Photo from the Film Festival's Underwriter's opening night.
our TOWN BY LINDA BENNETT, BETSY BARANOV AND EMILY BARTELL. PHOTOS COURTESY SDCJC AND BY AARON TRUAX PHOTOGRAPHY
Film Festival
We noticed great attendance for the 27th Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture. Through a very eclectic mix of films on the roster this year we enjoyed “Rosenwald,” “The Essential Link: The Story of Wilfred Israel,” and “Fanny’s Journey.” Among those enjoying the films were, Harvey and Shelly Neiman, Jain Malkin and Gary Watson, Renee Feinswog, Olga and Oscar Worm, Judy Faitek, Nancy Geist, Gordon & Diane Kane, Sharon and Stuart Davidson, Barbara and Bill Sperling and many more.
Options
More than 800 of San Diego’s Jewish women descended on the Manchester Grand Hyatt for Options, the signature women’s philanthropy event of Jewish Federation. This year’s keynote speaker Nancy Spielberg spoke about her past and forthcoming films, including “Above and Beyond” which screened at a previous San Diego Jewish Film Festival.
MIDDLE ROW, L-R: Jenna Zetisky and Brooke Klein • Raquel Benguiat, Stacy Soefer, Simone Abelsohn and Kira Finkenberg FRONT ROW, L-R• Golda Akhgarnia and Stephanie Nisan • Nina Rabin and Jacki Reichenbach.
18 SDJewishJournal.com l March 2017