An Exhibition of International Cinema

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An Exhibition of International Cinema SPONSORED BY the Hamilton Street SPONSORED BY THURSDAY Family Foundation FRIDAY SATURDAY Delta Air Lines The 15th Washington Jewish Film Festival at the at the at the AARON AND CECILE AARON AND CECILE AARON AND CECILE GOLDMAN THEATER GOLDMAN THEATER GOLDMAN THEATER An Exhibition of International Cinema Lost Embrace Tomorrow We Move Heir to an Execution Opening Night Film 1:00 pm 5:45 pm and Reception Nina’s Tragedies 6:45 pm2 3 4 with Tomorrow We Move The Nuclear Physicist 9:00 pm Gives His Son A Haircut 8:00 pm Love, Brieﬂy: Six Short Films 10:30 pm

SPONSORED BY SPONSORED BY SPONSORED BY SPONSORED BY Deborah Ratner Salzberg SUNDAY Micheline Klagsbrun Frank MONDAY TUESDAY Amtrak WEDNESDAY THURSDAY VideoArt Productions FRIDAY SATURDAY & Michael Salzberg

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SPONSORED BY SUNDAY the David Bruce Smith Family Foundation CONTENTS at the at the at the AARON AND CECILE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART EMBASSY OF FRANCE Quick Glance Calendar ...... 2-3 GOLDMAN THEATER – EAST BLDG AUDITORIUM Modigliani Message from the Festival Director ...... 4 Jules Feiffer and Kids Film as a Subversive 7:15 pm Ticket Information ...... 6 Closing Night Film and Make an Instant Art: Amos Vogel and General Information ...... 6 Children’s Book Cinema 16 Embassy Reception Theater Locations and Transportation ...... 6-7 10:0012 am 4:00 pm Films ...... 8-21 Another Road Home at the Thanks ...... 22-23 1:00 pm GOETHE-INSTITUT The Rashevski’s Tango WASHINGTON Print Sources ...... 24 3:00 pm Return of the Tudelband Our Sponsors ...... 27 Walk on Water 1:15 pm 2 WWW.WJFF.ORG5:00 pm TIX 1·800·494·8497 3 ALPHABETICAL LISTING (see corresponding pages of the FILMS for descriptions of movies) OPENING NIGHT FILM MESSAGE FROM THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Alice Et Moi ...... 13 Another Road Home ...... 20 LOST EMBRACE In 1990 the Washington Jewish Film Festival began with eight films at the As Follows ...... 13 old Biograph Theatre and the audacity to hang the preface “First Annual” Argentina, 2004, 35mm over the marquee. At the time, one local critic responded to the moniker Backseat Bingo ...... 13 100 minutes by wondering aloud whether there would be sufficient output of films on Behind Enemy Lines ...... 14 Spanish with English subtitles Jewish themes to justify making the Festival a perennial event. Bloom ...... 14 Director: Daniel Burman Fifteen years later, the answer is obvious. The proliferation of Jewish Carnal Knowledge ...... 19 Thursday, December 2, 6:45 pm at the Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater films, combined with the cultural ascendancy of the independent film Hors d’oeuvres and Wine reception to follow in the Q Street Lobby movement, has propelled this Festival to grow both in the scope of its pro- Chosen People, The ...... 17 gram and in its popularity. What once was seen by the uninformed as a Clay Man, The ...... 13 This Silver Bear winner at the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival is set among the world of small time merchants in a Buenos Aires shopping mall. Ariel, a young man in his twenties, is our guide through this community of mostly Jewish provincial niche is now a thriving field on the leading edge of popular cul- Columbia—The Tragic Loss ...... 18 ture with films that cross genres, win awards at major international festi- business owners struggling to stay afloat. Meanwhile, Ariel attempts to gain Polish citizenship so he can leave the country vals and appeal to diverse audiences. Diary of Anne Frank, The ...... 12 to become “European.” Torn over whether or not to leave, Ariel’s feelings are amplified by his father’s abandonment of the family back during the Yom Kippur War when he left for Israel and never returned. LostSeeking Embrace guidance, is an Arieluplifting consults example his of This year’s program is perhaps the best example yet of that diversity. We Film as a Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16 ...... 21 mother, brother, grandmother (whose childhood in Poland is the conceit under which he is applying for Polish citizenship) open the Festival with the story of a young man in Buenos Aires struggling and the other assorted denizens of his multi-cultural Buenos Aires neighborhood. with his decision to emigrate to Europe and conclude with a dramatic new Gertrude Berg: America’s the prodigious output of Argentinean cinema that has recently taken the film world by storm. look at a brilliant and tragic artist in 1920s Paris. In between there is a Molly Goldberg ...... 9 parade of characters and stories including: a Jewish actor auditioning for Heir to an Execution ...... 10 Official Argentinean Submission for Best Foreign Film Oscar the role of Shylock; an heir of Napoleon Bonaparte trying to get Freud out of Nazi-occupied Vienna; an Israeli policeman and a Palestinian journalist Imaginary Witness: Hollywood Welcoming Remarks: Francine Zorn Trachtenberg, President, Washington DCJCC; taking a road trip together; Leopold Bloom wandering the streets of Dub- and the Holocaust ...... 12 His Excellency, José Bordon, Ambassador of Argentina lin; interfaith couples struggling with how to raise their children; a “red Le Grand Role ...... 11 Sponsored by the Hamilton Street Family Foundation diaper baby” celebrating his father and the granddaughter of Ethel and Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Argentina Julius Rosenberg charting the complex emotional terrain of her family Lost Embrace ...... 8 history; a private eye seeking to save Chanukah and a lesbian couple seek- Mixed Blessings: The Challenges ing to have their marriage legally recognized; and so much more than I can of Raising Children in a mention here. From the dramatic to the comic, from the sacred to the pro- Jewish-Christian Family ...... 16 fane, the 15th Washington Jewish Film Festival is a multitude of journeys CLOSING NIGHT FILM through the Jewish experience. Modigliani ...... 5 Munro ...... 19 Joshua Ford MODIGLIANI Festival Director My Sister, My Bride ...... 13 France/UK/Germany/Romania/Italy, 2004, 35mm Nina’s Tragedies ...... 13 126 minutes PS–If you value the opportunity the Festival provides to explore the world of English and Italian with English subtitles Nuclear Physicist Gives Jewish film, we hope you will consider supporting us financially with a tax- Director: Mick Davis deductible donation. Ticket sales cover a mere 30% of our expenses. Despite His Son A Haircut, The ...... 10 the pressure to raise prices, we’re determined to keep the Festival open to all Or ...... 16 Sunday, December 12, 7:15 pm at the Embassy of France members of the Washington community. Our goal is to raise another $10,000 4101 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007 Praying With My Legs ...... 9 during the Festival to support the important work that we do. If you’ve not al- Wine reception to follow ready contributed to the cause, we hope you will take this opportunity to make Princesse Marie ...... 13 Tickets must be purchased by 1:00 pm on Friday, December 10. No sales at the door. a year-end donation to the Washington Jewish Film Festival. Information on Rashevski’s Tango, The ...... 17 how to donate appears in the back of this brochure. Red Diaper Baby ...... 15 Andy Garcia stars in a tour-de-force performance as the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani. Seizing on the fervor of Paris in the Twenties—when Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Diego Rivera and Jean Cocteau could often be found in the Return of the Tüdelband ...... 20 same café—the film presents the romantic, tragic, brilliant life of Modigliani in his final years when he created some Shivah for My Mother: Seven of his most famous paintings. The film makes an explicit connection between Modigliani’s identity as a Jew and his Days of Mourning ...... 16 outsider status, even within the Paris art scene where he never aligned with any of the in-vogue artistic movements. The plot centers on Modigliani’s intense rivalry with Picasso and his passion for Jeanne Hebuterne (Elsa Zylberstein, Skies are Closer in Homesh, The ...... 14 Man is a Woman, Sliding Flora ...... 13 WJFF 1999), his muse and the subject of his most famous portraits. Sponsored by the David Bruce Smith Family Foundation Tomorrow We Move ...... 8 Co-sponsored by the Embassy of France, Alliance Francaise de Washington, DC, Walk on Water ...... 19 and The Phillips Collection Department of Education Watermarks ...... 15 Special Guest: Mick Davis, Director Wondrous Oblivion ...... 17 4 WWW.WJFF.ORG TICKET INFORMATION Same Day Tickets GENERAL INFORMATION Washington DCJCC Shuttle Schedule Washington DCJCC Parking Lot Hours: Metrobus Same day tickets can be ordered online for December 2–12, 2004 M–TH: 6:00 pm–11:00 pm The Silver Spring station is served by • For the latest information on TICKET PRICES or by phone or fax until 10 am the day MON 5:30 pm–11:30 pm FRI: 6:00 am–5:30 pm Metrobus routes 70, 71, J5, F4, F6, J1, Festival films, guests and events, Opening Night Film of the show. 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Shuttle disabilities should be dropped off runs approximately every 15 min. outside the Maison Francaise doors. 6 WWW.WJFF.ORG TIX 1·800·494·8497 7 SPECIAL DECEMBER 5 PROGRAMS WORKS-IN-PROGRESS: Jewish-American Biography Sunday, December 5, 12:00 pm, FREE Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater Two filmmakers share excerpts from their documentary film projects which they are currently working to complete. Aviva Kempner, in Gertrude Berg: America’s Molly Goldberg, looks at the life and career of Gertrude Berg, the creator,

writer and star of The Goldbergs, a popular 1930s radio show GOLDBERG MOLLY GERTRUDE BERG: AMERICA’S that was subsequently a weekly TV program. Berg pioneered the family-based sitcom format that has proven to be televi- LOST EMBRACE LOST sion’s most durable and popular genre. More remarkably, she THURSDAY, DEC 2 Official Argentinean Submission for Best husband liked it. The only solution? Sell FRIDAY, DEC 3 did it by presenting America with an outwardly Jewish fam- sponsored by the Hamilton Street Foreign Film Oscar the place for something bigger. The apart- ily that wore its immigrant heritage on its sleeve. A special sneak peek from the director of The Life and Times of Hank Family Foundation ment goes on the market bringing through Welcoming Remarks: Francine Zorn the door a group of prospective buyers TOMORROW WE MOVE Greenberg (WJFF 1999). Trachtenberg, President, Washington that only complicates the situation. 1:00 pm Steve Brand brings his work-in-progress Praying With My LOST EMBRACE DCJCC; His Excellency, José Bordon, Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater Legs: Abraham Joshua Heschel about one of the most widely 6:45 pm Ambassador of Argentina Co-sponsored by the Embassy See previous page respected religious thinkers of the 20th century. Perhaps Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater5mm of France and the best known for marching alongside Martin Luther King in Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Argentina Alliance Francaise de the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march, Heschel was WITH MY LEGS PRAYING 100 minutes Washington, DC compelled by his religious beliefs to leave the confines of his Spanish with English subtitles study to fight for human dignity—immersing himself in the struggle for civil rights and the religious opposition to the war in Vietnam. Director: Daniel Burman Invited Guest: TOMORROW WE MOVE Chantal 9:00 pm DISCUSSION MODERATOR: This Silver Bear winner at the 2004 Akerman David Weinstein, Senior Program Officer, Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater National Endowment for the Humanities Berlin International Film Festival is set Belgium/France, 2004, 35mm among the world of small time mer- 111 minutes chants in a Buenos Aires shopping mall. Ariel, a young man in his twenties, is our French with English subtitles PANEL DISCUSSION: HOLLYWOOD AND THE HOLOCAUST guide through this community of mostly Director: Chantal Akerman Sunday, December 5, Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater, FREE Jewish business owners struggling to Following the 1:45 pm screening of Legendary filmmaker Chantal Akerman’s stay afloat. Meanwhile, Ariel attempts to IMAGINARY WITNESS: HOLLYWOOD AND THE HOLOCAUST newest film defies definition but can per- gain Polish citizenship so he can leave haps be described as a semi-autobio- A fascinating documentary by Academy Award™ nominee (and Washington-native) the country to become “European.” Torn graphical, absurd farce, or as Akerman Daniel Anker examines the American film industry’s response to the horrors of Nazi over whether or not to leave, Ariel’s feel- herself describes it: ”A comedy that only Germany. Join a group of esteemed panelists as they discuss the issues raised in the ings are amplified by his father’s aban- a pessimist could make.“ Charlotte film and take your questions. donment of the family back during the Weinstein, a child of Holocaust survivors, Yom Kippur War when he left for Israel PANELISTS: attempts to make room in her clut- and never returned. Seeking guidance, Daniel Anker, Director tered apartment for her newly Eddie Cockrell, Variety film critic Ariel consults his mother, brother, grand- widowed mother. Charlotte is Eric Zakim, Professor, University of Maryland mother (whose childhood in Poland is the experiencing an acute case conceit under which he is applying for continued on page 13 of writer’s block that is Polish citizenship) and the other assort- preventing her from com- ed denizens of his multi-cultural Buenos pleting her erotic novel. Aires neighborhood. Lost Embrace is an uplifting example of the prodigious out- This predicament is ex- put of Argentinean cinema that has re- acerbated when her cently taken the film world by storm. mother repeatedly Hors d’oeuvres and Wine reception to smokes up the small follow in the Q Street Lobby flat with the smell of chicken cooked the way her deceased TOMORROW WE MOVE 8 WWW.WJFF.ORG TIX 1·800·494·84979 SLIDING FLORA

ALICE ET MOI NINA’S TRAGEDIES THE NUCLEAR PHYSICIST GIVES

HIS SON A HAIRCUT

AS FOLLOWS

THE CLAY MAN

SATURDAY, DEC 4 NINA’S TRAGEDIES p r e c e d e d b y L O V E , B R I E F LY: S I X S H O R T F I L M S The first clumsy experiences with sponsored by Delta Air Lines 8:00 pm O N T H E O N LY T O P I C T H AT M AT T E R S love are almost always tied to adoles- cence, as they are for Rafael on the Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater THE NUCLEAR PHYSICIST 10:30 pm eve of his Bar Mitzvah in As Follows. HEIR TO AN EXECUTION GIVES HIS SON A HAIRCUT Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater As young adults, we can find love in 5:45 pm Israel, 2003, 35mm USA, 2003, DVD the most unlikely places, but can the Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater 110 minutes 6 minutes AS FOLLOWS title character in Sliding Flora find it Hebrew with English subtitles English Uruguay/Spain, 2004, 35mm, 13 minutes, while working as a waitress in a res- IF THE WASHIN GTON USA, 2003, BetaSP Director: Savi Gabizon Director: Hanan Harchol Spanish with English subtitles, taurant with a most challenging path JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 99 minutes Director:Federico Veiroj from kitchen to table? When discour- Winner of 11 Israeli Academy A wards A father gives his son advice on the mat- aged, one may go to great lengths to LEAVES YOU ASKIN G FOR English SLIDING FLORA (including Best Picture, Director and ter of love and hormones in this simply find love, like Leslie, who inspired by MORE… Director: Ivy Meeropol Screenplay) Nina’s Tragedies follows 14- Israel, 2003, 16mm, 10 minutes, Hebrew animated short film. the legend of the Golem, creates a Become a y ear-round filmgoer at year-old Nadiv as he records in his jour- w i t h E n g l i s h s u b t i t l e s , D i r e c t o r : Ta l y a L a v i e Clay Man to call her own. People al- A m o v i n g d o c u m e n t a ry fi l m b y t h e g r a n d- nal an emotionally turbulent six-months Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel ways have plenty of advice when your THE SCREENING ROOM...the d a u g h t e r o f E t h e l a n d J u l i u s R o s e n b e rg THE CLAY MAN during which he is sent to live with his relationship hits a rough patch. Unfor- continuing repertory arm of the e x a m i n e s h o w t h e a rre s t a n d e x e c u t i o n o f USA, 2004, Beta-SP, 20 minutes, English, sexy aunt Nina following the untimely tunately for Simon in Alice Et Moi, h e r g r a n d p a re n t s h a s a ff e c t e d h e r e x t e n d- Special Guest: Hanan Harchol, Director Director: Raelle Tucker Washington Jewish Film F estival death of her husband. Nadiv is subse- those people are his grandmother and e d f a m i l y re l a t i o n s h i p s . I v y M e e ro p o l i n- featuring speak ers, discussions, quently reunited with his estranged Ultra- ALICE ET MOI her two friends who occupy the back v e s t i g a t e s t h e c o m p l e x l e g a c y s h e h a s liv e performances, and the best orthodox father, abandoned by his best Belgium, 2004, 35mm, 19 minutes, of his car during a long drive. Even i n h e r i t e d — f ro m E t h e l ’ s b ro t h e r, w h o f a b r i- of Jewish cinema. friend, and unexpectedly stumbles into settling down can be complicated, as c a t e d h i s t e s t i m o n y t o i m p l i c a t e h i s s i s- French with English subtitles, adulthood. Profound, whimsi- it is for Caren and Farrell who are t e r, t o t h e i r c h i l d re n ( t h e fi l m m a k e r ’ s f a- Director: Micha Wald Pic k up the January 2005 cal, sexy and surprising, looking to join thousands of other gay t h e r ) , w h o s e p a re n t s c h o s e d e a t h o v e r Nina’s Tragedies is about MY SISTER, MY BRIDE couples who make the pilgrimage to sc hedule at the 15th WJFF or b e t r a y i n g t h e i r p r i n c i p l e s , a n d t h e i n s i s- unconditional accep- USA, 2004, DVD, 28 minutes, English, San Francisco to be married in My visit www.dcjcc.or g. t e n c e t h a t t h e y h a d n o t c o m m i t t e d t h e HEIR TO AN EXECUTION tance and the power of Director: Bonnie Burt Sister, My Bride. The need for inti- c r i m e s f o r w h i c h t h e y h a d b e e n c o n- love to heal. macy is a life-long affair, and it is Volunteer at The Screening d e m n e d . BACKSEAT BINGO wonderfully displayed in Backseat Room box office and g et a peek at USA, 2004, 35mm, 5 minutes, English, Bingo—a delightful short that mix- the ev ening’s featured film. Call Introduction: A viva Kempner, Filmmaker Director: Liz Blazer es animation with interviews of se- 202.777.3248. niors who assert that the golden Special Guests: Ivy Meeropol, Director; years need not also be celibate ones. Michael Meeropol, son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg; Greg Meeropol, grandson of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

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PEACE CAFE Sunday, December 12th, following 1:00 pm screening of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK MY SISTER, MY BRIDE ANOTHER ROAD HOME Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall, Wash- BACKSEAT BINGO ington DCJCC IMAGINARY WITNESS Join Israeli filmmaker Danae Elon and members of the Obeidallah family, includ- SUNDAY, DEC 5 THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK IMAGINARY WITNESS: PRINCESSE MARIE TOMORROW WE MOVE ing several of Musa’s sons (Danae’s child- sponsored by Micheline Klagsbrun Frank 1:00 pm Hollywood and The 4:15 pm 4:30 pm hood Palestinian caretaker) g rown sons, as AFI Silver Theatre AFI Silver Theatre Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater they share accounts of their childhood and WORKS-IN-PROGRESS: Holocaust See page 8 explore the contradictions of their relation- USA, 1959, 35mm 1:45 pm France, 2004, BetaSP ship. Can personal relationships transcend Jewish-American Biography Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater the politics of conflict? How can those rela- 170 minutes 185 minutes tionships be channeled to resolve conflict? 12:00 pm English French and German with English subtitles NINA’S TRAGEDIES with Your opinions are welcome in this on-going Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater, FREE Director: George Stevens USA, 2004, 35mm Director: Benoit Jacquot series designed to bring together Jews, Ar- 92 minutes US PREMIERE THE NUCLEAR PHYSICIST abs, and those interested in working toward Two filmmakers share excerpts from “George Stevens has brilliantly flowed a English a resolution in the Middle East. their documentary film projects which GIVES HIS SON A HAIRCUT three-hour picture through an attic in Director: Daniel Anker Catherine Deneuve stars as Marie 6:30 pm Sponsored by Skewers and Café Luna they are currently working to complete. Nazi-occupied Amsterdam and etched a Bonaparte, grand-niece of Napoleon and Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater Once again, go behind the scenes as we harrowing ordeal for survival in the brave A fascinating documentary by Academy princess of Greece and Denmark. In the continued on page 18 See page 10 discuss the specific issues involved in behavior of eight Jews hiding there. Su- Award™ nominee (and Washington-na- 1920s suffering from “frigidity,” she trav- filmmaking, this time with a special em- perbly detailed scenes convey the shut- tive) Daniel Anker examines the Ameri- els to Vienna to begin a new experimen- phasis on the historical-biographical film. tered, claustrophobic nature of their can film industry’s response to the hor- tal form of treatment, psychoanalysis Both projects deal with influential 20th hideout; and with a beautiful series of rors of Nazi Germany. Beginning with the with Dr. Sigmund Freud. Their doctor- LOVE, BRIEFLY: century figures who brought their dis- balanced close-ups of his assorted char- ambivalence of the Jewish Hollywood patient relationship eventually trans- SIX SHORT FILMS ON THE tinct Jewish identities to the American acters, he has probed the slow drama of moguls during the rise and spread of forms into a twenty-year friendship during ONLY TOPIC THAT MATTERS cultural and political mainstream, there- the erosion‹and the expansion‹within anti-Semitic fascism, through the silence which Princess Marie served as Freud’s by altering our notions of what it means 8:45 pm their hearts and minds.” Bosley of the post-war years and on through the disciple, patron and after the rise of the Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater to be Jewish and American. Crowther, The New York Times. Three flood of Holocaust-themed films at the Nazis, protector—at one point personally See page 11 Oscars among eight nominations, includ- end of the 20th Century, Imaginary Wit- retrieving Anna Freud from Gestapo de- Aviva Kempner, in Gertrude Berg: Ameri- ing Best Supporting Actress for Shelley ness asks hard questions about popular tention. Deneuve sparkles both in the

ca’s Molly Goldberg, looks at the life and Winters. culture, responsibility, historical memory intimate scenes depicting her psycho- career of Gertrude Berg, the creator, and the power of film. The documentary analysis and in the powerful moments writer and star of The Goldbergs, a popu- THIS FILM ONLY: Tickets are $8.50, employs a treasure-trove of classic and where the Princess’ dominating and ec- lar 1930s radio show that was subse- $7.50 for AFI members, seniors or stu- rare film clips including The Great Dicta- centric personality make her a formida- quently a weekly TV program. Steve dents with valid ID. Tickets are available tor, The Mortal Storm, Judgement at ble heroine. Brand brings his work-in-progress Praying at the AFI Silver Theatre box office or on- Nuremberg, Sophie’s Choice and With My Legs: Abraham Joshua Heschel line at www.afi.com/silver. Tickets pur- Schindler’s List and includes interviews Co-sponsored by the Embassy of France about one of the most widely respected chased on-line must be picked up at the with Steven Spielberg, Sidney Lumet, and the Alliance Francaise de religious thinkers of the 20th century. AFI Silver box office. Rod Steiger and many others. Washington, DC Discussion Moderator: David Weinstein, Post-Screening Panel Discussion with: Senior Program Officer, National Daniel Anker, Director Endowment for the Humanities Eddie Cockrell, Variety film critic Eric Zakim, Professor, University of See page 9 (Special Programs page) Maryland 12 WWW.WJFF.ORG TIX 1·800·494·8497 13 BLOOM RED DIAPER BABY PRINCESSE MARIE BEHIND ENEMY LINES MONDAY, DEC 6 followed by BLOOM TUESDAY, DEC 7 founders were eager to popularize sport RED DIAPER BABY 8:30 pm sponsored by Amtrak among a community renowned for such 9:00 pm great minds as Freud, Mahler and Zweig, Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater PRINCESSE MARIE THE SKIES ARE but traditionally alien to physical recre- 12:00 pm BLOOM ation. Hakoah rapidly grew into one of CLOSER IN HOMESH Ireland, 2004, 35mm USA, 2004, Beta-SP Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater 1:00 pm Europe’s biggest athletic clubs, while Israel, 2004, Beta-SP 113 minutes 91 minutes See page 13 Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater achieving astonishing success in many 53 minutes English English Hebrew with English subtitles See page 14 diverse sports. In the 1930s Hakoah’s Director: Sean Walsh best-known triumphs came from its wom- Director: Doug Pray Director: Manora Hazani en swimmers, who dominated national BEHIND ENEMY LINES Director Sean Walsh takes an admirable competitions in Austria. After the An- Josh Kornbluth’s one-man show, which A rare first-person documentary about a 6:15 pm stab at the Holy Grail of literary filmmak- WATERMARKS schluss, in 1938, the Nazis shut down the originally ran at Theater J in 2000, young couple’s new life on an isolated Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater ing, an adaptation of James Joyce’s ep- 7:00 pm club, but the swimmers all managed to returns in film form. Josh tells his hilari- settlement in the northern part of Samaria ochal novel Ulysses. Stephen Rea stars Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater flee the country before the war broke out, ous true tale of growing up the son of a in the West Bank. As religious settlers in Israel, 2004, Beta-SP as Leopold Bloom who, despondent over thanks to an escape operation. Sixty-five committed New York Communist who be- a secular settlement they at first feel iso- his wife Molly’s infidelity, steps out on a Israel, 2004, 35mm years later, director Yaron Zilberman lieved there would be a bloody revolution 64 minutes lated but over time become emotionally journey through Dublin on the morning of 80 minutes meets the members of the swimming in America and that Josh was destined to English, Hebrew, and Arabic attached to the land they are ideologically June 16, 1904. This has become one of team in their homes around the world, lead it. Josh returns to DC following the with English subtitles committed to live on. With this commit- English and Hebrew with English subtitles the greatest tales of the 20th century. and arranges for them to have a reunion successful run of his newest one-man Director: Dov Gil-Har ment comes the concurrent risk of vio- Director: Yaron Zilberman Faithful to Joyce’s stream-of-conscious- in their old swimming pool in Vienna. show Death and Taxes at Arena Stage. lence that living on disputed land entails— ness language, yet surprisingly acces- An Israeli policeman and a Palestinian Watermarks is the story of the champion violence which all too often strikes close sible and clear, Bloom re-captures the journalist go on a politically tense road women swimmers of the legendary Jewish Special Guest: Yaron Zilberman, Director Special Guest: Josh Kornbluth to home and people they know. scandalous heart of Joyce’s novel with trip into “Intifada Land” to share with sports club, Hakoah Vienna. Hakoah its scatological humor and unflinching one another the places and symbols that (“Strength” in Hebrew) was founded in Co-sponsored by the DC Labor Homesh is one of four northern Samaria forays into the realms of sexual fantasy embody the conflict. Each has selected 1909 in response to the notorious Aryan Film Festival settlements that has been slated for dis- and desire. Stephen Dedalus and Leopold locations that plead their case in com- Paragraph, which forbade Austrian sports mantling according to the disengage- Bloom’s twin journeys mirror Joyce’s own pelling terms: the Jenin refugee camp, clubs from accepting Jewish athletes. Its ment plan that passed the Israeli Knes- belief that the Jews were the Irishmen of the site of a terrorist attack in Jerusa- set in October. Europe—colonized, oppressed, and ex- lem, the disputed Temple Mount, the iled from their own language. Bloom is a family of a suicide bomber, the Yad Vash- Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel startling piece of filmmaking for both the em Holocaust Memorial and more. At Joycean scholar and neophyte. stake is more than a political debate, but the very principle that these two men from different backgrounds can share in Special Guest: Sean Walsh, Director any authentic dialogue given the violence of the recent past. Behind Enemy Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland Lines is a rare account of the conflict that does not attempt to minimize the differences or simplify the complexity of the situation. 14 WWW.WJFF.ORG TIX 1·800·494·8497 15 MIXED BLESSINGS

SHIVAH FOR MY MOTHER

THE RASHEVSKI’S TANGO WONDROUS OBLIVION WATERMARKS THE CHOSEN PEOPLE WEDNESDAY, DEC 8 MIXED BLESSINGS: OR THURSDAY, DEC 9 Special Guests: Igal Hecht, Director and THE RASHEVSKI’S TANGO The Challenges Of 9:30 pm sponsored by VideoArt Productions Scott Hillman, Director, Jews for Judaism 8:30 pm Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater A valon Theater WATERMARKS Raising Children In Co-sponsored by the Canadian Embassy 1:00 pm RED DIAPER BABY A Jewish-Christian Family Israel/France, 2004, 35mm 1:00 pm Belgium/France/Luxembourg, 2003, Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater 91 minutes 35mm See page 15 7:30 pm A valon Theater Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater Hebrew with English subtitles See page 15 WONDROUS OBLIVION 97 minutes Director: Keren Yedaya 6:30 pm French and Hebrew with English subtitles USA, 2004, BetaSP A valon Theater Director: Sam Garbarski SHIVAH FOR MY MOTHER: 55 minutes A powerful debut feature film from Keren Yedaya shows the tragic arc of a mother- THE CHOSEN PEOPLE English UK, 2002, 35mm The Rashevski’s Tango begins with the Seven Days Of Mourning daughter relationship trapped in a cycle 6:30 pm demise of the Rashevski’s matriarch, Director: Jennifer Kaplan 106 minutes 6:00 pm of poverty . 17-year-old Or has spent Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater English Rosa, who hated religion and rabbis, but Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater much of her life trying to convince her shocks her family by requesting an Ortho- Part of the success story of Jewish life in Director: Paul Morrison mother to quit working the streets as a Canada, 2004, BetaSP dox burial. As her extended clan gathers Israel, 2004, DVD America is the reality that intermarriage prostitute. In a world in which adults 68 minutes for the funeral, the film presents us with has become both a source of great anxi- S e t i n a w o r k i n g - c l a s s L o n d o n n e i g h b o r- 55 minutes have utterly failed her , Or works menial the kaleidoscope of Jewish life in one ety for the organized Jewish community English, Hebrew , Russian with English h o o d i n 1 9 6 0 , D a v i d i s a y o u n g J e w i s h b o y English and Hebrew with English subtitles jobs cleaning dishes and collecting de- family with Holocaust survivors, twenty- and a very real personal struggle for subtitles w i t h a p a s s i o n f o r c r i c k e t , d e s p i t e h i s Director: Yael Katzir posit bottles while sporadically attending somethings, inter-marrieds, newly-obser- those engaged in these relationships Director: Igal Hecht k l u t z y i n e p t i t u d e a t t h e s p o rt . W h e n a J a- school. When her mother returns bloody vants, converts, Israelis and diaspora- when the time comes to make decisions US PREMIERE m a i c a n f a m i l y m o v e s i n n e x t d o o r , D a v i d i s Ya e l K a t z i r ’ s (C o m p a n y J a s m i n e , W J F F and badly beaten from a night on the dwellers. The Rashevski’s Tango is a regarding the raising of children. Mixed t h r i l l e d w h e n t h e y i n s t a l l a c r i c k e t g re e n i n 2 0 0 1 ) v e ry p e r s o n a l fi l m a b o u t t h e s e v e n streets, Or makes a drastic choice to heartwarming ensemble comedy that cel- Blessings focuses on four interfaith cou- T h i s n e w d o c u m e n t a ry t a k e s u s i n s i d e t h e t h e b a c k y a rd . H e i m m e d i a t e l y b e f r i e n d s d a y s o f m o u rn i n g t h a t f o l l o w e d h e r m o t h- attempt to regain control of their lives. ebrates the multiplicity of Jewish lives in ples who are at varying levels of agree- c h i l l i n g a l t e rn a t e u n i v e r s e o f M e s s i a n i c t h e m a n d g e t s re m e d i a l c r i c k e t t u t o r i n g e r ’ s d e a t h s e rv e s s i m u l t a n e o u s l y a s a n Or wowed critics at the Cannes Interna- the modern world. ment on how to raise their children. The J e w s ( a l s o k n o w n a s J e w s f o r J e s u s ) , a e x a m i n a t i o n o f t h e p o l i t i c a l a n d e m o t i o n a l tional Film Festival and went on to win f ro m D e n n i s , t h e f a t h e r . H o w e v e r , t h e o t h- film presents, in a non-judgmental, open m o v e m e n t t h a t p ro s e l y t i z e s t h a t J e w s c a n e r n e i g h b o r s — m o s t l y w h i t e C h r i s t i a n s — re l a t i o n s h i p s b e t w e e n t h re e g e n e r a t i o n s the W olgin A ward for Best Israeli Film at Co-sponsored by the Embassy of France, o f I s r a e l i s . K a t z i r ’ s m o t h e r w a s p a rt o f manner , the plethora of issues surround- a c c e p t J e s u s a s t h e m e s s i a h a n d k e e p a re s i g n i fi c a n t l y l e s s p l e a s e d b y t h e n e w the Jerusalem International Film Festival. the Alliance Francaise de W ashington, DC, t h e g e n e r a t i o n o f s a b r a s w h o h e l p e d I s- ing this emotional and spiritual choice. t h e i r J e w i s h i d e n t i t y. T h e fi l m s p o t l i g h t s d i v e r s i t y o f t h e i r c o m m u n i t y. A m o v i n g t w o s i s t e r s i n t h e i r e a r l y t w e n t i e s w h o and the Embassy of Belgium r a e l g a i n i t s i n d e p e n d e n c e a n d o v e r s a w Special Guest: Dana Ivgy , Actress c o m i n g - o f - a g e t a l e s e t a g a i n s t re s o n a n t t h e re n a i s s a n c e o f t h e H e b re w l a n g u a g e . Post-Screening Panel Discussion with: re c e n t l y “ c o n v e rt e d ” t o t h e m e s s i a n i c t h e m e s o f r a c e , c l a s s a n d e t h n i c i t y. B u t h e r d e v o t i o n t o t h e n a t i o n a l m i s s i o n Jennifer Kaplan, Director m o v e m e n t . A l t e rn a t e l y, t h e fi l m a l s o g i v e s Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel, o f t e n t i m e s c a m e a t t h e e x p e n s e o f h e r Dr. Marion Usher, PhD., Clinical v o i c e t o t h e c o u n t e r - m i s s i o n a ry e ff o rt s o f Introduction: Sarah Frankland, Arts the Embassy of France, and the Alliance OR o w n f a m i l y. I n t h e p ro c e s s o f j u d g i n g h e r Professor, George W ashington University o rg a n i z a t i o n s l i k e J e w s f o r J u d a i s m , w h o Manager, The British Council USA 8:45 pm Francaise de W ashington, DC i n To ro n t o o c c u p y a s t o re f ro n t s p a c e n e x t - m o t h e r , Ya e l re a l i z e s t h a t s h e i s j u d g e d Department of Psychiatry , School of Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater d o o r t o a M e s s i a n i c c o n g re g a t i o n . O n t h e b y h e r o w n c h i l d re n , w h o c a l l h e r t o a c- Medicine Co-sponsored by The British Council USA h e e l s o f t h i s p a s t s u m m e r ’ s m i s s i o n a ry See page 16 c o u n t b o t h f o r h e r p e r s o n a l s h o rt c o m i n g s , Ed Case, Director, InterfaithFamily .com a n d w h a t h e r o w n g e n e r a t i o n o f s a b r a s c a m p a i g n b y a l o c a l D C - a re a c h u rc h a s h a s f o i s t e d o n t h e y o u t h o f I s r a e l . w e l l a s b y J e w s f o r J e s u s , t h i s i s c l e a r l y Film and discussion made possible by a n i s s u e o f g re a t u rg e n c y t h a t o n l y p ro m- Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel InterfaithFamily .com i s e s t o e s c a l a t e i n c o m i n g y e a r s . 16 WWW.WJFF.ORG TIX 1·800·494·8497 17 CARNAL KNOWLEDGE

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THE HEBREW HAMMER D VD-RELEASE P AR TY Saturda y , December 1 1th, 9:00 pm Q S treet Lobby , W ashington DCJCC

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ingl y un-PC and often laugh-out-loud LE GRAND ROLE hilarious, The Hebrew Hammer , a.k.a the Jewish Shaft, is pissing off Jews and Gentiles alik e. Join Director Jonathan K esselman and Comedy Central f or FRIDAY, DEC 10 SATURDAY, DEC 11 LE GRAND ROLE CARNAL KNOWLEDGE a wild Jewish ride as you g et the lo w -do wn on the making of sponsored by Deborah Ratner Salzberg 6:00 pm 8:00 pm the movie. Grab some grub, do wn a brew , and hear about the and Michael Salzberg AFI Silver Theatre AFI Silver Theatre dirty hidden details you missed when you sa w this movie the COLUMBIA: first time. After the screening, g et your signed copy of this THE TRAGIC LOSS France, 2004, 35mm USA, 1971, 35mm hilarious D VD—the uncircumcised v ersion! 1:00 pm WALK ON WATER 5:45 pm 89 minutes 98 minutes Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater THE HEBREW HAMMER Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater English and French with English subtitles English US A, 2002, 35mm · 82 minutes · English · Director: Jona- Director: Steve Suissa Director: Mike Nichols Israel, 2004, BetaSP than K esselman Israel, 2004, 35mm 60 minutes 104 minutes A f o l l o w - u p t o d i re c t o r S t e v e S u i s s a ’ s A c l a s s i c e x p l o r a t i o n o f h e t e ro s e x u a l m a l e J o i n u s a s w e c e l e b r a t e M o r d e c h a i J e ff e r s o n C a r v e r , a k a t h e H e b r e w H a m m e r a s English and Hebrew with English subtitles 1 9 9 9 fi l m Ta k i n g W i n g , ( W J F F 2 0 0 1 ) b e h a v i o r , C a rn a l K n o w l e d g e d e t a i l s t h e English, Hebrew , and German with English h e fi g h t s t o s a v e C h a n u k a h f r o m S a n t a ’ s e v i l s p a w n , D a m i a n C l a u s a n d h i s h e n c h- Director: Naftaly Gliksberg p re s e n t s u s w i t h a s i m i l a r g ro u p o f P a r i- s e x u a l m i s a d v e n t u re s o f J o n a t h a n ( J a c k m a n Ti n y Ti m . I n h i s q u e s t t o m a k e C h r i s t m a s t h e o n l y y e a r - e n d h o l i d a y , C l a u s subtitles s i a n - J e w i s h a c t o r s , n o w o l d e r , m o re m a- N i c h o l s o n ) a n d S a n d y ( A rt G a rf u n k e l ) f ro m h a s b e g u n fl o o d i n g J e w i s h n e i g h b o r h o o d s w i t h b o o t l e g c o p i e s o f I t ’ s A W o n d e rf u l Director: Eytan Fox t u re a n d s t i l l s t ru g g l i n g f o r t h e i r b i g t h e i r d a y s a s c o l l e g e b o y s i n t h e 1 9 4 0 s L i f e i n a n a t t e m p t t o b r a i n w a s h J e w i s h c h i l d r e n . A r o l l i c k i n g t r i b- T w o m o n t h s f o l l o w i n g t h e C o l u m b i a d i s a s- u t e t o 1 9 7 0 s B l a x p l o i t a t i o n fi l m s r e t r o - fi t t e d w i t h p e y o s a n d t e r , t h e re m a i n s o f a t a t t e re d b o o k w e re b re a k . W h e n t h e f a m o u s A m e r i c a n d i re c- t h ro u g h a d v a n c i n g m i d d l e a g e i n t h e f o u n d a s p a rt o f t h e a t t e m p t t o re c o v e r Eyal, an emotionally fragile Mossad hit- t o r G r i c h e n b e rg ( P e t e r C o y o t e i n a d e a d - 1 9 7 0 s . A d a p t e d b y J u l e s F e i ff e r f ro m h i s y a rm u l k e s , w h a t T h e H e b r e w H a m m e r l a c ks i n t a s t e , i t m a k e s man, is assigned to shadow Axel, a u p f o r i n p u r e e n e r g y a n d s a t i r i c a l ru t h l e s s n e s s . t h e f r a g m e n t s o f t h e d e s t ro y e d s p a c e o n S p i e l b e rg i m p re s s i o n ) c o m e s t o P a r i s p l a y o f t h e s a m e t i t l e , t h e fi l m s f e a t u re s a s h u t t l e . M i r a c u l o u s l y , t h e b o o k t u rn e d o u t young German whose grandfather is a l o o k i n g t o c a s t t h e ro l e o f S h y l o c k f o r h i s s t e l l a r s u p p o rt i n g c a s t o f t h e w o m e n i n Special Guest: Jonathan K esselman, Director; S tev e Raizes, t o b e t h e fl i g h t d i a ry o f I l a n R a m o n , t h e notorious Nazi war criminal that has elud- a l l - Y i d d i s h p ro d u c t i o n o f S h a k e s p e a re ’ s J o n a t h a n a n d S a n d y ’ s l i v e s i n c l u d i n g C a n- Comedy Central fi r s t I s r a e l i a s t ro n a u t , a n d i n i t h e h a d ed justice. Posing as a tour guide, Eyal T h e M e rc h a n t o f V e n i c e , M a u r i c e g e t s t h e d a c e B e rg e n , A n n - M a rg a re t C y n t h i a re c o rd e d t h e t h o u g h t s a n d e m o t i o n s o f shepherds Axel around Israel when he p a rt . B u t w i t h t h i s m o m e n t a ry t r i u m p h O ’ N e a l , R i t a M o re n o a n d C a ro l K a n e . JULES FEIFFER AND KIDS MAKE AN INST ANT CHILDREN’S BOOK h i s j o u rn e y i n t o s p a c e . T h e d i a ry w a s s e n t comes to visit his kibbutnik sister . Al- c o m e s a g re a t e r c h a l l e n g e w h e n M a u r i c e Sunda y , December 1 2th, 1 0:00 am t o t h e I s r a e l i p o l i c e w h o c o o p e r a t e d w i t h though Eyal at first resists what he con- i s re p l a c e d i n t h e p ro d u c t i o n b y a f a m o u s p r e c e d e d b y M u n r o siders a boring assignment, he soon Ina and Jac k Ka y Community Hall, W ashington DCJCC t h e I s r a e l M u s e u m t o re c o n s t ru c t a s A m e r i c a n s t a r a n d h e s e e k s t o c o n c e a l ( c o n t i n u e d o n n e x t p a g e ) warms up to Axel’s bright enthusiasm F or elementary sc hool ag e c hildren m u c h a s p o s s i b l e o f t h e b a d l y s i n g e d h i s d i s m i s s a l f ro m h i s c r i t i c a l l y - i l l w i f e . t e x t . A s t h e c o n t e n t s o f t h e d i a ry a re and intellect, even overcoming his own W ashington DCJCC Members FREE/ homophobia when he realizes Axel is N on-Members $5 • Call 202-777-3208 m o v i n g l y re v e a l e d i n t h e d o c u m e n t a ry , Co-sponsored by the Embassy of France gay . When the action shifts to Berlin and f or inf ormation and reservations. t h e fi l m s i m u l t a n e o u s l y e x a m i n e s t h e and Alliance Francaise de W ashington, DC f a t e f u l n a rr a t i v e o f t h e d o o m e d m i s s i o n . the prospect of discovering Axel’s grand- K i d s a r e i n v i t e d t o c r e a t e t h e i r o w n c h i l d r e n ’ s b o o k ! J u l e s F e i ff e r E m p l o y i n g e x p e rt t e s t i m o n y , i n t e rv i e w s father , the film becomes a taut emotion- e n c o u r a g e s t h e m t o i m p r o v i s e c h a r a c t e r s a n d s i t u a t i o n s w h i c h w i t h R a m o n ’ s w i d o w a n d i n t e rn a l N A S A al thriller . Director Eytan Fox (Florentene t h e y s h o u t o u t , a s h e s k e t c h e s a s f a s t a s h e c a n . B y t h e e n d , a n c o m m u n i c a t i o n s , C o l u m b i a : T h e T r a g i c and Yossi and Jagger) once again shows WONDROUS OBLIVION o r i g i n a l s t o ry w i t h a b e g i n n i n g , a m i d d l e a n d a n e n d i s t o l d , a n d c h i l- he is a master at presenting characters 7:45 pm d r e n h a v e r e c e i v e d a n a n a r c h i c a n d h i l a r i o u s l e s s o n i n s t o ry t e l l i n g . L o s s q u e s t i o n s w h a t c o u l d a n d s h o u l d h a v e b e e n d o n e t o p re v e n t t h e b re a k - u p crossing social and cultural chasms Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater Co-sponsored by the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery’s Exhibit: “Julz o f t h e s p a c e c r a f t d u r i n g re - e n t ry . whether they be gay , straight, men, See page 17 Rulz: Inside the Mind of Jules F eiff er.” women, Jewish or German. Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel and the Goethe-Institut W ashington 18 WWW.WJFF.ORG TIX 1·800·494·8497 19 RETURN OF THE TÜDELBAND THE HEBREW HAMMER WALK ON WATER

ANOTHER ROAD HOME

MUNRO SUNDAY, DEC 12 RETURN OF THE FILM AS A SUBVERSIVE gré from Austria and founder of the New York Film Festival. In 1947 Vogel estab- sponsored by The David Bruce Smith TÜDELBAND ART: AMOS VOGEL AND USA, 1961, 35mm Family Foundation lished Cinema 16, a pioneering film club 1:15 pm aimed at audiences thirsty for work that 9 minutes CINEMA 16 Goethe-Institut Washington could not be seen elsewhere. Through Cin- WALK ON WATER English 4:00 pm ANOTHER ROAD HOME ema 16 and the NYFF which he founded in 5:00 pm FREE screening. For reservations, call The National Gallery of Art – East Building Director: Gene Deitch 1:00 pm 1967, Vogel was the first to introduce Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater 202-289-1200 ext 167 Auditorium Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater American audiences to the works of Ro- See page 19 A four-year-old boy is drafted into the man Polanski, John Cassavetes, Paul Army in this Academy Award-winning Germany, 2003, 35mm FREE screening; first-come, first-served USA/Israel, 2004, Beta-SP Kluge as well as educational, scientific short film written by Jules Feiffer. 82 minutes For more information, call 202-842-6799 78 minutes English and German with English subtitles and experimental films—among them the first American screening of the Nazi propa- English Director: Jens Huckereide Special Guest: Jules Feiffer, screenwriter UK, 2003, Beta-SP ganda film The Eternal Jew. Film As Sub- MODIGLIANI Director: Danae Elon 7:15 pm of Carnal Knowledge 56 minutes versive Art is a fitting tribute to one of the At the end of the 19th century, the English earliest advocates in America for foreign, The Embassy of France The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is given a brothers Ludwig, Leopold and James Wolf independent and avant-garde film. See page 5 In conjunction with Sunday’s children’s human face—actually, as many human started a musical comedy band that en- Director: Paul Cronin program entitled “Jules Feiffer and Kids faces as a family reunion—through Is- joyed unprecedented success in Co-sponsored by The National Gallery of Art Make an Instant Children’s Book” at raeli filmmaker Danae Elon’s quest to Hamburg. The Wolf Brothers reached the A fascinating profile of Amos Vogel, an 82- 10:00 am. See page 18. find Musa Obeidallah, the Palestinian height of their success in the 20s and year old New York resident, a Jewish émi- man who kept house for her family in Je- 30s with their song “Tüdelband” which is Invited Guests: Amos and Marcia Vogel Co-sponsored by The Ann Loeb Bronfman rusalem for more than 20 years. The still sung in Hamburg today. Despite Gallery, presenting the exhibit “Julz Rulz: search begins soon after September 11, their celebrity, the Wolf Brothers and Inside the Mind of Jules Feiffer” at the in Paterson, New Jersey, one of the larg- their families were not spared when the Washington DCJCC through Jan 31, 2005. est Arab communities in the country and Nazis rose to power—although some of ends in a moving encounter between two the relatives were able to escape the families simultaneously linked and di- country. Today, rap artist Dan Wolf, the vided by conflict and history. grandson of one of these Jewish refugees THE HEBREW HAMMER returns to Hamburg to explore his famil- DVD Release Party & Special Guests: Danae Elon, Director ial and musical roots. Sons of Musa Obeidallah Screening Co-sponsored by the Goethe-Institut 9:00 pm Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel Washington Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater See page 18 Followed by a Peace Café in the Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall. THE RASHEVSKI’S TANGO 3:00 pm MODIGLIANI Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater See page 17 20 WWW.WJFF.ORG TIX 1·800·494·849721 Aviva Kempner (In Memory of Ruth Deutsch, Sue Marcum David Weinstein, National Endowment Ginny and Irwin P. Edlavitch Paul Marengo, Volunteer Coordinator/ Spaulding Gray, David Levy, Eythyl Povich, Nancy Meyer for the Humanities Lois and Richard England Receptions Coordinator THANKS and Diane Young) Beverly and Mark Nadel Ben Walters, Trader Joe’s Thomas H. Kahn Jonathan Kempner and Lise Van Susteren Paul and Sophie Nemirovsky Aviva Weintraub, NY Jewish Film Festival Irene and Edward Kaplan Mike Goldstein, Special Events Coordinator 15th WASHINGTON JEWISH FILM William Kreisberg Ruth and Pedi Neta Suzanne Wright, The Phillips Collection Connie and Jay Krupin Dahlia M. Shaewitz, Special Events Coordinator FESTIVAL FUNDERS Stan Oshinsky & Lynn Levin Oshinsky Millicent S. Neusner Kaj Wilson, Boston Jewish Film Festival Stuart Kurlander Dan Levenson, Theater Operations Coordinator Fred N. Reiner and Sherry Levy-Reiner Susan T. Papadopoulos Steve Yacker, Best Cellars, Dupont Shirley and Ervin Ornstein Hilarey Kirsner, Theater Operations Coordinator Dalya and Edward Luttwak Toby Port Nobuhiro Yamazaki, Sushi Taro Nancy Jacobson Penn and Mark Penn Rebeccah Goldstein-Gan, Theater Operations Our deepest thanks to our Film Festival Paula Veiner McMartin Phyllis Schottenstein Lauren Ann Kay Pollin and Rick Pollin Funders who make this exhibition of film Aviva Meyer Margot Schwadron HARRIET J. NEUMAN FUND Melinda Bieber and Norman Pozez Coordinator possible. Contributions listed as of Octo- Arna Meyer Mickelson and Alan Mickelson Samantha Seigman The Harriet J. Neuman Fund has been estab- Kathy and Tom Raffa Leslie Hess, Theater Operations Coordinator Barbara & David Morowitz Michelle Sender Susan Small Savitsky and Gerald Savitsky ber 22, 2004. lished to support the annual Washington Jew- David Horowitz, Internet Operations Director Miriam Mörsel Nathan and Harvey Nathan Dr. Lawrence Somer and Dr. Eva Feiglová ish Film Festival: An Exhibition of International Deborah Harmon and Dr. Robert A. Seder Allan and Joan Nathan Gerson Rita and Allen Spiegel Cinema. Harriet was a beloved and long-time Robert H. Smith Family Foundation Erik Ladinsky, Website Designer OPENING NIGHT EVENING SPONSOR M. Louis and Laura Offen Susan Stregack and Rollin Fraser advocate, volunteer and supporter of the Film Jane and Daniel Solomon Andrew Davis, In-Kind Solicitations Coordinator Hamilton Street Family Foundation Zelda Porte John Tolleris Festival. In spite of a long and difficult illness, Mary and Jim Speyer Liz Wagger, Corporate Sponsor Coordinator Deborah and Juan Prawda Betty L. Ustun she fully celebrated life through her passion for SunTrust Bank EVENING SPONSOR Linda and Jay Rosenkranz Fredrica Wechsler the arts and travel. She was an extraordinary Francine Zorn Trachtenberg and Stephen Steve Horowitz, External Venue Coordinator/ Micheline Klagsbrun Frank Shel, Susan and Seth Schreiberg Joan M. Weiss** friend, a respected colleague and a devoted Trachtenberg Audience Award Coordinator Deborah Ratner Salzberg and Michael Salzberg Morton Schussheim Sandra Weiswasser aunt and sister. Harriet is dearly missed. The Washington Post Company Rachel Sepulveda, External Venue Coordinator The David Bruce Smith Family Foundation Lori Skolnick Rhea S. Schwartz and Paul Wolff Larry and Jacky Wershbale **Denotes donation to Harriet J. Neuman Fund Deborah Tannen and Michael Macovski Joan S. Wessel Nancy Moss, Hospitality Coordinator LIGHTS Liz and David Wagger Rosa D. Wiener THE CAPITAL CIRCLE Maurice Singer, Hospitality Coordinator Joshua & Lisa Bernstein Mindy and Shel Weisel Esthy and Jim Adler Suzanne Meyer, PR & Outreach Coordinator David Carliner Natalie Wexler and Jim Feldman Amy and Stephen Altman SPECIAL THANKS Lori Ann Skolnick, Board Liaison Tamara and Harry Handelsman Rabbi Harold White Pierre Abushacra, Firehook Bakery Joan and Alan Berman Susan B. Hepner Catherine Wyler and Richard Rymland Susan Alper, Montreal Jewish Film Festival Ann and Donald Brown Aviva Kempner, Founding Director Gordon Family Foundation Carole Ash, The Artful Party Diane Solomon and Stuart L. Brown Miriam Mörsel Nathan, Director Emeritus Daniel Hirsch and Brenda Gruss FAN Ray Barry, American Film Institute Arlene and Harvey Cherner Ceceile F. Klein Anonymous Jill Bernstein Rose and Robert Cohen GRAPHIC DESIGN BY John and Lynn Sachs Barbara Bick Sylvia Blume, Goethe-Institut Washington Mindy Strelitz and Andrew Cornblatt Cutting Edge Design Richard Solloway Paula Bienenfeld and Emlen Myers Craig Burke, Washington Jewish Week Toby Dershowitz Diane Abelman Wattenberg Elaine Braverman Roland Celette, Embassy of France WASHINGTON DCJCC Elizabeth and Richard Dubin Dr. Lois Cohen Mike Chirazi, Brookville Supermarket ANNUAL GIVERS CIRCLE Diana and Michael David Epstein CAMERA Tina Laver Coplan Marcelo Cima, Embassy of Argentina The Washington DCJCC would like to thank the Myrna and Arthur Fawcett Rabbi and Mrs. A.N. Abramowitz Raphael & Carla Danziger Eddie Cockrell following major donors. Their generous support Elizabeth and Israel Feldman David Bernstein and Deborah Brudno Thomas L. Holzman and Alison R. Drucker Karen Davis, Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival in FY04 through the Annual Givers Circle and/ Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Forman Beverly and Leo Bernstein Dr. and Mrs. Burton S. Epstein Anne Delaney, The Canadian Embassy or the Eighth Annual Gala helps to ensure ex- Rosalyn and Robert Hirsch Milton Covensky Fund Coralie Farlee Linda Duchin, New Yorker Films cellent programs. Gail and Benjamin Jacobs WASHINGTON DCJCC Susan Sachs Goldman Anita Anna Feinstein Owen Feeney, Embassy of Ireland William Kreisberg Sandra Hoexter** Karen and Baruch Fellner Nancy Fishman, San Francisco Jewish Film THE PRESIDENTIAL CIRCLE Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family JOSHUA FORD Herb and Dianne Lerner Debra and Marvin Feuer Festival Jamie and Joseph A. Baldinger Foundation Director, Washington Jewish Film Festival Rikki and Nat Lewin Donald Fishman and Sonya Schwartz Melissa Ford Diane and Norman Bernstein, Mark and Judy Lerner Co-Director, Morris Cafritz Center for the Iris Lipkowitz (In Memory of Eunice K. Lipkowitz) Michael Fleischhacker Sarah Frankland, The British Council The Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation Debra and Edward Cohen Arts, Washington DCJCC Dr. Robert and Vera Loeffler Rona and Stanley Foster Chris Garlock, DC Labor Film Festival Lisa and Joshua Bernstein Marla and Robert Tanenbaum Allen and Myra Mondzac Sharyn and Art Fuchs Pam Ginsberg, Brookville Supermarket Ann Loeb Bronfman Faye and Jack Moskowitz DANETTE WOLPERT P.L. Rabin and M.M. Miller L. Glassman Martin Goldman, US Holocaust Naomi and Nehamiah Cohen Foundation Liz and Mark Ordan Festival Coordinator, Washington Barton and Shereen Rubenstein Anita Glick Memorial Museum Louie and Ralph Dweck Diane and Arnold Polinger Jewish Film Festival Sidney and Peggy Silver Marcia F. Goldberg Todd Hitchcock, AFI Silver Theatre Susie and Michael Gelman Irene and Abe Pollin Director, The Screening Room Ellen and Joseph Goldstein Francine Zorn Trachtenberg Debra Goldberg Murray Horwitz, American Film Institute Irma and Marc Reshefsky ARI ROTH Janice Wasserman Goldsten Drs. Marion and Michael Usher Shirley and Jay Goldberg Martin Huberman, VideoArt Productions Sylvia Ritzenberg Co-Director, Morris Cafritz Center Susan and Milton Goldsamt Judy Ironside, Brighton Jewish Film Festival Michael and Rena Gordon Debra and Jonathan Rutenberg for the Arts, Washington DCJCC ACTION Phil and Vivian Gorden Aviva Kempner Tamara and Harry Handelsman Lynn and John Sachs Barbara and Cécile Abeillé William Granik Mimi Krant, National Center for Jewish Film Brenda Gruss and Daniel Hirsch Patty Abramson and Les Silverman AVIVA KEMPNER Michael and Charlotte Baer Barbara and Isaac Green Heryka Miranda, Firehook Bakery Jack Kay Barbara and Michael Smilow Honorary Co-Chair, Morris Cafritz Miriam and Eliezer Benbassat Demetra and Donald Green Andrea Murphy, Embassy of Belgium Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Thomas and Katherine Sullivan Center for the Arts Sanders H. Berk, M.D. and Sally Berk Hazel A. 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