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WEEK 7: August 7 – August 13 WEEK 9: August 21 – August 28 The Everett Jewish Life Speaker: Dr. Shai Feldman, The Judith and Sidney Swartz - Director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies and Professor of Politics Speaker: Dr. Shalom Sabar, Professor of Jewish Art at Brandeis University. and Folklore at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Center in Chautauqua Greg Peterson, Co-Founder of the Robert H. Jackson Center SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. THE INCLUSIVE CENTER OF JEWISH LIFE IN CHAUTAUQUA SUNDAY: 2:00 P.M. Jewish Film Series: The Outrageous Sofie Tucker Jewish Film Series: Dough The rags to riches documentary of “The Last of the Red Special Event: Movie and a Nosh - A dessert Hot Mamas”, Sophie Tucker, who was a popular entertain- and sundae buffet will follow the film – Minimum Donation of $15.00. Tickets must be purchased in er in America during the first half of the 20th century. She advance. ruled the worlds of vaudeville, Broadway, television and A comic British film starring well known actor, Hollywood and was the first woman to infatuate her audi- 2016 Jonathan Pryce, as a London Jewish baker who is ences with her bold, bawdy and brassy style unlike any desperate to keep his business going in a changing other. The music is outstanding. USA, 2015, 96 min, Schedule neighborhood. Along comes a young African English, documentary Muslim assistant from Darfur with unexpected results. A Jewish Film Festival circuit mega hit. United Kingdom, MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M. 2014, 95 min, English, narrative/drama/comedy. Lecture: Rembrandt and the Jews - Between Myth and Reality MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M. Lecture: Dr. Shai Feldman - The Chaotic Middle East: Impact TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. on Israel’s National Security Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Religious Ideology and Visual Culture: The Sacrifice of Isaac in TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. Jewish, Christian and Islamic Art Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Dr. Shai Feldman - Israel, the U.S., and the New Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: The Outrageous Sofie WEDNESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M Tucker Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Greg Peterson - 2016 March of the Living: Auschwitz to Birkenau THURSDAY: 12:15 P.M. Personal Reflections Film Showing: Bagels Over Berlin 3:30 P.M. A documentary that pays homage to the Jewish Army Jewish Film Series: Dough Air Corp volunteers in WWII. Hear the stories of men who served in the branch of service with the highest mortality rate THURSDAY: 12:15 – 1:30 P.M. during the first years of war. Alan Feinberg, the film producer, Brown Bag Lunch and Yiddish Conversation will introduce the film and answer questions. 60 minutes with Bernice Thaler WEEK 8: August 14 – August 20 The Jewish Film Series was co-founded by Carol N. Hirsh & Speaker: Dr. Tamara Cofman – Wittes, Director of the Saban Margery Gootnickʤʿʲ in 2009. The first full film series was presented Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution to Chautauqua audiences in the 2010 Season. This Season’s SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. films were curated and previewed by Carol Hirsh & Elliot Fix. The Jewish Film Series: Run Boy Run introductions that precede each film were written by Elliot. We A poignant, emotionally riveting film by a German thank Carol and Elliot for all their work to make this film series director made in Poland. It tells the true story of an possible. 8 year old boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942 and for three years survives on his own in Nazi The Everett Jewish Life Center Needs Your Support occupied Poland. The child’s struggle increasingly reflects the Jewish people’s struggle to maintain The Everett Jewish Life Center in Chautauqua was built and their identify in the face of genocide. furnished with the Everett family’s generous gift. The continued Germany/France, 2013, 108 min, German/Polish/Russian w/ subti- operation of our facility depends on contributions from the tles, narrative/drama/true story community. We rely on support from donations for on-going operations, maintenance, and programming. Your donations are MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M. needed to help maintain a vibrant center for Jewish life in Lecture: American Intervention in the Middle East: Chautauqua and they are greatly appreciated. We are a 501(c)(3) What Have We Learned? not-for-profit organization and, as such, gifts to the Everett Jewish Life Center in Chautauqua are tax deductible to the extent allowed TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. by law. Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Slouching Toward Bethlehem: What’s the Future for the Middle East? The Everett Jewish Life Center in Chautauqua is the Inclusive Center of Jewish Life in Chautauqua. WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M. Fully participating in the 9 week programs, the Center offers 36 Massey Avenue, PO Box 315 Jewish Film Series: Run Boy Run talks, films and other Jewish and inter-religious activities. Chautauqua, NY 14722 Our beautiful art collection is on display in the Community Room 716.357.2077 and our Library is open to all during house hours. Our Porch is always available for great conversation. www.JewishCenterChautauqua.org 2016 SEASON PROGRAM FOR THE EVERETT JEWISH LIFE CENTER For latest schedule changes, please see our website or check for notices at the EJLCC. WEEK 1: June 26 – July 2 WEEK 3: July 10 – July 16 WEEK 5: July 24 – July 30 Speaker: Dr. Steven Katz, The Alvin J. And Shirley Slater Chair Speaker: Irvin Ungar, CEO of the firm Historicana, the Speaker: Dr. Anne Lapidus Lerner, Assistant Professor Emerita in Jewish Holocaust Studies at Boston University foremost expert and leading dealer of the art of Arthur Szyk of Jewish Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: The Last Mensch Jewish Film Series: The Farewell Party Jewish Film Series: 24 Days A French award winning film that portrays the true Lead German actor, Mario Adorf, portrays a Award winning Israeli film about a group of resi- story of 24 days in 2006 in Paris when 23 year old Holocaust survivor, who has denied his Jewish her- dents in a Jerusalem senior living home who strug- Ilan Halimi was kidnapped for ransom. The brutal- itage all his life. When he faces his own mortali- gle with a decision to help a dying friend end his ity of the crime was deemed as an anti-Semitic hate ty, he wants to be buried in a Jewish cemetery. An crime by his mother, causing conflict with the police emotional life changing road trip ensues that life with dignity. A witty, dark comedy aided by over the rescue efforts. France, 2014, 111 min, becomes the film’s essence. an ensemble of Israel’s finest actors. Israel, 2014, French w/ subtitles, narrative/drama/true story. France/Germany/Switzerland, 2014, 93 min, 93 min, Hebrew w/ subtitles, narrative/drama/dark MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M German w/ subtitles, narrative/drama. Lecture: Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk . comedy. Book Signing: MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M. • The Szyk Haggadah Lecture: Eve Exposed MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M. • The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk Lecture: Rethinking Jewish Resistance TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. during the Holocaust Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Freedom Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Are We Bound Illuminated: Understanding The Szyk by the Binding of Isaac? Haggadah TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M. Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Saving Jews Jewish Film Series: The Last Mensch during the Holocaust Jewish Film Series: 24 Days THURSDAY: 12:15 – 1:30 P.M. THURSDAY: 12:15 – 1:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M. Brown Bag Lunch and Yiddish Conversation with Brown Bag Lunch And Yiddish Conversation with Jewish Film Series: The Farewell Party Sol Messinger Charley Shuman WEEK 2: July 3 – July 9 WEEK 6: July 31– August 6 This week’s programs are sponsored by Linda & Sol Ludwig. We WEEK 4: July 17 – July 23 Speaker: Yossi Prager, Executive Director for North America Speakers: Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J Street are very thankful for their generosity. Robert Goldberg, CEO and Executive Director Speakers: Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor, Associate Professor of Contemporary of the AVI CHAI Foundation Jewish Studies at Hebrew Union College, L.A. at the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo Dr. Steven Windmuller, Professor Emeritus at Hebrew Union SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. College, L.A. Jewish Film Series: Belle and Sebastian Jewish Film Series: The Green Prince SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. A family appropriate film of the unshakable bond A gripping documentary that tells the incredible Jewish Film Series: Deli Man between young Sebastian and a giant sheepdog true story of Moab Hassan Yousef, who is the son of a Hamas founder. He became one of the Israeli This documentary travels in pursuit of great deli cuisine. he tames named Belle. Set during World War II Tracing the history of the deli, the film centers on third Secret Service’s most valuable assets for ten years. in a peaceful village of the Alps on the border of A tale of profound, personal transformation. generation deli man, Ziggy Grube, from Houston, TX, occupied France and Switzerland, Belle and Israel, 2014, 101 min, English/Hebrew w/ subtitles, who has built the finest delicatessen in U.S.