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Creative and Performing Arts according to values of Torah: Performances, Classes, Announcements
FALL 2009
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Events October-November
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UPCOMING EVENTS, October-November
Healing Concert for Women – Indian Classical Music, Oct 19, 8pm
Healing concert for women only, Navah Sarah Tsiporah Verhoeven. Singing and tanpura, inspired by Indian Classical music and Chassidut. Monday evening Oct. 19. 2 Rabbi Aryeh Levine, app.1, Jerusalem, Nachla'ot. Concert starts at 8.00 PM, ends around 9.30 - 10 PM. Suggested donation: 25 NIS info, directions and reservation (not obligated): 02 - 622 3872. nahavah7@yahoo.com
WORLD PREMIERE
Time of My Life – The Story of Simcha Esther Gershan z”tl – Thursday night, Oct 22. 7:30pm
Simcha Esther fought a noble battle with lung cancer that took her life this Yom Kippur at Neila. Her film, created during the last year of her life, will be premiered Thursday, October 22, 2009 @ Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at West 95th St. NY 10025. 7:00pm Doors Open - 7:30pm Screening. 9:00pm Dessert Reception, Aish HaTorah, 313 W.83rd St General $36, VIP $72. To purchase tickets, contact the Symphony Space box office at 212-864-5400 or go to www.symphonyspace.org. In her first documentary film, Time of My Life, Simcha Esther (Shari) Gershan z”tl, shares her very personal story of hope, healing and spirit in the face of life threatening illness. Diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer, Simcha Ether, a vivacious mother of 4 young children, embarks on a relentless quest to heal her life. Her story takes us on a rich and rewarding journey from the depths of despair to the heights of joy. Inspiring thousands worldwide to join her odyssey through an online journal, she discovers a profound relationship with herself, humanity and G-d. Set in the world of Orthodox Judaism, and against the backdrop of the NY Metro area, the feature length documentary captures the journey as Simcha Esther transforms her life as a cancer patient through humor, creativity and insight. Her raw authenticity and joie de vivre inspires thousands to join her as she navigates the physical, emotional and spiritual pathways to G-d, growth and healing. In a world thirsting for hope, inspiration and spiritual connection, this film highlights the courageous story of one woman and her lifeline to Heaven. Anyone whose life is touched by cancer or any serious challenge will be uplifted and inspired by her story. http://www.timeofmylife.us/premier.asp
A Light for Greytowers a Groundbreaker in the Ashkelon Jewish Eye Film Festival! Oct 25-26
A Light for Greytowers, the first feature length musical film made for women and girls only, will be making its Israeli premiere at the Jewish Eye World Jewish Film Festival in Ashkelon at noon October 25 and 26! Filmmaker Robin Garbose is planning to attend, along with actresses Rivka Siegel and Nili Gross. The festival will take place at the cinematheque of the International Conference Center of the Ashkelon Academic College, which has allowed the Jewish Eye to use its luxurious halls and state-of-the-art cinema equipment. http://www.jewisheye.org.il/en.html
London Showcase 2009! Sunday Oct 25 – 3:15, 7:30pm
Tickets now on sale for what is set to be the best SHOWCASE yet! Featuring comedienne Marion Hermes, and direct from Israel Caroline Pakter, nee Cohen, along with brand new show-stopping acts! Sunday 25th October @ The Logan Hall, Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL. Matinee 3.15pm. Ticket Prices: £7.50, £12.50, £17.50, £22.50. All children under 10 years recieve £5 discount off any seat. Group discounts available. Call: 07816 975969. Evening 7.30pm Ticket Prices: £10, £15, £20, £25. Age 12+ only. Group discounts available. Call: 07824 611641. We look forward to seeing you there!
WORLD PREMIERE
“Dancing Through The Torah” by Orcha Dance Theatre, Sunday Oct 25 in NY, 7pm
Orcha Dance Theatre presents the world premier of “Dancing Through The Torah, Part I: Mishkan to Moshe,” a 90-minute journey presents each weekly Torah portion and major Jewish holiday from March to September. Artistic director Gabrielle Orcha has created one to three minute dance pieces for each of the 36 “parshiot” and six holidays. Orcha received a generous grant from Boston University’s Jewish Cultural Endowment; in May 2010 the project will be danced in its entirety when the remaining portions of the Torah and holidays—October to February—will be performed, along with Part I. With a BFA in Theatre and Dance from B.U. and a merit award recipient in Choreography/Dance from the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts, she also choreographed the American premier of play by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel. Dancing Through the Torah plays in Boston Thurs Oct. 15th – Sun. Oct. 18th: Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Ave.; Thurs & Sun 7pm, Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. – And in New York: Sun. Oct. 25th at 7pm, The Actors’ Temple, 339 W 47th St., between 8th & 9th Ave, NYC. *Talkback after all 2pm performances. For more information go to http://DancingThroughTheTorah.blogspot.com/ For ticket reservation call: 512-632-4869. For more information, Gabrielle Orcha (781)-632-0783.
A New Musical – Workshop/Reading “Being Me” – Sun Nov 1, 6pm
Staged reading of a new script about women in the orthodox community. See the growth and the conflicts faced by women contemplating career, being single, and expressing themselves creatively within the Torah community. Written & Compiled by ML Droz and Naomi Sebbag. Featuring Chaya Sara Stark, Naomi Sebbag, ML Droz and others. $10. Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th St Manhattan, betw Bway & 8th Ave., 12th floor. Take any train to 59th or 50th. For women only. Tickets available online at http://beingme.eventbrite.com or at the door. Limited seating – reserve online.
Meet the Cast House on Riverside – Passaic, NJ! Sun, Nov 8, 7:30pm
For a movie filmed exclusively in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Passaic, NJ with local actresses – Meet the cast and hear a live performance of original songs from the movie! The House on Riverside brings your own community to you in a moving and inspirational drama. During the Great Depression, the Friedman family cannot make ends meet. Taken in by their kind aunt, the Friedman girls persevere with faith, hard work, and honesty. They not only succeed in overcoming hardship, but they are able to inspire and help others. Teaches lessons of judging favorably, perseverance, hard work, honesty, and self-sacrifice. Appropriate for girls age 8+ and adult women. Starring Shira Nashofer, Sarah M. Fisher and Nancy Zweibach of New Jersey, the Weingarten family, Marlene Ginsburg, Aliza Kantarowitz of Brooklyn, and others. Featuring Rachel Weissman, Lara Gedzelman, and Sima Kellner of Passaic. Event includes movie screening at 7:45pm, and after-show performance and talk-back with the actors and crew. For girls and women. Movie only: $13/$10, After-show only $8/7, Full Evening $18/$13, online purchase discount: http://riversidepassaic.eventbrite.com. Located at 350 Boulevard in Passaic, 07055. St. Mary’s Hospital, 2nd floor. Location of one of the movie scenes! Sponored by the Association for Torah and the Arts www.artsandtorah.org.
Dance Party for Dames of the Dance! Nov 14, 8:30pm
We're hosting a DANCE PARTY to LAUNCH the new rehearsal season of DAMES of the DANCE 3. There'll be dance performances from some of our groups, open dance classes for everyone, and freestyle dancing from different dance decades. Motzei Shabbat November 14, 8:30 PM. Matnas Gush Etzion. This year's DAMES of the DANCE tells the story of THE SEVEN DAYS of CREATION. The performances will be held at the beginning of March, after Purim, IY"H.
THE ARTS & TORAH WOMEN’S CONFERENCE – Nov 20-23, 2009.
Spend Shabbat Nov 20-21 meeting other professional women artists and learning Torah related to the Arts. Motzei Shabbat and Sunday performances with stellar performances by artists across the US: Ayelet HaShachar from Baltimore! Katia Bolotin of Cleveland! Miriam Sandler!!! Bracha Adrezin from California!!! New Stars Chanie Davis and Shaindel Antelis!! Women’s films by Amy Guterson, Ronit Polin, Leah Levy and more. Workshops in Creating a Musical – from Script to Stage to Screen! Acting, Dance, Vocal Technique. Using Theater in the Classroom, Feldenkrais Movement & Chassidism, Yoga. Visual Arts display and vendors fair. Register Early: www.atara2009.eventbrite.com. Full 3 day conference Early Bird prices online. Information about ATARA at www.artsandtorah.org. Website in Development. Conference information and session descriptions will be posted shortly, check back throughout November for schedule updates. More information and group sales: 718-756-2044.
COMEDANCE!!!! Nov 24-25, 2009
Women’s Performance in Boro Park featuring Chanale Fellig and Sara Schwadron! Music, Dance & Comedy performances to benefit Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess Tzedakah. Raffle with many auction prizes! VIP Tickets $200 and Entrance $136 includes 3 raffle tickets.
Women’s Musical in London – Nov 29
'There's No Place Like Home' – A women and girls musical November 29. Dancing With Louise is pleased to announce ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ – filled with favourite songs from The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz & Wicked! The show will be performed at a professional theatre on Sunday 29th November 2009. 020 8203 5242, OR EMAIL INFO@DANCINGWITHLOUISE.CO.UK
Brooklyn Jewish Dance Institute Season – Classes begin Sun Oct 18!
Brooklyn Jewish Dance Institute: Fall classes begin Sunday, Oct 18th. Join us for our second year of excellence in dance training in a frum environment! Youth program: Ages 3-18 - ballet, tap, jazz, and hip hop. Adult program: ballet, hip hop, and flamenco. Coming soon: Adult women's workshops in tap and jazz and ongoing classes for boys/men!
Xpressions! New Lyrical Jazz/modern Dance Workshop
Beginning after Sukkot, a new exciting creative arts dance program for teens through post high school will be opening up at Lifeplex in Monsey, NY. This class will be focusing on Jazz and modern dance technique with the goal of developing students’ natural ability and unique creative expression. This will be achieved through challenging the students’ on a technical level as well as a mind/body/emotional level where they will be experimenting with musical interpretation and the relationship between music and movement. The dancing emphasized here will be taught in a very passionate and expressive style where students will learn how to relate “stories” through every movement made. This is a 12 week exclusive program, spots are limited, and students will need to commit to a full semester. This is NOT a drop in class. Classes begin October 21st and end January 4th. The class will be held Wednesday evenings from 8:00-9:30. For further information please contact 845-323-9557 or email: dancexpression10@gmail.com
ART CLASSES IN JERUSALEM with Yochana Chava – Classes Beginning
Classes held on Rechov Usishkin #14 Art Workshops starting after sukkot ... Foundations of drawing 4 week intensive for women (mornings) come away with practical skills to draw anything you see and improve your art using contour drawing, negative space, working on contrast and composition. Small group 3 hour class 375 shekel for 4 week course. Drawing for Teen Girls (monday afternoon/evening) beginning class for serious learners. 2 hr class 250 shekel for course. Recycled Art for Teen Girls (monday afternoon/evening) tapping into the students creativity- come up with imaginative art- 3 dimensional, mixed media. 2 hrs 250 Shekel course. Art for Girls 9-12 yr olds (still open timing) Printmaking, collages, painting, and more... 1 1/2 hrs 220 shekel per course. Art for Girls 7-9 yr olds (tuesday afternoons) All different projects to bring out the little artists talent and creativity. 1 1/2 hrs 220 shekel per course. Yochana studied Fine arts at Emuna College, Illustration and Design at Pratt, Cooper Union, SVA and Parsons. Art Therapy, Drama Therapy and Creative Writing in the New School for Social Research. She has close to 20 years of teaching experience. She founded and ran RLT ("The Road Less Traveled") a creative road trip camp for girls on the US West Coast. For questions to register or for more information please email: Yochani@gmail.com
THE WRITING WORKSHOP: New Creative Writing Class in Flatbush! Begins Sunday Oct 18
THE WRITING WORKSHOP, a haven for girls to express themselves amongst friends who share their love of the written word. It is a place dedicated to letting the voice of the writer ring out loud and clear. Each session will consist of four parts. It will start with a brief exercise to inspire that class’s creative assignment. The students will be given a chance to write and, then, critique each other’s work. We will end with a group project. No piece needs to be completed, nor will any project be graded. The students will be writing just for the sake of writing, and I am sure the quality of the work will surpass our expectations. It can then be published and shared with other teens. 7-9th graders, Sundays Oct 18-Nov 22. 10th-12th graders Mondays Oct 19-Nov 23: 7-8:30pm. Cost $25, Package Deal; $165 for 8 sessions. Early Bird $150 for 8 sessions. The Writing Workshop by Miss Malka Alter. 646-872-5756. 1323 East 32nd St between Avenues N and M. The Writing Workshop, because you, too, deserve a solo.
Musical Theater Classes in Teaneck – Fall Semester getting started
At The Jewish Center of Teaneck off Cedar Lane/near Teaneck Road, Black Box Studios offers NY-style collaborative theater workshops for kids, teens, and adults at all levels and from all backgrounds. For Tuesday's afternoon's Starting Out On Stage workshop, grades K-3rd, there are two spaces left starting with the next session on 9/29, from 4:30-5:30. This group is are working towards a short musical/ comedy production for early January. Additionally, there are two spaces left for kids in grades 2nd-6th in Thursday's Pro Musical Theater Workshop, starting with the next session on 10/1, from 5-6:30. This group is working on a production of Into The Woods Junior for early January. Please email or call (201) 567-6664 immediately.
Pottery Classes Jerusalem
Pottery classes for begginers and advanced students. The classes will be held on Sunday morning and another class on Monday afternoon. the teahcer is a Bezalel pottery gradute and an experienced potter in Jerusalem. Call Sara: 0544945791
Art School in Jerusalem
Early-bird Registration. Sign up now for the lowest price. The new school year starts after the Chagim. Please email me for a copy of the brochure explaining the courses, schedules, and pricing. sarahlevinsonart@ gmail.com Join Us in My Garden Studio! Sarah Levinson, B.A., Fine Art Shana Tovah!
Women’s Pilates and Dance classes in Jerusalem
Find classes or private lessons in your area just right for you!! ballancedmovement@gmail.com
DRAMA Chuggim for Girls – Jerusalem – Beginning Nov 11
Develop Your Girls'... * CREATIVITY * SELF EXPRESSION * CONFIDENCE * TEAM SKILLS ......AND HAVE FUN! Through drama games, movement and exercises with professional and experienced drama teacher Sara Kohn (the French Chief from Rebetzen Green's play). Registration Now Open for Chuggim Starting in November! Rechavia, Rechov Narkis - Wednesdays starting Nov 11, Ages 5-6 3-3.45pm, Ages 7-9 4-5pm, Ages 10-12 5.15-6.30 * Option for ages 13-15 may open, please inquire. Old City - Thursdays starting Nov 12: Ages 5-6 3-3.45pm, Ages 7-9 4-5pm, Ages 10-12 5-6pm. For info. and bookings: 054 304 9846 sarasarakohn@gmail.com
Art, Pottery and Dance Classes – Passaic
Alysa Komarow: art and pottery classes for boys and girls as well as aerobic classes for ladies. Tumbling class for toddlers. Call 973-470-0036.
Guitar Lessons New Jersey
Private lessons for students of all ages and levels of musicianship- -from the beginner taking a first music lesson to the student preparing for a professional career in music. e-Mail or call today! (201-527-8069) Thanks, Uri. uricarni@yahoo.com
Pilates for Women – Malden, MA – beginning Sun Oct 18
Congregation Beth Israel of Malden is arranging Pilates classes for women only - Sunday mornings from 10:30-11:15am. For more information please contact leahgarland@gmail.com
Music Lessons in Boston, Male Teacher
Violin, Viola or Piano. Adults and children welcome - ages 5-105. Daniel Broniatowski: danielbroniatowski@yahoo.com or 857-756-5230. www.violinsoul.com
“Music of the Jewish People” Online Course
Online course at the college level. Survey that discovers the musics of the Jewish People at different times and places. Study will involve learning about the origins of traditional materials, examination of source readings and articles relating to music of the Jewish people, and class discussions of topics in Jewish music in their historical context. Course will investigate the role that music has played in Jewish life and identity from ancient to modern times, including music at the time of the Bible, rabbinic attitudes toward music, the development of the modes for scriptural cantillation, Jewish folk and popular music in the Diaspora, Jewish art music in the modern era, and Jewish music in modern America and Israel. To register for the course: mjaye@hebrewcollege.edu *About the Teacher*: Judith Pinnolis M.M. from The College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati ; and B.A. in Music from Tulane University. Her Jewish music scholarship extends to journals and encyclopedias including /Encyclopedia Judaica/ (2006); /Women and Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia/ (2002); and /Reader's Guide to Judaism/ (2000) and the forthcoming 4th edition of the /A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings/ published by the American Library Association.
CASTING CALL for Drama for Life!'s 2nd annual ALL WOMEN'S production!
Young Women ages 6th grade- College/Seminary are invited to audition! The production will be'h take place in May 2010. AUDITION TIMES AND DATES: 1) Sunday, October 18th at Executive Baby, 1015 Cedar Lane, Woodmere, NY 12:30-2:30. 2) Sunday, October 18th at Congregation Bnai Israel, 3190 Bedford Avenue between Aves. J & K from 5:00-7:00 pm. 3) Tuesday, October 20th in West Hempstead, NY from 7:30-9:30. 4) Wednesday, October 21st at Bais Yaakov of Queens (BYQ) 124-50 Metropolitan Avenue, Kew Gardens, NY from 5:00-7:00 pm. For more information, please call Rina C. Hirsch, Founding Director, at 516-385-1959 or email D4Lonline@gmail.com
OPEN CASTING CALL: Harmony VIII
A Kol Rayus Production, to Benefit Project Extreme. Children's choir (grades 5-8) sunday october 18th and 25th,10am to 12pm. Children (grades 3-5) & Adult ballet dance saturday evening, october 24, 7:45-9:45 pm Children's dance ensemble (grades 6-8) Sunday October 25th, 10am -12pm. Location: Torah Academy for girls high school 636 lanett avenue (off beach 9th street) Far rockaway. Adult choir audition & rehearsal Monday evening, October 19th, 8:00-9:45 pm location: 822 roosevelt court (off of beach 9th st) Far rockaway former members need not audition, please note- we will be starting rehearsal at this time.
ACTRESS NEEDED – New Play/Musical for Women. Open part for woman, age 15-35
Reading/workshop of new play about lives of women in the orthodox community, including friendship, issues in single-hood and marriage, and fitting into the religious community. Two parts open: married woman struggling with family and career (age 20-35), and rebellious “teenager” (age 15-25). Rehearsal for Workshop/reading: Sunday mornings Oct 18 & 25. Workshop Reading Sun Nov 1, 6pm. Call immediately with interest 917-686-1211 or email ampmayil@gmail.com
DANCE INSTRUCTOR Needed
Ocean Parkway Jewish Center is looking to begin a dance class for women on Sunday nights. Location: Ocean Parkway between Ave F and Ditmas Ave. Please send resumes or direct inquiries to: ampmayil@gmail.com.
ACTRESS Needed for Frum Commercial – Brooklyn, Age 55+
Seeking: Woman over the age of 60 who acts. we looking for an old woman to play the grandmother. also required if she has white/gray hair. Contact: faygap@yahoo.com
ACTOR Needed – Israel, male, 20s
Seeking actor with foreign accent (i.e. any accent other than Israeli) 22-25 years old for a supporting role in an independent feature film. No experience necessary. 2 days of shooting in October. For more information, please be in touch with Adi at 0546260126 or refaeli.adi@ gmail.com
Documentary Seeking Interviews
A filmmaker (Leah Aharona in Monsey) is making a film called "Holy Generation" a documentary. Please answer these questions and send them to her so she can interview you. What do I do that is holy? What does holy mean to me? Include headshot Men and women age 28-40. Email: cappiekore@aol.com
Internship – Web development – Association for Torah & the Arts
Work directly with Editor of The Arts & Torah Journal, publishing relevant articles on the intersection of Judaism and the arts. Help with layout, site management, and liaison with authors. Contact: technical@artsandtorah.org
Brava Ladies Choral Ensemble! Choir for Women – Ave J & East 32nd led by Rivka Nahari
Announcing openings for the Brava Ladies Choral Ensemble! Choral membership includes training in reading music, blending, phrasing, interpretation, and an introduction to vocal technique. Open to singers in the New York area ages 15 and up. All interested singers should contact Rivka Nahari at the dance studio: 718-513-6257.
Opportunity for Jewish Musicians
Heimishe Greetings is seeking Jewish musicians interested having their music loops inserted in our online electronic cards. Music must be available in MIDI format and loops should be 30 seconds-1. 5 minutes long. The music should portray different common tunes relating to Jewish simchas (celebrations). Musicians will be given credit for their work if it is used on a card. For more information: call 646 961 3889, email info@HeimisheGreetings.com or visit www.HeimisheGreetings.com.
Women’s Vocal Ensemble, Kensington, Brooklyn
The Ocean Parkway Jewish Center will offer the option for women to start a choir or a cappella ensemble. Group would meet weekly on Sunday nights to learn songs. Once group develops a repertoire, performance opportunities would be scheduled. With interest in joining, contact ampmayil@gmail.com. Begins December.
A Light for Greytowers a Groundbreaker in the Ashkelon Jewish Eye Film Festival!
A Light for Greytowers, the first feature length musical film made for women and girls only, will be making its Israeli premiere at the Jewish Eye World Jewish Film Festival in Ashkelon at noon October 25 and 26! Filmmaker Robin Garbose is planning to attend, along with actresses Rivka Siegel and Nili Gross. The festival will take place at the cinematheque of the International Conference Center of the Ashkelon Academic College, which has allowed the Jewish Eye to use its luxurious halls and state-of-the-art cinema equipment. http://www.jewisheye.org.il/en.html A Light for Greytowers tells the Victorian-era saga of a Russian Jewish girl abandoned in an English orphanage and at the mercy of its tyrannical matron. Based on the much-loved young adult novel by the same name, Greytowers is a work of art from a community that until now has not had a cinematic voice. To date, nearly 30,000 women and girls have laughed and cried together at screenings in communities around the world. The film’s universal themes such as the strength and confidence mothers can instill in their children through faith and perseverance despite adversity powerfully resonate with people from diverse backgrounds. Filmmaker Robin Saex Garbose, a graduate of Brown University, directed some 45 plays at theatres including Ensemble Studio Theatre, Jewish Repertory Theater, Naked Angels and the Juilliard Theatre Center. She has directed such noted actors as Laura Linney, Jon Tenney, Peter Riegert, Helen Slater, Fisher Stevens, Ricki Lake, Jason Alexander, Gina Gershon, Judd Nelson and the late Bruno Kirby. Television credits include America’s Most Wanted and Head of the Class. She co-wrote the screenplay The Spark, about a Jewish girl’s search for faith, which was selected for the Sundance Institute Writers Lab. Ten years ago, Robin founded the groundbreaking Kol Neshama Performing Arts Conservatory as an effort to provide professional artistic training and performance opportunities for Jewish girls and women in a setting that integrates modest dress, kosher food and religious values. A Light for Greytowers is an outgrowth of that project. Robin lives in Los Angeles with her husband and producing/writing partner, Levi Yitzhaq, and their children. A Light for Greytowers, which is now in worldwide non-theatrical distribution, is her first of hopefully many more, IY"H! A Light for Greytowers was made in part through a grant from The Jewish Community Foundation.
Article on Elli Meyer, the Founder of “Shomer Shabbat Actors of America”!
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NEW SITE! Kol Me’odecha http://www.zazzle.com/kolmeodecha
Gifts and More – T-shirts and mugs inspired by Art and Music
NEW ALBUM! Malky Giniger: Raindrops
New Solo Album of the spectacular Malky Giniger, songwriter, musician, and director of RATZON, music, dance and theater classes for girls in locations throughout the Northeast. Raindrops has 14 original songs, with arrangements by Leib Yaacov Rigler and Nochi Krohn. Available in all Jewish book stores and through Mostlymusic.com.
NEW ALBUM! Dina Storch - There’s a Place in My Mind: Songs that Speak
Music that speaks to the soul – songs in English. From the composer of “Someday We’ll All be Together,” “Bird of Hope” and “Daddy Dear” comes an all new album! There’s a Place in My Mind: Songs that Speak, with all new original music by Dina Storch. In book stores and Mostlymusic.com. Contact Storch Educational Entertainment Productions dstorch.projectstep@gmail.com.
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Cinema Utopia! Jewish Film Festival in Fresh Meadows, Queens
Utopia Jewish Center: 64-41 Utopia Parkway, 718.461.8347. 2009/2010 (6th year!) Schedule: 1. Saturday Sept, 12, 2009 - "InSight" (all are welcome to stay for Selichot, later in the evening) - We start our season with a powerful Israeli drama. As the sun sets on the day of Yom Kippur 1973, David and Yoel, best friends ever, climb into their tanks heading off to a desperate battle… An unbearable conflict in the soul of a religious young man: why has his own life been chosen by the Almighty, and not his friend's? based on Haim Sabato’s award winning book. 2, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 -"Yoo Hoo, Mrs Goldberg" - From Aviva Kempner, maker of The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, comes this humorous and eye-opening story of television pioneer Gertrude Berg, first Best Actress Emmy in history, and paved the way for women in the entertainment industry. 3. Saturday November 28, 2009 - "Holyland Hardball" - When Boston bagel maker Larry Baras wanted to create a professional baseball league in Israel, his idea was met with dismissal; an engaging account of the dream to bring America 's pastime to the Middle East .4. Saturday December 26, 2009 - "Max Minsky and Me" From Germany comes this dramedy of Jewish teenage angst. Based upon a novel by Holly-Jane Rahlens that earned the prestigious 2003 Deutscher Jugendliteraturprei s as the best young adult novel published in Germany. 5. January 16, 2010 - "The Four Seasons Lodge" - In 2005, New York Times journalist Andrew Jacobs found a group of Holocaust survivors who, since 1979, have spent their summers together at the Four Seasons Lodge. 6. January 30, 2010 – “Rafting To Bombay” - The Laufer family travels to Bombay to tell the story of the father, Nahum, and his mother, who found refuge in the city after they escaped from the Nazis. As the family arrives in Bombay , they find themselves in the midst of the November 2008 terror attacks. All their plans are disrupted... 7. February 13, 2010 -"Perlasca, An Italian Hero" - is a 2002 Italian drama about the real-life hero Giorgio Perlasca, who posed as a Spanish ambassador and tricked Nazi officials to save the lives of five thousand Jews during the Holocaust. 8.. March 6, 2010 - "Two Lives Plus One " We’re back to dramedy, this time from France. This touching tale of female fulfillment is told with Gallic charm and Jewish heart. 9.. May 22, 2010 - "The Beetle" We close our season with a charming documentary from Israel. Director Yishai Orian’s wife, pregnant with their first child, insists he scrap his beloved VW Beetle for a safe family car. A 2008 HotDocs Film Festival Audience Top Ten choice. Special Event [date not set] - Annual Community Kristallnacht Program - "Saved By Deportation" - In 1940, a year before the Nazis started deporting Jews to death camps, Joseph Stalin ordered the deportation of approximately 200,000 Polish Jews from Russian-occupied Eastern Poland to forced labor settlements in the Soviet interior. Re-traces the path Asher and Shyfra Scharf traveled more than 60 years ago from Poland to Siberia to the former Soviet states of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia. This little-known story of survival is both a harrowing adventure and an affirmation of human goodness during a time of great darkness. So mark your calendars for another season of Cinema Utopia, North East Queens' slo-mo Jewish Film Festival at the Utopia Jewish Center (64-41 Utopia Parkway, Fresh Meadows, NY) 718.461.8347
Bureau(art) Jerusalem at the Jerusalem Cinematheque, Nov 4-11
PHOTOGRAPHY http://www.bureauart.com Limited opportunities for sponsors and partners. For more information contact agoldstein@bureauart.com. Current Lineup (final lineup and schedule TBA). See website for more details and updates. Photography: Stefano De Luigi-Cinema Mundi, Seamus Murphy-A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan, Joergen Geerds-Luminous New York, Jocelyn Bain Hogg-Tired of London? Tired of Life, Michael Eastman-Vanishing America, Henrietta Molinaro-Wild Life, Carly Sioux-Over the Bridge, Under the Radar. FILM Aspen SHORTSFEST Directors' Selection (International) with the festival directors, Cook County (United States) with the director. Adela (Philippines) with the director. Zero Bridge (Kashmir), Sorry, Thanks (United States), Carcasses (Canada), Momman's Man (United States)