Magen David Sephardic Congregation in cooperation with the Embassy of Israel and with the support of the Sally and Irving Korobkin Education Fund
Present “CINEMA EGYPT” Screening and discussion with filmmaker Rami Kimchi March 8, 2017 (Wednesday) at 7PM Magen David Sephardic Congregation 11215 Woodglen Drive Rockville, MD 20852 The film illustrates the experience of Mizrahi (non-European) Jews who immigrated to Israel from Arab lands in the 1950s by focusing on the life story of Henriette, the filmmaker’s mother. “Cinema Egypt” explores the effects of displacement and cultural estrangement. The film is interspersed with scenes from the Egyptian classic “Leila, The Village Girl.” Rami Kimchi is an Israeli culture critic and filmmaker. His films include Galia’s Wedding, Travels with My Brother, Father Language and Night of Fools. His main research interests are Israeli cinema, modern Hebrew literature, Yiddish literature, Palestinian and Near Eastern cinema. He is the author of “The Israeli Shtetls – Bourekas Films and Yiddish Literature” (2012). The film is in Hebrew, Arabic, and Ladino with English subtitles. Program is open to the public (a contribution of $5 is appreciated) For more information, contact Andrea: 301-770-6818, [email protected] __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
