improbable story is told with rare historical footage and revealing interviews with family and notables from the worlds of history, sports, and espionage. Post-screening discussion with filmmaker Aviva Kempner

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NI J PREM ERE DOCUM EntARY NI J PREM ERE ne arrativ The Euphoria of Being Flawless Director: Réka Szabó Directors: Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon 2019, 83 minutes 2018, 97 minutes Hungary / Hungarian Israel, Germany / Hebrew, Russian, English Eva Fahidi survived Auschwitz; her mother, father, sister, and 49 family Seventeen-year-old Eden discovers that her two best friends are members were killed, and she returned alone to Hungary after the planning to sell their kidneys and use the money to pay for cosmetic war. When the nonagenarian is asked to participate in a dance theater surgery and dresses for the prom at their Israeli high school. Eden, who duet about her life, with acclaimed young dancer Emese Cuhorka, the is secretly a transgender woman, realizes that joining their venture may two women embark on a process of creative interaction on stage, be the answer to her prayers. But a secret revealed makes them realize DOCUMENTARY intertwining their bodies and their stories. The horror of Eva’s past that nothing is as it seems. and her sustaining exuberance for life are expressed through a performance that defines love and resilience.

DOCUM EntARY SHORT Edek Director: Malcolm Green 2018, 6 minutes United Kingdom / English Janine, a Holocaust survivor, and Kapoo, a young African-American rapper, collaborate to deliver a hip-hop fusion to tell one of the world’s darkest stories in an entirely new and inspiring way.

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NI J PREM ERE DOCUM EntARY DOCUM EntARY Advocate Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles Directors: Philippe Bellaiche, Racheal Leah Jones Director: Max Lewkowicz 2019, 114 minutes 2019, 92 minutes Israel, Canada, Switzerland / Arabic, Hebrew, English USA / English For five decades, Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel has defended Palestinians An exploration of the evolution of the beloved Broadway musical charged with a range of crimes. Now, she and her team are representing “Fiddler on the Roof,” from its origins in 1964 — when it won nine Tony Ahmad, a 13-year-old implicated in a knife attack in Jerusalem. Awards — to its status as a cultural touchstone. “Fiddler” has been He, like other Palestinians charged with serious crimes, will face an performed more than any other show, from middle schools in inner cities unfair trial in a country where, Tsemel says, the government, court to high schools in rural America to theaters in countries around the DOCUMENTARY system, and media are stacked against him. To many, Tsemel is a traitor world. Featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sheldon Harnick, Hal Prince, Austin who defends the indefensible; to others, she’s a true champion of Pendleton, Joanna Merlin, Danny Burstein, Itzhak Perlman, Charles WINNER human rights. Isherwood, and Harvey Fierstein. Post-screening discussion with Andrew Silow-Carroll, Post-screening discussion with filmmakers Best Israeli Film, 2019 DocAviv Film Festival editor-in-chief of “The New York Jewish Week” Max Lewkowicz and Valerie Thomas Best Feature-Length Documentary, 2019 Krakow Film Festival Documentary, 2019 Hong Kong International Film Festival AMAE NI T D SHORT The Fiddle Director: Asher Schwartz 2018, 9 minutes Israel / English, Yiddish Based on Sholem Aleichem’s short story “The Fiddle” and narrated by renowned actor Mike Burstyn, this is the story of the boy whose soulful music led to his becoming the “fiddler on the roof.”

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rr 2019, 91 minutes 2018, 85 minutes USA / English USA / English a Scott, a struggling stand-up comedian (Ben Schwartz), moves back Joseph Pulitzer, a Jewish immigrant from Hungary, was a gifted n home to Long Island after four unsuccessful years of trying to make journalist before becoming a successful publisher and businessman. it in LA. On a night out, he meets a charming, eccentric, alcoholic Famous in his own time for his outspoken and cantankerous editorial dermatologist, Marty (Billy Crystal), who has his own burden of regrets. voice, visual style, and financial success, Pulitzer emerges as the Through this unlikely friendship, they help each other find healing and country’s first media titan, championing what he regarded as the the confidence to face the “failures” in their lives. sacred role of the free press in a democracy, a commitment that resonates strongly in today’s fraught political environment. Post-screening discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Joe Palazzolo and Michael Rothfeld

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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit NI J PREM ERE ne arrativ Director: Caroline Link 2019, 119 minutes Crescendo Germany, Switzerland / German, French, English Director: Dror Zahavi In 1933, nine-year-old Anna must flee Berlin with her family to join her 2019, 123 minutes narrative father, a well-known Jewish journalist escaping the Nazis, in Zurich. She Israel / Hebrew has to leave everything behind, including her beloved pink rabbit, and face a new life full of challenges and privations abroad.

When world-famous conductor Eduard Sporck accepts a job to help establish an Israeli- Palestinian youth orchestra, he steps into a tempest of discord and mistrust. The young musicians have grown up in a state of conflict, with fear governing each group’s perceptions of the other. Sporck’s essential task becomes more personal than musical: to create an ensemble in which the children of conflict can come together in harmony.

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