Ernest Bloch: more than a Jewish composer
Redland Quaker Meeting House 126 Hampton Road , Bristol, United KingdomYoav Ben-Shlomo • Bristol Ernest Bloch, though not a religious Jew, is probably the most famous Jewish composer of the twentieth century. Born in Geneva in 1880, he studied in Brussels, Frankfurt, Munich and Paris before creating his “Jewish cycle” and ended his life in the USA. However, he also composed other important musical works including … Continue reading Ernest Bloch: more than a Jewish composer
Yentl
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomYentl is an American romantic musical drama film directed, co-written, co-produced, and starring American entertainer Barbra Streisand. It is based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story ‘Yentl the Yeshiva Boy’. The film incorporates humour and music to tell the story of an Ashkenazi Jewish girl in Poland who decides to dress and live like a boy so that she can receive an education in Talmudic Law after … Continue reading Yentl
A Land of Milk and Mufletta: what Israeli food says about Israeli culture
Redland Quaker Meeting House 126 Hampton Road , Bristol, United KingdomJoel Harber • Jerusalem Israeli chefs have recently conquered the culinary world, but what about all those foods they left behind at home? What do these dishes say about Israel itself? From falafel to petitim, meurav Yerushalmi to mufleta, Joel will reveal the culture behind the distinctive foods that make Israel so deliciously... Israeli. Joel Haber … Continue reading A Land of Milk and Mufletta: what Israeli food says about Israeli culture
Radio Days
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomDirector Woody Allen, featuring Diane Keaton, Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels Radio Days is an American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, who also narrates. The film looks back on an American family's life during the Golden Age of Radio using both music and memories to tell the story. It stars an ensemble cast. The film's soundtrack, which features songs from … Continue reading Radio Days
The state of Yiddish in the 21st Century
Redland Quaker Meeting House 126 Hampton Road , Bristol, United KingdomIzzy Posen • London Following the extermination of Europe’s Yiddish speaking Jewry in the holocaust and the assimilation of the remaining Yiddish speaking American Jews, many have considered Yiddish a dying language. But in fact, an estimated half a million native speakers of Yiddish currently live in Israel, North America, Europe and Australia and … Continue reading The state of Yiddish in the 21st Century
Final Account
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomClick here for film trailer Over a decade in the making, the film raises questions about authority, conformity, complicity and perpetration, national identity, and responsibility, as men and women ranging from former SS members to civilians in never-before-seen interviews reckon with – in very different ways – their memories, perceptions and personal appraisals of their … Continue reading Final Account
Jews and the Law in Medieval England
Redland Quaker Meeting House 126 Hampton Road , Bristol, United KingdomEngland’s first known Jewish inhabitants came from Normandy soon after the Norman Conquest and by the end of the twelfth century the community in England had been granted a right of residence and a right of free movement plus a substantial degree of autonomy in intra-communal disputes by king Henry II and his sons Richard … Continue reading Jews and the Law in Medieval England
Shiva Baby
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomClick here for film trailer Based on Seligman’s short story of the same name, Shiva Baby follows college student Danielle as she is faced with a series of awkward encounters at a day-long shiva, a Jewish gathering during a time of mourning. Amongst overbearing relatives, she is rattled by the appearance of an ex-girlfriend and … Continue reading Shiva Baby
The dilemmas of diversity: How do we show what a Jew looks like?
Redland Quaker Meeting House 126 Hampton Road , Bristol, United KingdomEarlier this year, Keith Kahn-Harris published a book called What does a Jew look like?, a collaboration with the photographer Rob Stothard. The book tries to challenge the use of stock photos of strictly orthodox Jews in the British media, by presenting portraits that capture the diversity of British Jews. But demonstrating diversity carries its own … Continue reading The dilemmas of diversity: How do we show what a Jew looks like?
Perfect Strangers
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomClick here for film trailer Seven lifelong friends – three couples and a newly divorced man – meet for dinner on the night of a rare lunar eclipse. In order to spice things up, they decide to play a game: every text message received is read out loud, and every incoming call answered on speaker. … Continue reading Perfect Strangers
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