Tuesday-Night Movies A summer festival of Jewish-themed films at Congregation Beth Israel Arranged (2007) Tuesday, July 10th at 7:00pm Two Brooklyn schoolteachers - one an Orthodox Jewish woman (Zoe Lister-Jones) and one a Syrian-born Muslim woman (Francis Benhamou) - struggle with similar pressures from co-workers and family, leading to an unlikely friendship. Written by Stefan C. Schaefer and directed by Diane Crespo and Stefan C. Schaefer. A Serious Man (2009) Tuesday, July 24th at 7:00pm Larry Gopnick (Michael Stuhlbarg) is a modern-day Job. His tenure as a physics professor is in doubt, his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) is leaving him for his best friend Sy Abelman (Fred Melamed), his son Danny smokes pot and shirks his Bar Mitzvah lessons, and his daughter is stealing his money to pay for a nose job. From the Christian Science Monitor: “A Serious Man adds to the ancient storehouse of Jewish black humor that takes off from the question 'What did I do wrong?'." Written and produced by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Pleasantville (1998) Tuesday, August 14th at 7:00pm David Wagner (Tobey MacGuire) is addicted to a black-and- white classic TV sitcom. When his television breaks, a mysterious repairman gives him a new magic remote that transplants David and his sister Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon) into this 1950s-sitcom world. Roger Ebert wrote: "Pleasantville is the kind of parable that encourages us to re-evaluate the good old days and take a fresh look at the new world we so easily dismiss as decadent." Written and directed by Gary Ross. The Frisco Kid (1979) Tuesday, August 28th at 7:00pm Gene Wilder plays Avram Belinski, a rabbi who is sent from Poland to San Francisco at the height of the 1850's Gold Rush. Harrison Ford is Tommy Lillard, a bank robber who guides the schlemeil through a series of comic mishaps. Written by Michael Elias and Frank Shaw. Directed by Robert Aldrich.
Cost of $5 includes drinks, but bring your own snacks. A short discussion will follow each movie.
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