Currently Browsing: February 2016
NYC SHOUT-OUT: Carvalho’s Journey is playing at the Center for Jewish History on March 15 as part of the 2016 Sephardic Film Festival. Filmmaker Steve Rivo will be onsite for a post-screening Q&A. To order tickets, visit the CJH website. (Presented by the American Sephardi Federation & co-sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society.) ************************* This fascinating […]
Tzivi’s Sneak Peek: Seen on screener for JUF News post for February 2016. Delightfully quirky film about a Brit from Northern Ireland who discovers that his family once owned a now defunct sugar factory in Douboviazovka, Ukraine. And it gets better! Turns out that the family’s wealth really came from the vodka distillery next door! Kudos to Dan Edelstyn […]
Tzivi’s Sneak Peek: Seen at a special screening at the Museum of Jewish Heritage (11/8/15) New documentary from the National Center for Jewish Film in which a dedicated team recreates a Polish synagogue for the new museum in Warsaw. Heavy on talent and technique, this is a tribute to all the man/woman hours lavished on […]