2019 Edward & Bernice Wenger Center for the Arts: Randi & Bruce Pergament Jewish Film Festival

EDWARD & BERNICE WENGER CENTER FOR THE ARTS

RUBENSTEIN AUDITORIUM AT SID JACOBSON JCC

516.484.1545

SJJCC.ORG/FILMFESTIVAL

SPONSORS Thank you and todah rabah to our 2019-20 sponsors*

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The Bristal Marilyn & Barry Rubenstein

SILVER

Renee & Adam Haber

BRONZE Bert E. Brodsky, Chairman, BEB Capital Laurel Buchbinder Jill Dee Joe Garten The Jacobson Family Foundation Janet Kroll Lisa & Richard Levine

Marvin & Wendy Natiss The Pelton Family Ellen & Martin Rosenman The Rosenthal Family Foundation Cynthia and Michael Rubinberg Estelle Schlossberg Carol & Arnold Wolowitz

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For sponsorship opportunities, visit sjjcc.org/filmsponsorship

DEAR FILM LOVERS I am so excited to be producing the 26th season of the Edward & Bernice Wenger Center for the Arts - Randi & Bruce Pergament Jewish Film Festival.

For those of you who do not know me, I am Julie Assael, Senior Adult Program Coordinator, and I worked closely with Donna Shulman on this year’s festival.

Our lineup this year features a variety of dramas and documentaries. I look forward to a great season and know you will love the films.

Thank you to our sponsors and all who join us.

See you at the movies!

Best, Julie Assael Senior Adult Program Coordinator A special thank you to Margaret Lowell for her help with planning the Edward & Bernice Wenger Center for the Arts - Randi & Bruce Pergament Jewish Film Festival!

TICKETS Box office opens Wednesday, May 15, 9am Tickets can be purchased 4 ways: Online at sjjcc.org/filmfestival Payment accepted: credit card By phone 516.484.1545 Payment accepted: credit card By mail Sid Jacobson JCC, 300 Forest Drive, East Hills, NY 11548 Payment accepted: check and credit card In person Payment accepted: cash, check and credit card Online reservations preferred. Please note, day of performance tickets can only be purchased if available. Tickets are non-refundable, non-exchangeable, non-transferable, and general admission.

INFORMATION Purchase tickets in advance to avoid disappointment — screenings will sell out!

Free valet parking available from June to August.

Seating is first come, first served. We encourage filmgoers to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to each program. General seating begins 30 minutes before show time. Sponsor seating will be in a designated area toward the front.

Films begin promptly.

All cell phones and other electronic devices inside the auditorium must be turned off during each screening.

Films are not rated and some may contain explicit language and/or violence.

All foreign films have English subtitles.

Please note, the Gezunter CafĂŠ closes at 4pm during the summer.

Sid Jacobson JCC is not responsible for lost or stolen tickets.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT JULIE ASSAEL, SENIOR ADULT PROGRAM COORDINATOR, 516.484.1545 EXT. 134, JASSAEL@SJJCC.ORG

FILMS SHOELACES Wednesday, June 26, 7:30pm • Thursday, June 27, 2pm Director: Jacob Goldswasser | Drama | 90 minutes | Israel | 2018 Hebrew with English subtitles

When Reuben, a father who abandoned his special needs son Gadi at a young age, kidneys begin to fail, Gadi wants to donate one of his own to save his father’s life, but the transplant committee objects to it. Gadi is furious with the decision since he felt like he finally had the chance to do something meaningful and stand on his own, and sets out to fight for his right to save his father’s life.

THE CAKEMAKER Wednesday, July 10, 7:30pm • Thursday, July 11, 2pm Director: Ofir Raul Grazier | Drama | 105 minutes | Germany, Israel | 2017 English, Hebrew and German

German baker Thomas is having an affair with Oren, a married Israeli man. When Oren dies in a car crash in Israel, Thomas travels to Jerusalem under a secret identity in search of answers and the wife and son of his deceased lover.

WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY Wednesday, July 17, 7:30pm • Thursday, July 18, 2pm Director: Roberta Grossman | Documentary | 95 minutes | USA | 2018 English

Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum, a group of journalists, scholars, and community leaders in the Warsaw Ghetto vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda not with guns or fists but with pen and paper. Now, for the first time, their story is told in the documentary featuring the voices of three-time Academy Award® nominee Joan Allen and Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody.

TO PURCHASE TICKETS, VISIT SJJCC.ORG/FILMFESTIVAL

THE MAMBONIKS Wednesday, July 24, 7:30pm • Thursday, July 25, 2pm Director: Lex Gillespie | Documentary | 86 minutes | USA | 2015 Spanish and English with subtitles

In the 1950s, a group of mostly Jewish dancers from New York City fell in love with a dance from Cuba, the mambo, earning them the nickname the mamboniks. This documentary tells the story of how two cultures, Jewish and Latin, met on the dance floor at a time when America was racially segregated and anti-Semitism was commonplace.

ACROSS THE WATERS Wednesday, July 31, 7:30pm • Thursday, August 1, 2pm Director: Nicolor Donato | Drama | 95 minutes | Denmark | 2016 Danish with English subtitles

A Jewish family barely escapes Copenhagen after the Nazis seize control, and they set off to a remote fishing village in the north of the country where they’ve heard local fishermen are ferrying Jews to Sweden. When the Gestapo starts to close in on the refugees, they are forced to put their lives in the hands of strangers. Based on a true story.

THE LAST SUIT Wednesday, August 7, 7:30pm • Thursday, August 8, 2pm Director: Pablo Solarz | Drama | Argentina | 93 minutes | 2017 Spanish, German, Polish, Yiddish with English subtitles

Abraham Bursztein, an aging Jewish tailor, is about to be put out to pasture by his children who have sold his house in Buenos Aires and set him up in a retirement home. A Holocaust survivor, Abraham refuses to bow to their pressure and sets off on a secret one-way trip to Poland where he plans to find the Christian friend who saved him from death at Auschwitz.

TICKET PRICES Passes are valid June-August 2019 Film Pass $50 / members $40* Individual Tickets $10 / members $8* *JCC & Linda & Gerald Marsden Senior Passport Members

UPCOMING EVENTS ISRAELFEST

Celebrate Israel’s birthday with music, activities, food and more!

Free admission and parking. For more information, visit sjjcc.org/israelfest.

At North Hempstead Beach Park 175 West Shore Road, Port Washington Sunday, May 5, 12-4pm

FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE LUNCHEON, A YELLOW ROSE EVENT

Our annual event, honoring Barbara Cooper, raises funds for our adult day program. For more information and to register, visit sjjcc.org/luncheon.

At Old Westbury Golf & Country Club 270 Wheatley Road, Old Westbury Wednesday, June 5

REACH FOR SPRING LUNCHEON

Enjoy an afternoon of fun, food, raffles and entertainment.

At Hendricks Tavern 1305 Old Northern Boulevard, Roslyn Tuesday, June 18, 11:30am

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SHOELACES Wednesday, June 26, 7:30pm

Thursday, June 27, 2pm

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ACROSS THE WATERS Wednesday, July 31, 7:30pm Thursday, August 1, 2pm

THE LAST SUIT Wednesday, August 7, 7:30pm Thursday, August 8, 2pm

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DATES TO REMEMBER BOX OFFICE OPENS Wednesday, May 15, 9am

FILM FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT Wednesday, June 26, 7:30pm TO PURCHASE TICKETS, VISIT SJJCC.ORG/FILMFESTIVAL