Category: Culture/Tradition

Queer @ Jewish International Film Festival 2012

The 2102 Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) has a couple of Queer offerings.

‘Dead Europe‘

‘Yossi‘

Living Jewishly: A snapshot of a generation

Living Jewishly: A snapshot of a generation.

“Living Jewishly: A Snapshot of a Generation,” an at-times poignant, humorous, challenging and reaffirming collection of personal essays by Jewish 20- and 30-somethings, has just been published by Academic Studies Press.
Edited by Oy!Chicago blogger-in-chief and JUF digital communications manager Stefanie Pervos Bregman, the anthology probes a wide range of topics, including Orthodox dating; same-sex, interfaith relationships; discovering personal Jewish identity; connection — or lack thereof — to Israel; conversion; and what it means to be a young Jew in America today.
“At once confrontational, comforting and hilarious, this is the definitive ‘Who am I? and why am I?’ book for Jews of our generation,” actress and author Mayim Bialik said.

‘Melting Away’ at AICE Israeli Film Festival 2012

AICE Israeli Film Festival 2012

[ Note: sessions dates/times are available here and on the ticket purchase page ]

MELTING AWAY| Namess Ba’Geshem (18+)

Festival Dates: 15 August, 2012 – 9 September, 2012
Participating Cinemas: Palace Nova Eastend, Palace Centro, Palace Cinema Como, Palace Verona, Palace Brighton Bay

Drama, Israel/Canada 2011 (86 mins)

Hebrew with English subtitles

Director: Doron Eran
Starring: Chen Yanni, Limor Goldstein, Ami Weinberg
Festivals: Tel Aviv, Montpelier, Nouveau Cinema Canada, Boston
Awards: Breakthrough Performance (Tel Aviv): Festival Award (IMAJ Festival, Belgium): Audience Award (Athens OutView)

The discovery of women’s clothing in his son’s bedroom is too much for Shlomo. With the silent consent of wife Gallia, Assaf is banished from the family home.