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 … Continue reading Memoirs of a Pioneering Hebrew Educator: a vanished European heritage and new frontiers in Africa
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 … Continue reading One Life
Lisa 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 … Continue reading Our House: Stories of the Holocaust
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, … Continue reading Kidnapped
Tracing 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 … Continue reading Circus Jews under National Socialism
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 … Continue reading The Small World of Sammy Lee
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 … Continue reading Bella Chagall – a String of Pearls and the Golden Chain
USA 2009, 12A, 106 mins, English, Yiddish Director Joel & Ethan Coen, featuring Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind Academy Award-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen return to their comedy roots with … Continue reading A Serious Man
Lives 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 … Continue reading Elena: A Hand Made Life
Edward Norton, Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman, Anne Bancroft, Eli Wallach USA 2000, 129 mins, English Director Edward Norton, featuring Ben Stiller, Anne Bancroft, Edward Norton In this romantic comedy, best … Continue reading Keeping the Faith
If you have an event relating to Jewish culture or relevant to DAVAR members that you would like us to publicise, please email us at info@davarbristol.co.uk.