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All events held at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center unless otherwise noted.

THROUGH A WOMAN’S LENS This new series focuses on Jewish women’s viewpoints through the ages. This series is presented in part through the support of the Sandy Hofman Jewish Cultural Arts Fund

The Other Story (Sipur Aher) Miss Rose White (USA) (1992) (Israel) (2018) Monday, November 18 • 7:00 PM Sunday, October 27 • 4:00 PM Starring , Nominated for 5 Israeli Oscars, this and , this wonderful modern drama follows two rebellious made-for-tv drama (based on the play “A young Israeli women – one leeing Shayna Maidel”) tells the story of sisters hedonism for an ultra-orthodox lifestyle; separated and years later, reunited after one leeing a religious upbringing for the Holocaust. One sister traveled with her spiritual and sexual freedom – whose lives father from Europe to America – one was intersect with surprising consequences. left behind and survived the concentration In Hebrew with subtitles. camps. One yearns to Americanize – one 1 hr. 52 Min. clings to all she has lost. Suitable for ages 17 and up. 1 hr. 40 Min. Co-sponsored by The Israel Center of the MJF Suitable for ages 12 and up Talkback with Laurie Herman My Dear Children (USA) (2017) Thursday, November 7 • 7:00 PM Working Woman (Isha Ovedet) (Israel) How does a mother ind the courage to (2018) send away her own children from danger? Sunday, December 1 • 4:00 PM This documentary takes a closer look Relecting issues in the #Me Too era, this at the pogroms following the Russian drama looks at the struggles of an Israeli Revolution of 1917, highlighting the story woman with 3 children, a husband whose of a Jewish mother of 12 who wrote a new business is inancially insecure, and a irst-hand account of why she sent some boss who appreciates and promotes her – of her children away. Years later, her but begins making inappropriate advances. South African granddaughter travels to In Hebrew with subtitles. Poland and Ukraine to uncover the family 1 hr. 33 Min. story. Suitable for ages 16 and up. Note: Includes graphic violent images. Talkback with Tzipora Altman-Shafer 1 hr. 10 Min. Co-sponsored by SHOFAR and the Israel Center – both of the MJF Suitable for ages 16 and up. Talkback with Dr. Amy Shapiro Dimona Twist (Israel) (2016) Co-sponsored by Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Thursday, December 12 • 7:00 PM Center This incredible documentary highlights largely unknown stories of women who Regina (Hungary) (2013) arrived by ship in Israel in the 1950’s-1960’s Thursday, November 14 • 1:00 and were sent to the newly established town PM of Dimona – in the middle of the desert. Discover the fascinating and Seven of these women – originally from largely unknown story of Regina Jonas - North Africa and Poland – candidly share the irst woman ever to be ordained as a what their lives were like as immigrants . rabbi - in 1930’s Berlin. A colleague of Leo In Hebrew with subtitles. Baeck and Viktor Frankl, Jonas grew up 1 hr. 1 Min. in a traditional household and combined Suitable for ages 13 and up. halacha with a modern attitude. She led Talkback with Uria or Moria Roth and counseled Jews in Theresienstadt Co-sponsored by The Israel Center of the MJF before being killed in Auschwitz. Rachel Weisz narrates this eye-opening documentary. In Hungarian, English and German with subtitles. 1 hr. 6 Min. Suitable for ages 12 and up. Talkback with Rabbi Shari Shamah

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