Published by the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire Volume 39, Number 6 March 2019 Adar I-Adar II 5779 NH JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL EDITION Celebrate NH Jewish Film Festival’s Share your Passover 11th Annual Showcase of Films! greetings with the Jewish We’re back and better than ever! Excite- ment is building for this year’s New Hamp- community shire Jewish Film Festival, which runs from statewide! Thursday, April 4, to Sunday, April 14. This year’s films include award winners, premieres, documentaries, dramas, thrillers, and come- dies from the United States, Canada, Argen- Please return tina, Hungary, and Israel. Our reputation for the form on showing quality, cutting-edge films has en- page 20 along gaged and delighted our viewers statewide. This year, our film venues are located in Con- with your cord, Manchester, Merrimack, Peterborough, payment to and Portsmouth. Many of our events will in- JFNH before clude special guest speakers, who will lead post film discussions. We are delighted to in- March 10! clude free PJ Library and PJ Our Way screen- ings on the final day of the festival. The 11th Annual New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival is supported in part by the Jew- ish Federation of New Hampshire, a grant Last year’s Gala Festival opening night at the Currier, combining art, decadent desserts, and from the New Hampshire State Council of great conversation. the Arts, many Corporate Sponsors, and film, Wendy’s Shabbat, a short documentary, Federation Voices 3, 5 Friends of the Festival. focuses on a group of Jewish senior citizens Calendar 4 Thursday, April 4: Short Film Program who celebrate Shabbat at the local Wendy’s Your Federation at Work 6 For a Festival first, we will open with a fast food restaurant with Hebrew blessings From the Bimah 8 short film program on Thursday, April 4, at along with burgers and fries. Wendy’s Shabbat In the Community 9 Mara Auditorium, Webster Hall, SNHU in won the Audience Award for Best Short at the Arts & Entertainment 11 Manchester. The program will include: 2018 Teaneck International Film Festival Education 12 Saturday, April 6: Gala Celebration at the Cur- 93 Queen I Babi Yar rier Museum NH Jewish Film Festival 14-16 Budapest Noir I Carl Laemmle Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish Montreal Carl Laemmle, directed by James Freed- Mitzvahs 17 Double Date I FEliull-C ourBataliont Miracle and Jamie Elman in Chewdaism Golda’s Balcony, The Film man, will be screened at our Gala Celebration World Jewry 18 Heading Home: TheChewdaism: Tale of Team Israel A Taste of Jewish Montreal, Dou- at the Currier Museum on Saturday evening, Inside Out I Satan and Adam I Shoelaces Book Review 19 The Last Suit I Tblehe Samuel Date, Projec andt Wendy’s Shabbat. Chewdaism: April 6. Carl Laemmle is a feature documen- Wendy’s Shabbat I Who Will Write Our History Recent Events 21-24 WorkingA W omanTaste of Jewish Montreal, an unadulterated tary about the extraordinary life of Carl Tributes 24 Presentedfoodie by delight, follows two Montrealers, Eli Laemmle, the German-Jewish immigrant who Obituaries 25 Batalion and Jamie Elman,through an entire founded Universal Pictures and saved over Business & Professional day’s worth of eating in and around the city 300 Jewish families from Nazi Germany. Services 26 as they discover their own personal heritage “Certainly everything Universal is today within the story of Jewish Montreal. Double would never have existed without Carl Laem- SupporDateted in part byis a grant a fr omseven-minute the comedic short starring mle’s vision,” said Ron Meyer, vice chairman, New Hampshire State Council on the Arts andMayim the National Endowment Bialik for the Arts. about a blind date. The third Film Festival continued on page 15 CONCORD I MANCHESTER I MERRIMACK I PETERBOROUGH I PORTSMOUTH Purchase your advance tickets for all screenings Online at www.nhjewish lmfestival.org. Online at www.brownpapertickets.com/pro le/833384 By phone at 800-838-3006 ext. 1. By phone at 603-627-7679, Jewish Federation O ce, Tuesday–Thursday, 9 am–3 pm At Jewish Federation of New Hampshire box o ce, Tuesday–Thursday, 9 am–3 pm Information: Call 603-627-7679 or visit www.nhjewish lmfestival.org or www.jewishnh.org for the latest on the NH Jewish Film Festival. Change Service Requested Service Change PERMIT NO. 1174 NO. PERMIT On Facebook, visit Jewish Federation of New Hampshire and New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival for updated information. 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