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SUMMARY:Escape from Pretoria
DESCRIPTION:Australia\, South Africa\, UK 2020\, 106 mins\, English \nDirector Francis Annan\, featuring Daniel Radcliffe\, Daniel Webber\, Ian Hart \nBased on the real-life prison break of two political captives\, this is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa in the late 1970s.  Two white South Africans\, Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee\, are arrested for carrying out anti-apartheid missions. Sentenced to twelve years and eight years respectively\, they are transported to Pretoria Prison where Jenkin plans their daring escape.  In the prison they meet veteran ANC activist Denis Goldberg\, who received a life sentence in 1964 alongside Nelson Mandela for previous work against apartheid. He shows them the ropes but discourages them from trying to escape. \n“The film has something pleasingly traditional about it\, with tense nail-biting moments and touches of The Great Escape and Papillon.” (Peter Bradshaw\, The Guardian) \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/escape-from-pretoria/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,drama,Film Showing,social justice
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240410T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240410T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
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UID:775-1712777400-1712782800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:TRACES – Voices of the Second Generation
DESCRIPTION:This fifty-minute documentary film explores the Holocaust’s impact on the children of survivors\, including recorded interviews. They share their families’ true stories and explore the complexities of having Holocaust survivors as parents. It is produced by Tracey Goldring who is founder of Searching for Identity\, an organisation that works with second and third generation of Holocaust survivors in the United States. XXXX \nAfter viewing the film\, Marian Liebmann will lead a discussion\, firstly about the film\, and secondly about the varied experiences of being Second Generation. Marian lives in Bristol and is a longstanding member of DAVAR. Her parents were Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. She coordinates the Bristol and South West Second Generation Group. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/traces-voices-of-the-second-generation/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:holocaust,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240925T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240925T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T204505Z
UID:904-1727294400-1727301600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Shoshana
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on real events\, Shoshana is a romantic/political thriller set in 1930s/early 1940s Palestine. ‘Shoshana Borochov is the real-life figure cutting a dash through Tel Aviv high society in this exciting time of Jewish self-determination and utopian dreaming. She spends her days passionately debating politics at dockside cafes or dodging the bombs and bullets of the Zionist militant group Irgun. Her nights are reserved for conducting a dangerous love affair with a British intelligence officer\, Tom Wilkin …Shoshana clearly defines its own purview\, giving valuable insight into the variance of opinion within the era’s Zionist movement\, while also highlighting the central role of a third player in this fraught and bloody history: British colonialism.’ Ellen Jones\, Feb. 2024\, The Guardian \n \nDirector Michael Winterbottom\, featuring Irina Starshenbaum\, Douglas Booth\nUK 2023\, 119 mins\, English \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/shoshana/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241009T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241009T213000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20240814T175614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T202308Z
UID:896-1728502200-1728509400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Camille Pissarro – Father of Impressionism
DESCRIPTION:Despite being one of the founding members of one the most famous artistic movement of all time\, Camille Pissarro remains less well-known than his associates\, Cézanne\, Monet and Degas. He was the oldest of the Impressionists and the only one to exhibit at all eight of their exhibitions which he helped organise from 1874–86. His central role is all the more remarkable considering his outsider-origins. He was born to French-Jewish parents in the Danish West Indies and was 25 before he settled finally in France. This illustrated talk will look at his life\, his work\, his creative collaborations\, and his legacy. \nKeren Durant is a long-time member and treasurer of the DAVAR committee. Keren has an MA in History of Art from the University of Bristol and has given occasional talks to the Bristol U3A Art Appreciation Group\, DAVAR and Limmud. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/camille-pissarro-father-of-impressionism/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241030T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241030T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20240814T204210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T204312Z
UID:908-1730318400-1730325600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Torch Song Trilogy
DESCRIPTION:DAVAR is thrilled to revisit this poignant 1988 comedy-drama. Adapted by Harvey Fierstein from his Broadway play of the same name\, the film offers an intimate portrayal of fictional female impersonator\, Arnold Beckhoff. From the early 1970s to 1980 (pre-AIDs) we follow the heartbreaks of this lovable drag queen\, who\, as Roger Ebert (1988) writes\, ‘laughs first so that the joke is never on him’. The young Matthew Broderick plays Alan\, the love of Arnold’s life and victim of a violent homophobic attack. Anne Bancroft plays Arnold’s Jewish mother who struggles to come to terms with her son’s homosexuality. Join us in viewing this classic on the big screen now\, while you can.\nDirector Paul Bogart\, featuring Harvey Fierstein\, Anne Bancroft\nUSA 1988\, 120 mins\, English \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/torch-song-trilogy-director-paul-bogart-featuring-harvey-fierstein-anne-bancroft/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241113T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241113T213000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20240814T201909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T201917Z
UID:899-1731526200-1731533400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Life and Times of Eddie Rosner
DESCRIPTION:Driven out by Hitler\, persecuted by Stalin\, Eddie Rosner\, the “Jazzman of the Gulag\,” was a top Jewish bandleader in the Weimar Republic who fled to Poland during the thirties and thence to Russia\, became Stalin’s favourite\, was then imprisoned in a Gulag\, released\, and finally made it back to Berlin\, dying in poverty. Tony will tell you Eddie’s amazing story as well as about his fellow Jewish bandleaders and musicians of that Age who were a part of those terrible years. Along the way will be a few surprises including Marlene Dietrich\, the Red Army Choir\, and Artie Shaw. \nTony Zendle is author of several books on Jewish themes (e.g. ‘The Definitive Guide to Jewish Miscellany and Trivia’) and a regular speaker to Jewish groups such as Milim\, AJR\, JACS etc. Tony is also an occasional contributor to Jewish newspapers\, a member of the Jewish Historical Society of England\, an accredited R&A Golf Referee\, and a keen naïve artist. He was called “a mine of information” by the Jewish Chronicle \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/the-life-and-times-of-eddie-rosner/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241120T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241120T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20240814T205809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T224431Z
UID:912-1732132800-1732140000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Once Upon a Time in Algeria
DESCRIPTION:This film is shown in conjunction with UK Jewish Film Festival 2024\nNOTE – Tickets must be booked via the UKJFF box office \n \nA joyful and nostalgic love letter to the Algiers of his youth\, this enchanting autobiographical family drama recreates the vibrant Mediterranean city of the early 60s. With an ex-French Foreign Legion father who harbours dubious claims to Hungarian nobility\, a beautiful and long-suffering Algerian Jewish mother\, and a closeknit if somewhat shady extended family\, 15-year-old Antoine’s main concern is how to navigate his secret crush on Josette\, the girl in the apartment upstairs. Meanwhile\, Algerian nationalists are eager to rid themselves of their French colonial masters\, and Algeria’s ancient Jewish community is finding itself on the losing side of an increasingly dangerous and violent struggle. \nFrance 2023\, 128 mins\, French with English subtitles\nDirector Alexandre Arcady\nGenre Comedy-Drama \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/once-upon-a-time-in-algeria/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241127T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241127T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20240814T211625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T224519Z
UID:925-1732737600-1732744800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Spoils
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis film is shown in conjunction with UK Jewish Film Festival 2024\nNOTE – Tickets must be booked via the UKJFF box office \n \nOwnership\, history and morality are the poignant themes tackled here in relation to the restitution of art looted by the Nazis and the ongoing crises in the art world. Amongst a number of contemporary scandals\, the director follows the disputes at the Dusseldorf City Museum where they struggled for over three years to organise an exhibition\,initially planned for 2018\, in honour of Jewish art dealer Max Stern. Expelled from the City following the forced liquidation of his Gallery in 1937\, Stern went on to become the largest art dealer in Canada whilst his heirs have succeeded in becoming the most successful dealers in art restitution in the world. \nCanada 2024\, 105 mins\, English\, German with English subtitles\nDirector Jamie Kastner\nGenre Documentary \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/the-spoils/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241211T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241211T213000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20240814T203037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240902T211052Z
UID:902-1733945400-1733952600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Memoirs of a Pioneering Hebrew Educator: a vanished European heritage and new frontiers in Africa
DESCRIPTION:This talk will trace the extraordinary life and times of Lithuanian born Alexander Levin\, through his 1954 autobiography as a pioneering Hebrew educator across Eastern Europe at the turn of last century and through the inter-war years. Mervyn will share Alexander’s eyewitness experiences\, both of severe discrimination and the delights of now vanished Jewish life and identity\, across Lithuania\, Ukraine\, Belarus and Russia. The fascinating memoir achieved a wider audience when translated into English only 5 years ago. The family emigrated to South Africa in 1928 where Alexander became the founding Principal of the first Jewish day school in South Africa. Mervyn recently travelled to Lithuania to retrace Alexander’s footsteps and will share his experiences. The learnings have relevance today\, both in the context of the Holocaust and current geopolitical conflict in the Region. \nMervyn Levin is Alexander’s South African born grandson. He has a first-class Honours degree in Political Science from the University of Cape Town. Like his grandfather who escaped military service from Lithuania to Ukraine\, Mervyn became a refugee in the UK\, also by avoiding conscription\, at the height of the apartheid era. His international career spans policy\, commercial and research areas\, initially for Reuters and subsequently in policy positions as the UK Government’s first head of Digital Content policy. He has done business in over 40 countries and now lives in Bristol. Remaining active today\, he is also an Honorary Research Fellow in Digital Humanities at University of Sheffield. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/memoirs-of-a-pioneering-hebrew-educator-a-vanished-european-heritage-and-new-frontiers-in-africa/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250129T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250129T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20241221T114623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241221T114623Z
UID:1001-1738180800-1738188000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:One Life
DESCRIPTION:One Life tells the real-life story of the British humanitarian Sir Nicholas Winton’s rescue of over 600 predominantly Jewish children from pre-WW2 Nazi-occupation in Czechoslovakia. Starring Anthony Hopkins as Winton\, the narrative shifts from the 79-year-old’s comfortable retirement to his haunting reminiscence of the mission.  Hailed as the ‘British Schindler\,’ Winton’s crucial role in history is told with ‘simplicity and heartfelt directedness’ (Peter Bradshaw\, The Guardian). A must see if you missed it during its release. \nUK 2023\, 12A\, 109 mins\, English \nDirector James Hawes\, featuring Anthony Hopkins\, Helena Bonham Carter \nFilms start at 8pm (no ads or trailers) \nBook online with Scott Cinema (Orpheus) or purchase tickets at the door. \nOpen to DAVAR members\, friends and public. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/one-life/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250212T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20241221T095855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241221T112740Z
UID:977-1739388600-1739394000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Our House: Stories of the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:  \nLisa Lipman talks to journalist and radio producer Jo Glanville about her BBC radio documentary Our House\, in which she meets Berliners who have  researched the history of the Jewish families who once lived in their homes. Their discoveries are an intimate and moving portrait of lives that were turned upside down and offer a new way of honouring the memory of German Jews who lost everything in the Holocaust. First broadcast on the BBC World Service on Holocaust Memorial Day 2023\, Jo also tracks down the house where her own mother spent part of her childhood and meets one of the last surviving residents\, now living in the UK. It is a revelatory journey\, uncovering forgotten family stories and revealing how the Nazis deprived Jews of the right to live in their own homes. \nJo Glanville regularly produces and presents programmes for BBC Radio 4\, BBC Radio 3 and BBC World Service. Her journalism has been published in the Guardian\, Prospect\, London Review of Books and the New York Times. She is the editor of Looking for an Enemy: eight essays on antisemitism (Short Books/WW Norton) and Qissat: short stories by Palestinian women (Saqi). \nLisa Lipman has been directing and telling stories on popular programmes for the BBC and other channels for the last 30 years. A colleague of Jo’s\, she is very much looking forward to finding out more about how Jo discovered and pursued this story. \nMembers              – free entry \nFriends & Guests – £8.00 at the door \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/our-house-stories-of-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250226T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250226T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20241221T114411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241221T114604Z
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SUMMARY:Kidnapped
DESCRIPTION:Another film based on a true story\, Kidnapped is a historical drama that uncovers an uncomfortable tale of antisemitism and child abuse at the hands of the Catholic church. It is Bologna\,1858\, when the six-year-old Jewish boy\, Edgardo Mortara\, is taken from his family by the Papal States and raised as a Catholic.  What follows is the story of his desperate parents’ fight against the powers of the church for their son’s return. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian writes\, ‘this already looks like a classic.’ \nItaly/France/Germany 2023\, 125 mins\, Italian with English subtitles \nDirector Marco Bellocchio\, featuring Barbara Ronchi\, Fausto Russo Alesi \nFilms start at 8pm (no ads or trailers) \nBook online with Scott Cinema (Orpheus) or purchase tickets at the door. \nOpen to DAVAR members\, friends and public. \n  \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/kidnapped/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250312T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250312T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20241221T105537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241221T110540Z
UID:990-1741807800-1741813200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Circus Jews under National Socialism
DESCRIPTION:  \nTracing their legacies back to the golden age of circus\, this talk charts the successes of the Jewish circus families\, their tours and their specialty acts\, painting a vivid picture of their legacies. Together we will discover their fates\, as people and as businesses\, throughout the years of the Nazi regime. Telling these stories with sensitivity and humour\, the talk includes photos from personal albums\, recorded testimonies\, and personal stories. This historic talk is woven with excerpts from Stav’s show “The Escape Act: A Holocaust Memoir”\, based on one of these stories — that of Irene Danner-Storm\, a Jewish acrobat whose family survived WWII hiding in a German circus. \n Stav Meishar (she/they) is an award-winning performance maker\, interdisciplinary stage artist\, researcher and educator. Their work seeks to intersect history and current affairs by mixing together tools from the worlds of theatre\, circus\, and contemporary performance\, exploring the power of art as an investigative tool for inciting change. As a dedicated historic researcher\, writer and lecturer\, Stav’s research spans their many interests\, intersecting Jewish culture\, circus history and/or queer history. Their research has been presented in academic conferences\, festivals and public events around the world. \nMembers              – Free \nFriends & Guests – £8.00 at the door \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/circus-jews-under-national-socialism/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250326T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250326T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20241221T115406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241221T115406Z
UID:1008-1743019200-1743026400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Small World of Sammy Lee
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Ken Hughes\, who was ‘fascinated by Jews and Jewish culture\,’ The Small World of Sammy Lee ‘is one of the few overt attempts to put British Jewish life on screen’ (Andrew Pulver\, The Guardian\, 2016).  Adapted from an original BBC television play\, this gritty black and white crime film follows hustler and strip club compere\, Sammy Lee (Anthony Newley)\, in a race against time to raise cash to pay a large gambling debt from an all-night card game. Chosen as part of the 2016 London Jewish Film Festival\, this rare charmer is not to be missed. \nUK 1963\, 107 mins\, English \nDirector Ken Hugues\, featuring Anthony Newly\, Julia Foster\, Wilfrid Bramble \nFilms start at 8pm (no ads or trailers) \nBook online with Scott Cinema (Orpheus) or purchase tickets at the door. \nOpen to DAVAR members\, friends and public. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/the-small-world-of-sammy-lee/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250528T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250528T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20241221T110147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250406T172138Z
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SUMMARY:Bella Chagall - a String of Pearls and the Golden Chain
DESCRIPTION:Marc Chagall frequently painted his wife\, Bella; her cultural contribution\, though\, is not so well known. In her two posthumously published works\, the world of her youth\, her Hasidic upbringing in pre-war Vitebsk come to life\, noisily and brightly\, through the eyes of a girl jostling for a better view in the women’s gallery of the synagogue. Escaping Europe in 1940\, her writing is a testimony to that world on the eve of its destruction and represents a turning point in Yiddish literature\, when the memoir would become the most important genre. “Will the busy people of today be able to immerse themselves in her world and her writing?” Marc introduced one of her books\, “will others come along later to take in the scent of her flowers and her art?” This illustrated talk will look at her life\, her work\, and her outstanding contribution to Jewish literature. \nOsian Evans Sharma is a Yiddish language teacher based in the UK. A master’s graduate of UCL\, he has studied Yiddish in London\, Tel Aviv and Berlin\, and taught Yiddish for the Jewish Music Institute\, Leo Baeck College\, Babel’s Blessing and London synagogues. He has written for Forverts\, The Jewish Chronicle\, In Geveb and Leo Baeck College’s Lehrhaus. He is one of the organisers of the annual Yiddish Sof-Vokh UK\, a cinephile and amateur puppeteer. \nMembers              – Free \nFriends & Guests – £8.00 at the door \n  \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/bella-chagall-a-string-of-pearls-and-the-golden-chain/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250910T193000
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UID:1049-1757532600-1757539800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:A Serious Man
DESCRIPTION:USA 2009\, 12A\, 106 mins\, English\, Yiddish \nDirector Joel & Ethan Coen\, featuring Michael Stuhlbarg\, Richard Kind \nAcademy Award-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen return to their comedy roots with this original and darkly humorous story set in Minnesota about one ordinary man’s quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) can’t believe his life – his wife is leaving him for his best friend\, his unemployed brother won’t move off the couch\, someone is threatening his career\, his kids are a mystery and his neighbour is tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all\, Larry consults three different rabbis and their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith\, family\, delinquent behaviour and mortality. ‘The entire script is a mishmash:  funny\, droll\, and anxiety producing\, just like daily life in many Jewish families’ Ed Koch. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/a-serious-man/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250917T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250917T210000
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UID:1046-1758137400-1758142800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Elena: A Hand Made Life
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nLives were bent in the furnaces of the twentieth century\, but Granny was unbroken. With a stethoscope\, a jar of herring and a hearing aid occasionally switched on\, she forged an extraordinary life. Dr Elena Zadik ran through the twentieth century without looking back.  A refugee twice before she was 17\, a GP in the NHS from 1948 to her retirement\, Elena was an unintentionally hilarious woman\, often difficult\, always opinionated and deeply resourceful. Her hands were always busy and form the heart of this timely graphic story of the ordinary extraordinary resilience of women.  It brings with it an unfathomable power and richness. Come to this illustrated talk to hear more about Elena’s life and Miriam’s creative journey making this book. \nArt teacher and graphic novelist Miriam Gold lives and works in London\, where she was born. She won a place on the Emerging Writer Programme at the London Library with Elena: A Hand Made Life\, her first book\, a memoir/biography of her maternal grandmother.  An Observer Graphic Novel of the Month\, it was also one of the Guardian‘s best of 2024\, shortlisted for the Wingate Prize and longlisted for a World Illustration Award from the Association of Illustrators. She is currently working on her next book\, also to be published by Jonathan Cape\, a graphic novel set in Budapest in 1956 and London in 2024. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/elena-a-hand-made-life/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251008T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251008T213000
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UID:1075-1759951800-1759959000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Keeping the Faith
DESCRIPTION:Edward Norton\, Ben Stiller\, Jenna Elfman\, Anne Bancroft\, Eli Wallach\nUSA 2000\, 129 mins\, English \nDirector Edward Norton\, featuring Ben Stiller\, Anne Bancroft\, Edward Norton \nIn this romantic comedy\, best friends since childhood\, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York’s Upper West side.  When Anna Reilly\, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful and successful corporate executive\, suddenly returns to the city\, she re-enters both their lives and hearts with a vengeance.  Sparks fly and an unusual and complicated love triangle ensues. \n  \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/keeping-the-faith/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T210000
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CREATED:20250720T154934Z
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UID:1055-1761161400-1761166800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:It's About Time
DESCRIPTION:Why does Easter ‘move about’? And why doesn’t Christmas? Why might Muslims return from the mosque disappointed at the end of Ramadan? Why can you not find out the date of Chinese New Year 2028? Why does February only have 28 days in a normal year? Is the Jewish calendar really unreasonable? In this session\, Clive will explore the variety of calendars from around the world\, drawing from his past experience as editor and compiler of the seminal ‘Calendar of World Religions’ Festivals’. Proposing that calendars are one of the quickest routes to understanding a culture\, Clive will look at a number of calendars in use around the world\, set in context the Jewish calendar and consider whether or not it is one of the most obvious or strangest to be found on the globe. \n \nClive Lawton\, currently CEO of the Commonwealth Jewish Council\, a tribunal Chair for the NHS\, scholar-in-residence at London’s JW3 Jewish cultural centre and a Presiding Justice on the Wiltshire Bench\, became a leading calendrical expert through his work on world religions and their festivals back in the 1980s. With over a dozen books published and several degrees\, most relevant here is a Master’s in Hinduism and Islam from the University of Liverpool. Clive is perhaps best known in the Jewish world as one of the four founders of Limmud and was responsible for its worldwide spread. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/its-about-time/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251112T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251112T213000
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UID:1061-1762975800-1762983000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Captain Guillon – The Cruel Price of Resistance in South West France
DESCRIPTION:This is the story of an ordinary human being who showed remarkable moral and physical courage in demonstrating solidarity and support for Jewish refugees who\, mistakenly\, thought they would be safe from Nazi persecution by fleeing to the “Free Zone” in Southern France. As Captain of the Gendarmerie in Villefranche-de-Rouergue\, Lucien Guillon risked his personal safety and that of his family by issuing visas\, fabricating identity papers and warning Jews of pending roundups. He paid the price of dismissal\, arrest and deportation to Neuenbürg and Ravensbrook concentration camps for his resistance activities.  It was not until 1995 that France formally recognized its role in the roundup and deportation of Jews to Nazi concentration camps. In 2012 President Hollande opened to the public the National Archives of WW2. This study has also benefited from testimonies from family\, survivors\, and archivists at the Neuenbürg Memorial Museum. \n \nHamish Macdonald taught History in Secondary Schools in and around Bristol and worked as an Education Adviser for Bristol Children and Young People’s Service. He also published several history books written for school students. Since 2010 he has lived near Villefranche-de-Rouergue in South West France where he continues to work as an historian and writer. Following his investigation of local and national archives\, and other resources\, he has just completed a biography of a Gendarme who was in the French Resistance during the Second World war. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/captain-guillon-the-cruel-price-of-resistance-in-south-west-france/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T213000
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SUMMARY:UK Jewish Film Festival - Once Upon My Mother / Beshert
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThis UKJFF event presents two films – a main feature film\, Once Upon My Mother and a short film\, Beshert . \nNOTE – Tickets to be booked from UKJFF box office: www.ukjewishfilm.org \n \nOnce Upon My Mother\nDrama | Dir. Ken Scott | 102 mins | France\, 2025 | French with English subtitles \nCelebrating a mother’s love in its most profound form\, and as Jewish tradition dictates\, also its most passionate\, Once Upon My Mother\, based on Roland Perez’s bestselling autobiographical novel\, is an absolute gem of a film: a big-hearted\, colourful\, emotional yet funny portrayal of excessive\, boundless\, parental love\, spanning decades. France\, 1963. Heartbroken to learn that Roland\, her sixth child\, was born with a clubfoot\, Esther Perez\, a Jewish immigrant from Morocco\, refuses to accept her son’s disability\, instead looking for alternative methods — as well as praying for a miracle — that would cure him. Esther remains utterly devoted to her son even after her prayers have been answered\, and well into Roland’s adulthood. Accompanied by a nostalgia-inducing soundtrack of French pop classics — including some by Jewish icon\, Sylvie Vartan (who also appears in the film) –— Once Upon My Mother\, with its indomitable heroine\, is a larger-than-life\, not-to-be-missed\, cinematic experience. \n \nBeshert\nDrama | Dir. Lewis Rose | 15 mins | UK\, 2025\nWritten by Gary Enkin\nProduced by Jason Solomons and Naomi Gryn \nA poignant\, tender drama about a grumpy old man in a Leeds care home and a reluctant Barmitzvah boy — and the unlikely friendship that changes their lives forever. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/uk-jewish-film-festival-details-to-be-confirmed/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251126T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251126T213000
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SUMMARY:UK Jewish Film Festival - Pink Lady / To Fly or Float
DESCRIPTION:This UKJFF event presents two films – a main feature film\, Pink Lady and a short film\, To Fly or Float . \nNOTE – Tickets to be booked from UKJFF box office: www.ukjewishfilm.org \n \nPink Lady\nDrama | Dir. Nir Bergman | 104 mins |  Israel\, Italy\, 2024 | Hebrew with English subtitles \nSet in Jerusalem’s strictly Orthodox community\, this story centres on the marriage of a Haredi couple\, Bati (Nur Fibak — Israeli Film Academy Best Actress nominee for Ahed’s Knee)\, and her husband\, Lazer (Uri Blufarb\, The Stronghold). When Bati discovers that Lazer is being blackmailed with photographs of him with another man\, the couple navigates the community’s attempts to “cure” Lazer of his homosexuality with religious conversion therapy. Seen primarily from Bati’s point of view\, as she attempts to save their marriage despite the ostracisation that she and her family experience\, this film is utterly fascinating as we are drawn into the lives of the central characters. Pink Lady premiered in competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival where it won the Best Director prize for its multiple-award-winning Israeli Director\, Nir Bergman. \n \nTo Fly or Float\nDrama | Dir. Charlotte Peters | 15 mins | UK\, 2025 |\nWritten by and produced by Olivia Maiden\n\nBirmingham\, 1979. An orphaned girl and her estranged uncle try to navigate their grief\, connecting through faith\, and the creation of a kite. \n  \n  \n  \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/uk-jewish-film-festival-details-to-be-confirmed-2/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251210T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251210T213000
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UID:1068-1765395000-1765402200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Yiddish Food Culture: And What About the Taste?
DESCRIPTION:Growing up in Lithuania and Israel before finally settling in England\, where I have lived for more than 30 years\, I ended up with a huge collection of recipes on scraps of paper in five different languages. Many of the dishes I cook today I learnt from my mother and mother-in-law at a time when recipes were transmitted by word of mouth. I have always been passionate about food and cooking\, so in 2022 I wrote a book ‘And What About the Taste?’ to preserve and pass on this Jewish food heritage to my family. It is a domestic cookbook filled with recipes that reflect the seasons\, the religious calendar\, and Yiddish culture. In honouring the Jewish belief that food is a sacred focus of family life\, the book is full of anecdotes about the people and places associated with the dishes. In this talk I will share many of these stories and recipes and hopefully encourage others to participate with their own memories from home. \n \nDr Sima Beeri was born in Lithuania\, where Yiddish was her first language. As a teenager\, she moved to Israel and eventually settled in London. Sima has a PhD from University College London (UCL) where she taught Yiddish culture and language. She recently retired from university but still teaches privately and at Ot Azoy\, a Yiddish summer school in London. Sima has published two books and is working on her third. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/yiddish-food-culture-and-what-about-the-taste/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260128T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260128T213000
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UID:1152-1769628600-1769635800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Last Musician of Auschwitz
DESCRIPTION:Last Musician of Auschwitz \nUK 2025\, 90 mins\, English \nDirector Toby Trackman\, featuring Anita Lasker-Wallfisch \nHow can there be music in the worst place in the world? Told through the words of victims of the camp who played and created music during the terrors of the Holocaust\, this film shows how music could be a lifeline\, a way to give testimony and even a way to resist. Woven throughout are new interpretations of musical works written by victims of the camp\, mainly filmed at resonant locations in the environs of Auschwitz. Between them\, they touch on themes of loss\, longing and cultural memory\, and address head on the barbaric and murderous regime at Auschwitz.  Toby Trackman’s landmark theatrical feature documentary The Last Musician of Auschwitz was a centrepiece of the BBC’s commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp and is currently touring the worldwide festival circuit. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/last-musician-of-auschwitz/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,music
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260211T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260211T213000
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SUMMARY:The making of the Last Musician of Auschwitz
DESCRIPTION:The making of the Last Musician of Auschwitz \nToby Trackman • London \nThe Last Musician of Auschwitz is a complex\, powerful film which uses the surprising existence of music in the camp to explore the role of art in preserving a sense of humanity in the face of the most terrible violations.  Director of the film\, Toby Trackman\, will be sharing his deeply personal experience of making the film\, revealing the emotional\, moral and creative challenges that staging musical performances in Auschwitz involve. He will talk through how the film came to be\, share powerfully moving moments from the making of it\, and reflect on how the film has been received in today’s tense and uncertain atmosphere. \n \nRaised in Bristol\, Toby Trackman is an award-winning documentary director\, with a career spanning over 20 years. Known for his beautifully crafted cinematic approach\, he brings creative ambition and compelling storytelling to every project\, whether that’s with A-list superstars such Elton John and Dua Lipa\, or with contributors in the most sensitive of situations\, such as in his films double Grierson award winning film Stabbed and Life and Death in Chicago\, which both explored the trauma left behind by violent crime. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/the-making-of-the-last-musician-of-auschwitz/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:history,holocaust,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260225T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260225T213000
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CREATED:20260102T064837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T071607Z
UID:1154-1772047800-1772055000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Golda
DESCRIPTION:Golda \nUSA/UK 2023\,100 mins\, English \nDirector Guy Nattiv\, featuring Helen Mirren\, Liev Schreiber \nSet during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973\, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction.  She must navigate overwhelming odds\, a sceptical cabinet and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger\, with millions of lives in the balance.  Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/golda/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,history
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260311T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260311T213000
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CREATED:20260102T062403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260102T063131Z
UID:1146-1773257400-1773264600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:East End Jewish Life
DESCRIPTION:East End Jewish Life \nVivi Lachs • London \nVivi Lachs will introduce her new book\, East End Jews: Sketches from the London Yiddish Press\, with a lively presentation and performed readings. The book offers an unparalleled view into the life\, labour\, politics and joys of London’s Jewish East End\, from its heyday in the 1890s until the 1950s. These accessible\, often humorously-written sketches capture incisive and sometimes cheeky encounters with challenges and debates of the time. They highlight the complex interactions between Jewish immigrants and their British surroundings\,\nfrom celebrating a new Torah scroll to enlisting in the British army during the First World War without citizenship. They take readers on a journey through local tradition and significant social change\, tracing the ideas and events that impacted the community. \nThe book will be on sale at a 30% launch discount price. \n\nVivi Lachs is a historian of the Jewish East End\, a Yiddish performer\, translator and associate research fellow at University College\, London. She is the co-presenter of the Cockney Yiddish Podcast\, manager of the Great Yiddish Parade\, vice chair of the Yiddish Café Trust and leads tours of the Yiddish East End. She sings and composes tunes for archive London Yiddish songs with the bands Klezmer Klub and Katsha’nes. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/east-end-jewish-life/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:history,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260325T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260325T213000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20260102T065250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260102T065250Z
UID:1157-1774467000-1774474200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Park Avenue
DESCRIPTION:  \nPark Avenue \nUSA 2025\, 105 mins\, English \nDirector Gaby Dellal\, featuring Fiona Shaw\, Katherine Waterston \n  \nFiona Shaw and Katherine Waterston give mesmerising performances in British Jewish director Gaby Dellal’s latest feature Park Avenue. When Charlotte runs away from her controlling husband and isolating life as a rancher\, she returns to the apartment of her mother\, Kit\, in an affluent building on the famed\, titular street. There\, Charlotte rekindles her teenage love\, as well as her volatile relationship with the acerbic Kit\, who has yet to tell her daughter that she is dying. Set against the beautiful backdrop of elegant New York\, Park Avenue is a witty yet tense drama about the turbulence of mother-daughter relationships\, and the reasons we keep secrets from our loved ones. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/park-avenue/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,family
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260415T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260415T213000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20260102T063025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260102T063025Z
UID:1149-1776281400-1776288600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Jewish Christian relationship: parent and child or siblings?
DESCRIPTION:  \nT \nThe Jewish Christian relationship: parent and child or siblings? \nCanon Guy Wilkinson CBE • Bristol \nWhilst the Church of England from 1942 with the formation of the Council of Christians and Jews has issued numerous statements condemning antisemitism\, it was not until 2019 that the C of E’s Faith and Order Commission published its formal guidance on how the C of E’s relationship with Judaism should theologically and practically be understood. ‘God’s Unfailing Word’ states that it should be understood from the perspective that ‘the Christian–Jewish relationship is a gift of God to the Church.’ I will look at the ‘Difficult history’ and the ‘Distinctive relationship’ which it considers. It should be emphasised that although there is an afterword by Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis\, this is not a joint document\, but one which represents the current view of the Church of England. \n \nGuy Wilkinson has worked on aid programmes in Africa\, and in the European Commission in Brussels. He then attended theological college\, was ordained as a priest in the Church of England in 1987 and served in several parishes before becoming Archdeacon of Bradford. He served as the Archbishop of Canterbury’s and C of E’s Inter Religious Affairs Adviser before serving as Inter Faith Adviser to the bishop of Salisbury and now to the bishop of Bristol. He is married to Tessa and they have five children. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/the-jewish-christian-relationship-parent-and-child-or-siblings/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Identity,Talk,Torah
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260429T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260429T213000
DTSTAMP:20260407T161158
CREATED:20260102T065532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260102T065532Z
UID:1159-1777491000-1777498200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:A Private Life
DESCRIPTION:A Private Life \nFrance 2025\, 103 mins\, French with English subtitles \nDirector Rebecca Zlotowski\, featuring Jodie Foster\, Daniel Auteuil \n  \nJodie Foster stars as psychiatrist\, Lilian Steiner\, in this gloriously witty and suspenseful\, French detective thriller\, from multi-award-winning director\, Rebecca Zlotowski. When her patient\, Paula Cohen\, unexpectedly commits suicide\, Lilian is accused of overprescribing antidepressants by the widower\, Simon. Suspecting there is more to the case than meets the eye\, she tries to uncover the truth\, assisted by a hypnotist whose methods she despises\, and her charming ophthalmologist ex-husband\, who is eager for a rapprochement with his ex-wife. Intriguing and entertaining\, Zlotowski’s latest movie is a tongue-in-cheek tale with delightful performances from Jodie Foster — speaking impeccable French — and a top-notch cast. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/a-private-life/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,Film Showing
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