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SUMMARY:Remember
DESCRIPTION:Canada/Germany 2015\, 94 mins\, English \nDirector Atom Egoyan featuring Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau \n‘Christopher Plummer puts on a master class in acting\, and his director\, Atom Egoyan\, delivers one in audience manipulation in Remember a psychological thriller featuring that most blood-boiling of plot devices: a Nazi who escaped justice.’ \nMr. Plummer is Zev and Martin Landau plays Max\, fellow residents in an assisted-living complex. Max realizes they were both at Auschwitz. He is the brains and Zev is the brawn\, so to speak\, of a plan Max has hatched to seek vengeance on a concentration camp official who escaped to the United States under a false identity. Max is in a wheelchair\, but he arms Zev and sends him on a cross-country journey to interview four people who could be the missing Nazi\, the hope being that he’ll kill the man once he finds him. But Zev is floating in and out of dementia\, complicating the task and giving Mr. Plummer a chance to turn in a very fine performance.’ (Neil Glezinger\, NY Times review) \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/remember/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film Showing,holocaust
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191212T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20190811T143811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190811T143811Z
UID:363-1576179000-1576184400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Medicine in Ancient Judaism: Why does G-d attempt to kill Moses in Exodus 4?
DESCRIPTION:Directly after the burning bush scene\, G-d inexplicably tries to kill Moses (Exodus 4:24-26). Fortunately\, Moses’ life is saved by Zipporah’s enigmatic “Bridegroom of Blood” ritual. Commentators both ancient and modern have proposed many solutions by filling in the gaps\, proposing reasons such as Moses’ failing courage or procrastination. But what did this episode mean in its original setting? This talk will look at how G-d’s attempt on Moses’ life is better understood in the broader historical context of ancient medicine. In this talk\, Dr Askin will draw upon recent research from her current project\, Medicine in Ancient Israel and Early Judaism\, to explore how and why the Bible’s portrayals of medicine and healing seems so mysterious and distant to us. \nDr Lindsey A. Askin is Lecturer in Jewish Studies\, University of Bristol. She is the author of Scribal Culture in Ben Sira (Brill\, 2018)\, which is based on her doctoral thesis (University of Cambridge\, 2012-16). Her research interests include mental illness and medicine in the Bible and ancient Judaism\, scribal culture and literacy\, Ben Sira\, the Dead Sea Scrolls\, and the Book of Jubilees. \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/medicine-in-ancient-judaism-why-does-g-d-attempt-to-kill-moses-in-exodus-4/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:history,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191127T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191127T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20190811T143416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190811T143416Z
UID:358-1574884800-1574892000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Back to Berlin
DESCRIPTION:Following eleven modern-day Jewish bikers on an epic journey from Tel-Aviv to Berlin\, crossing nine European countries and 4\,500 km in twenty-four days. Their mission\, to deliver the Maccabi torch to Hitler’s infamous 1936 Olympic stadium\, for the opening ceremony of the 2015 European Maccabiah Games. These riders follow in the tracks of the early 1930s’ bikers who set out from Tel Aviv to all corners of Europe.  En route\, each country holds a chilling resonance for our motor-cycling Holocaust survivors\, descendants of survivors and the grandson of a 1930s Maccabiah Rider. Stories of defiance and survival are revealed\, as well as those of horrifying tragedy.  As resurgent populism and anti-Semitism once again rear their ugly heads\, this film brings an important message through the voice of those who have been personally affected by one of the darkest pages in human history. This isn’t simply a “Jewish” story. It is the story of people overcoming the worst from fellow man to restate our common humanity. \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/back-to-berlin/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film Showing,holocaust
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191114T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20190811T142920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190811T142920Z
UID:355-1573759800-1573765200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Here I am; Capturing the Stories of the South Wales Jewish Community
DESCRIPTION:There have been two projects in Cardiff over the last 10 years that have used oral history to capture the stories of the Cardiff Jewish community\, as well as preserving written records. The talk will look at how we went about it and some of the advantages of oral history\, and will give some fascinating snippets from the stories people had to tell. It will also look at what we learnt about identity and belonging and the diversity of experience of the community\, from the last Barmitzvah in a synagogue in Cologne ten days before Kristallnacht to the first Jewish wedding in Kidwelly\, a village in West Wales. \nColin Heyman was involved in the Hineni Oral History project which started the work in 2009 and John Minkes of the Jewish History Association of South Wales has continued the work over the last three years. In our other lives\, Colin is a trainer and facilitator\, John a retired criminologist. Our other joint activity is going to see Cardiff City play \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/here-i-am-capturing-the-stories-of-the-south-wales-jewish-community/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:history,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191030T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191030T220000
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CREATED:20190811T142528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191008T072447Z
UID:352-1572465600-1572472800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:A bag of marbles (un sac de billes)
DESCRIPTION:Last year this film was sold out\, so we are reshowing it. Canadian director Christian Duguay explores the horrors of World War Two from the perspective of two young Jewish boys living in Nazi-occupied France in Un Sac de Billes (A Bag of Marbles). Based on the acclaimed memoirs of the same name by Joseph Joffo\, A Bag of Marbles is a lavishly shot production that is brilliantly acted and is a gut-wrenching reminder of one of history’s darkest chapters. Following the fall of Paris to Nazi Germany during World War II\, brothers Maurice (Batyste Fleurial) and Joseph (Dorian Le Clech) are forced to leave their close-knit Jewish family behind for the free-zone along the French Riviera. \n Despite the grim war scenes and the dark subject matter\, Duguay has created a lavishly shot film that boasts stunning cinematography\, lush locations and beautiful period costumes. The film beautifully balances the high stake tension with some sweet and endearing moments between the two brothers and celebrates their innocence. While the film is a dark reminder of a terrible page in our history\, its heart-warming story reminds us that there are still good people in our darkest moments (modified from Daniele Foti-Cuzzola) \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-bag-of-marbles-un-sac-de-billes-2/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film Showing,history,holocaust
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191010T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191010T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20190811T141839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190811T141839Z
UID:346-1570735800-1570741200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Internment of German Jews on the Isle of Man during World War Two
DESCRIPTION:During the second war German Jews living in Britain were classified as enemy aliens\, and in 1940 many were interned in camps on the Isle of Man. These included  David Memel’s father and father in law\, and David has recently visited the sites of the camps. He will discuss  the historical background to the internments\, and the experiences of internees\, mainly based on the accounts of his family. Despite the loss of freedom\, many interesting experiences resulted\, including living with a famous artist and a lion tamer. \nDavid Memel was chair of Limmud Bristol South West 2018 and is a committee member of Davar. He is a retired GP. \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/internment-of-german-jews-on-the-isle-of-man-during-world-war-two/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:history,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190925T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190925T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20190811T142159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190811T143132Z
UID:349-1569441600-1569448800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Disobedience
DESCRIPTION:The question of whose disobedience\, and what kind of disobedience it is\, are at the heart of this absorbing and moving love story from Chilean director Sebastián Lelio based on the novel by Naomi Alderman. The drama takes place in the Orthodox Jewish community of north London. Weisz is Ronit\, a young photographer evidently living a fashionable and bohemian lifestyle in New York. Out of the blue\, she receives some bad news from back home that her father\, a much-respected rabbi\, has died. Ronit’s return resurrects her past relationships with Dovid (Alessandro Nivola)\, her father’s favourite pupil\, who is now a much admired young rabbi himself. The other is with Esti\, beautifully played by Rachel McAdams\, who was Ronit’s only ally in youthful rebelliousness back in the day. This is a richly satisfying and powerfully acted work. (modified from Peter Bagshaw\, 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/disobedience/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:drama,family,Film Showing
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190409T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190409T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20190105T193204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190105T193204Z
UID:334-1554838200-1554843600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Saudade: A Sephardic journey
DESCRIPTION:  \n10 years ago\, after a series of seemingly disparate coincidences\, Judy Rodrigues began a journey into 300 years of East End London Jewish history\, which led her back through her grandfather’s Sephardic Marrano Jewish roots to Portugal and Northern Spain As an artist\, the histories and stories became part of ‘life being lived’ as they began to permeate\, enrich and expand the poetic metaphors of experience and place through her work. The journey became as much a search for the sense of a lost community\, as that of an individual identity. \n  \nJudy Rodrigues is an artist working in contemporary contexts with a studio at Spike Island\, Bristol. In 2008 she was awarded a residency grant in Mertola\, Portugal followed by an exhibition in Porto. In 2014 she received an Arts Council grant to work in Isle of Wight and exhibited in Dimbola Lodge\, once home of the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. In 2017 she exhibited in Pico Island\, Azores and then worked on a collaborative publication with Portuguese poet Jose Efe. Their book\, In Pico\, will be launched Jan 2019. \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/saudade-a-sephardic-journey/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:art,family,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190327T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190327T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20190105T190842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190105T190842Z
UID:326-1553716800-1553724000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Footnote
DESCRIPTION:  \nProfessor Eliezer Shkolnik\, an elderly Talmudic scholar\, whose long career has never amounted to much\, has always been eclipsed by his middle-aged son – Professor Uriel Shkolnik\, also a Talmudic specialist – who has been showered with all the awards and fellowships that he himself yearned for. The older man must now reconcile himself to being a footnote in his son’s life. Then\, one day\, a sensational piece of news turns everything upside down. Joseph Cedar’s Israeli movie Footnote is a sprightly\, shrewd and ingenious black comedy of middle age and disappointed ambition. (modified from Peter Bradshaw\, Guardian) \n  \nIsrael 2011\, 107 mins\, Hebrew with sub-titles \nDirected by Joseph Cedar and starring Shlomo Bar’aba and Lior Ashkenazi \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/footnote/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190324T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190324T173000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20190105T192321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190105T192321Z
UID:329-1553439600-1553448600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Jewish Influence on the British film industry and screening of The Man Who Got Carter\, a documentary about the Jewish film producer Michael Klinger
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Jewish Influence on the British film industry and screening of The Man Who Got Carter\, a documentary about the Jewish film producer Michael Klinger \n  \nThis event\, part of the Jewish Historical Society’s Jewish History Month\, jointly hosted by JHSE\, Watershed\, UWE and DAVAR will occur at the Watershed. It will provide a unique insight into the potent influence of Jewish entrepreneurs and film-makers on the UK’s film industry.  Prof. Andrew Spicer (UWE) will give an overview of how Jewish exhibitors\, distributors and producers shaped the evolution of the British film industry from its beginning to the present. Film-maker and writer Tony Klinger will introduce the feature-length documentary\, The Man Who Got Carter\, about his father\, Michael Klinger\, a highly successful independent producer from 1960 to the early 1980s whose most famous film was Get Carter (1971). The documentary will be followed by a Q and A session. \n  \nTickets available via Watershed www.watershed.co.uk \nBox Office: 0117 927 5100\, 1 Canons Road\, Harbourside\, Bristol  BS1 5TX \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/the-jewish-influence-on-the-british-film-industry-and-screening-of-the-man-who-got-carter-a-documentary-about-the-jewish-film-producer-michael-klinger/
LOCATION:Watershed\, 1 Canons Road\, Bristol\, BS1 5TX\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190312T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190312T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20190105T190605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190105T190605Z
UID:323-1552419000-1552424400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Women of Valour
DESCRIPTION:  \nAt the heart of growing fundamentalism in the Haredi sector lies the fate of women: rabbis have decreed bans on women driving\, installed modesty patrols\, enforced gender segregation on buses\, and caused women’s faces to be omitted in newspapers and magazines. Whilst Haredi men attempt to render women voiceless and faceless\, mainstream media does little better. Haredi women\, however\, are not all sitting silently in their floor-length clothing locked in their homes despairing their helpless fate.  In a range of texts and genresthese women have been responding to their experiences. In this talk\, Karen will draw on research from her recent book\, Women of Valor\, to highlight the work Haredi women are doing today. \n  \nKaren Skinazi is a senior teaching fellow at the University of Bristol. She has recently published Women of Valor: Orthodox Jewish Troll Fighters\, Crime Writers\, and Rock Stars in Contemporary Literature and Culture. Her writing about literature\, race\, gender\, Jewish culture\, and motherhood has appeared in academic journals and popular papers \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/women-of-valour/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190227T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190227T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20190105T190236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190105T190256Z
UID:319-1551297600-1551304800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:RBG
DESCRIPTION:  \nRBG is a remarkable documentary of the career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg\, which spans several decades\, and how she developed a legal legacy while becoming a pop culture icon.  In the 1970s Ginsburg played a leading role as a legal warrior for women’s rights.  “I ask for no favour for my sex\,” she said\, quoting the abolitionist Sarah Grimké from 1837. “All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” An astonishing woman who at 85\, having already survived bouts of cancer\, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the proverbial survivor. \n  \nUS 2018\, 97 mins\, English \nDirected by Betsy West starring Ruth Bader Ginsburg\, Jane Ginsburg\, Gloria Steinem \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/319/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film Showing,social justice
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190212T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20190105T185928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190105T185928Z
UID:316-1549999800-1550005200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Finding Relly
DESCRIPTION:Rosemary grew up as the daughter of a Czech immigrant in post-war UK and Canada. She was unaware of her father’s Jewish identity and of what really happened to his absent relatives. After her father’s death\, she felt compelled to discover the truth about his family. Tracing her aunt Relly\, who had emigrated to Australia after surviving Auschwitz\, was a significant turning point in her life and her new book Finding Relly is about her journey\, both personal and logistical.Rosemary will also talk about using her book to educate schoolchildren about the Holocaust. \n  \nRosemary Schonfeld toured the world throughout the 1980s with her band Ova.  She is a professional musician and composer based in Devon. She has recorded and produced/co-produced six albums\, co-run a recording studio\, devised a teaching package for percussionists\, and is currently working on a rock opera. She has published an illustrated book of Nonsense Poetry\, Standing on Your Head\, and short stories. \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/finding-relly/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:family,holocaust,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190130T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190130T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20190105T185428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190105T185428Z
UID:311-1548878400-1548885600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:1945
DESCRIPTION:The arrival of two orthodox Jews upsets the wedding day of a rural town clerk’s son in Hungary in 1945. This drama filmed in elegant black and white is from Hungarian director Ferenc Török. It captures the collective guilt of the community who have moved into the homes and taken possession of the property of their former Jewish neighbours forcing them to face culpability and dishonour when challenged by the two men of faith. \n  \nHungary 2017\, 91 mins\, Hungarian with sub-titles (Black and White) \nDirector Ferenc Török with Péter Rudolf and Tamás Szabó Kimme \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/1945/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film Showing,holocaust
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181211T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20180828T210639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T210639Z
UID:292-1544556600-1544562000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Bagel: past\, present and future
DESCRIPTION:  \nIf smoked salmon and cream cheese bring but one thing to mind\, then you are part of a long and fascinating edible history that has brought the roll with a hole from 17th century Poland to the freezers of the modern Anglo-American home. The talk will give a cultural but light-hearted overview of this modest ring-shaped bread that has gained a place in history. \nClarissa Hyman is an award-winning freelance writer\, specialising in all aspects of food and travel taking in producers\, ingredients\, restaurants\, recipes\, food policy and consumer trends\, and she uses food as a means to explore a wider world of culture and history\, art and agriculture.  She contributes to a wide range of newspapers\, magazines and guides\, and is the author of Cucina Siciliana (Conran Octopus 2001)\, The Jewish Kitchen (2003)\, and The Spanish Kitchen (2005).  She has been shortlisted for all of the major cookery writing awards\, and twice has won the Glenfiddich Food Writer of the Year Award.  She contributed the Fruit section of Dorling Kindersley’s Ingredients (2010).  In 2013 Reaktion published her Oranges: A Global History and her next book for Reaktion “Tomatoes: A Global History” will be published in 2019. \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-bagel-past-present-and-future/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181128T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181128T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20180828T210352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T210352Z
UID:288-1543435200-1543442400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:A bag of marbles (un sac de billes)
DESCRIPTION:Canadian director Christian Duguay explores the horrors of World War Two from the perspective of two young Jewish boys living in Nazi-occupied France in Un Sac De Billes (A Bag of Marbles). Based on the acclaimed memoirs of the same name by Joseph Joffo\, A Bag of Marbles is a lavishly shot production that is brilliantly acted and is a gut-wrenching reminder of one of history’s darkest chapters. Following the fall of Paris to Nazi Germany during World War II\, brothers Maurice (Batyste Fleurial) and Joseph (Dorian Le Clech) are forced to leave their close-knit Jewish family behind for the free-zone along the French Riviera. \n Despite the grim war scenes and the dark subject matter\, Duguay has created a lavishly shot film that boasts stunning cinematography\, lush locations and beautiful period costumes. The film beautifully balances the high stake tension with some sweet and endearing moments between the two brothers and celebrates their innocence. While the film is a dark reminder of a horrible page in our history\, its heart-warming story reminds us that there are still good people in our darkest moments (modified from Daniele Foti-Cuzzola) \nFrance 2017\, 113 mins\, French\, German\, Russian\, Yiddish; Director Christian Duguay featuring Batyste Fleurial\, Dorian Le Clech \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/a-bag-of-marbles-un-sac-de-billes/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181113T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181113T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20180828T205551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T210831Z
UID:281-1542137400-1542142800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Belonging and belongings:  Jewish poetry in the UK today
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to be a Jewish poet?  Can a non-Jew\, like Micheal O’Siadhail\, write about the Holocaust? (See The Gossamer Wall\, Bloodaxe 2002).  Maybe the Irish and the Jews have enough in common to be able to immerse themselves in each other’s histories.  Does  a writer and in particular a poet have to belong somewhere before they can write?  Who do their poems belong to?  What part do journals like Jewish Renaissance and the Jewish Quarterly play in keeping alive the identity of Jewish poets and poetry. How important are Jewish poets like Aviva Dautch\, Poet in Residence at the Jewish Museum in London\, who also works with refugees getting them to write poetry? \nLiz Cashdan is a poet and teaches Creative Writing for the Open College of the Arts. She is former Chair of the National Association of Writers in Education. She also teaches Creative Writing for the Folk House in Bristol and in schools.  She is Poetry Editor of Jewish Renaissance and in 1996 won the Jewish Quarterly poetry prize with her historical sequence\, The Tyre-Cairo Letters based on a fragment from the Cairo Geneza   She has an MA in History from Oxford and a PhD in Literature from Sheffield Hallam University.  Her latest collection is Things of Substance: New and Selected Poems (Five Leaves Publications 2013). \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/belonging-and-belongings-jewish-poetry-in-the-uk-today/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:poetry,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181031T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181031T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20180828T210037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T210037Z
UID:285-1541016000-1541023200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Menashe
DESCRIPTION:“Set within the New York Hasidic community in Borough Park\, Brooklyn\, Menashe follows a kind but hapless grocery store clerk trying to maintain custody of his son Rieven after his wife\, Lea\, passes away. Since they live in a tradition-bound culture that requires a mother present in every home\, Rieven is supposed to be adopted by the boy’s strict\, married uncle\, but Menashe’s Rabbi decides to grant him one week to spend with Rieven prior to Lea’s memorial. Their time together creates an emotional moment of father/son bonding as well as offers Menashe a final chance to prove to his skeptical community that he can be a capable parent. \nShot in secret entirely within the Hasidic community depicted in the film\, and one of the only movies to be performed in Yiddish in nearly 70 years\, Menashe is a warm\, life-affirming look at the universal bonds between father and son that also sheds unusual light on a notoriously private community. Based largely on the real life of its Hasidic star Menashe Lustig\, the film is a strikingly authentic and deeply moving portrait of family\, love\, connection\, and community.” (taken from https://a24films.com/films) \nUS 2017\, 81 mins\, Yiddish (subtitled)  Director Joshua Z Weinstein featuring Menashe Lustig\, Ruben Nibroski \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/menashe/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film Showing
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181009T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181009T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20180828T204135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T204135Z
UID:275-1539113400-1539118800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Jews of India
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nDating back to the time of King Solomon\, some of the oldest Jewish communities in the world are to be found in India. In 2016\, Sonia Jackson joined a tour of Indian Jewish sites and synagogues organised by Maidenhead Synagogue and led by Ralphy and Yael Jhirad. She will give an illustrated talk about the synagogues they visited and their social and historical context. \nSonia Jackson is an Emeritus Professor at UCL Institute of Education. She is a past Chair of Davar and continues to have a strong commitment to supporting Jewish cultural life in Bristol and the surrounding area \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-jews-of-india/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:India,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180926T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180926T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20180828T204458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T211102Z
UID:278-1537992000-1537999200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr story
DESCRIPTION:There can hardly be any more extraordinary story from the Hollywood golden age than that of Hedy Lamarr; an assimilated Austrian Jew\, a very beautiful star with a moderate acting talent but an untutored brilliance in science and engineering.. Her tragedy was that she was in the wrong business\, precisely that business that promotes beauty over brains – the movie business. Alexandra Dean’s excellent and important documentary about her is very instructive – a parable of modern sexual politics and assumptions about science. Lamarr was an enigma: a great brain trapped in a silly\, spurious image of glamour\, while her real talent was allowed to wither. A sad but fascinating story. (modified from Peter Bradshaw review) \nThe film has won several awards since being shown at the Tribeca Film Festival\, including a New York Times Critic’s Pick and five audience awards. J. Hoberman named it “one of the ten best films of 2017 \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/bombshell-the-hedy-lamarr-story/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film Showing
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180410T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180410T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20180114T163537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180114T163537Z
UID:253-1523388600-1523394000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Painting Exile: R. B. Kitaj\, Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff
DESCRIPTION:“The novelty of our time [is] that so many individuals have experienced the uprooting and dislocations that have made them expatriate and exiles.” The words of Edward Said encapsulate the widely-held view that exile was emblematic of the modern world. This talk will focus  upon three artists featured in the exhibition ‘Out of Chaos’ at the Laing Art Gallery in 2016-17: Frank Auerbach\, R.B. Kitaj and Leon Kossoff. They were loosely grouped under the label the ‘School of London.’ Focusing especially upon the works featured in the exhibition\, this talk will explore the different ways that exile is represented\, imagined or displaced through each artist’s particular vision; and how that vision might have been shaped by their individual historical circumstances. \nStephen Moonie is a Lecturer in Art History in the Department of Fine Art\, School of Arts and Cultures\, Newcastle University. He is an expert on modernist painting and criticism\, especially in the U.S. during the 1950s and 1960s. He teaches widely across many areas of art history\, and has published on various aspects of modern art and art criticism in recent years. He is currently interested in the legacy of the critical debates of the 1960s and the current role of art criticism. \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/painting-exile-r-b-kitaj-frank-auerbach-and-leon-kossoff/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:art,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180328T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180328T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222435
CREATED:20180114T163229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180114T163229Z
UID:250-1522267200-1522274400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Norman: the moderate rise and fall of a New York fixer
DESCRIPTION:Norman (Richard Gere)\, a New York fixer\, knows the right people and can get things done. When an Israeli dignitary named Eshel (Lior Ashkenazi) comes to the city\, Norman decides to impress the man by buying him some very expensive shoes. It works and he establishes a strong connection to the man\, but a few years later\, when Eshel becomes the Israel prime minister\, Norman can’t communicate with him anymore\, and this threatens to destroy his reputation. \n“Israeli director Cedar impressively creates a complex and intricately detailed portrait of the web of political\, financial\, social and religious affiliations that has everything to do with how the world works. Gere presides over it all with an impressively self-effacing portrait of a man who\, while you wouldn’t want to experience him in real life\, remains fascinating onscreen from beginning to end. Of the countless hustler characters who have driven dramatic films over the decades\, Gere makes this one distinctive and different\, even if there’s no revelation of the entire man.” (Modified from review by Todd McCarthy) \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/norman-the-moderate-rise-and-fall-of-a-new-york-fixer/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180313T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180313T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222436
CREATED:20180114T162955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180114T162955Z
UID:247-1520969400-1520974800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:From Buenos Aires to Bristol - The history of Limmud\, the global Jewish educational  phenomenon
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nWith Bristol holding its first Limmud event in June 2018\, it’s time to hear what makes Limmud so remarkable.  Founded in 1980\, Limmud has spread all over the world\, empowering Jews of every stripe and type to take control of their own learning. It has pioneered modes of participatory leadership and how different Jews can learn and work together while fully respecting their deepest held differences. Still controversial amongst some for its unparalleled approach to inclusion\, there are now Limmud events in over 85 places in 44 countries across the world\, creating new educators\, offering a model for grown up Jewish life everywhere and introducing Jews to each other\, who often lived next door but never spoke. \nClive Lawton is one of the co-Founders of Limmud and served as its first Executive Director for 7 years till 2006 and subsequently as a Senior Consultant. Recognised with an OBE\, Clive is acknowledged as one of the world’s leading Jewish educators as well as an international advisor on the development of educational leadership and issues of diversity. In the early 1990s Clive was responsible for the grant that first established Davar and spoke at its inaugural event. He has been a Headteacher\, Chair of an NHS Hospital Trust\, a governor of the Metropolitan Police\, an advisor to the Home Office on Race Equality issues and a regular on Radio 4’s Thought for the Day. He is currently CEO of the Commonwealth Jewish Council\, a magistrate\, scholar in residence at London’s flagship JW3 Cultural Centre\, and has authored about a dozen books. \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/from-buenos-aires-to-bristol-the-history-of-limmud-the-global-jewish-educational-phenomenon/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180228T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180228T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222436
CREATED:20180114T084003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180114T084003Z
UID:244-1519848000-1519855200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Governess
DESCRIPTION:Set in the 1830s\, the story centres on Rosina da Silva\, the sophisticated eldest daughter of a wealthy Jewish Italian family living in a small enclave of Sephardic London Jews. When her father is murdered on the street and leaves behind numerous debts\, she refuses an arranged marriage to an older suitor\, declaring that she will work to support her family\, even if she has to take to the stage like her aunt\, who is a renowned singer. She decides to use her classical education and advertise her services as a governess\, transforming herself into Mary Blackchurch – a Protestant of partial Italian descent – in order to conceal her heritage. However life becomes complicated as she gets to know Charles Cavendish\, the patriarch of the house\, and his son Henry.  Minnie Driver (Rosina) gives one of her best performances with memorable beauty and the screen presence of a real star. \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-governess/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180213T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180213T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222436
CREATED:20180114T083704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180211T170945Z
UID:241-1518550200-1518555600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:No poetry after Auschwitz
DESCRIPTION:  \nStarting with Theodor Adorno’s much-quoted proposition that ‘After Auschwitz it is barbaric to write poetry’\, this talk will explore the tension between confronting the reality of the Holocaust and responding artistically through the medium of poetry to human experience. By focusing on individual poems by survivors such as Paul Celan and Primo Levi and English-language poets such as Anthony Hecht\, Michael Longley and Carol Ann Duffy\, the talk will tentatively consider how necessary poetry remains in the modern world. Examples of poems will be provided and can be found in the anthology\, “Holocaust Poetry”\, edited by Hilda Schiff. \nPhilip Lyons is a teacher and poet who lives in Bristol. He has taught creative writing and literary studies in a variety of settings\, including universities\, prisons and psychiatric hospitals. Since completing a PhD on Literary and Theological Responses to the Holocaust at the University of Bristol in 1988\, he has also worked in the fields of advice and guidance\, mental health\, and adult education. He is the author of one full-length collection\, “Like It Is” (Poetry Space\, 2011)\, and he has given readings throughout the South West\, including the Wells Festival of Literature and the Thornbury Arts Festival. \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/no-poetry-after-auschwitz/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:holocaust,poetry,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180131T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180131T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222436
CREATED:20180114T083423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180114T083748Z
UID:236-1517428800-1517436000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Zookeepers Wife
DESCRIPTION:Adapted from Diane Ackerman’s 2007 non-fiction book\, the film follows Warsaw zookeepers Jan (Heldenbergh) and Antonina (Chastain) as they risk their lives to save Jewish townspeople from the Nazis by concealing them in their zoo home-turned-pig farm. From the opening scene of almost fairy-tale idyll\, life is transformed by the arrival of the Nazis.  The film contrasts life in the zoo with the neighbouring Warsaw ghetto and the struggles of its inhabitants as well as the partisans. \nThe story of the zookeepers who risked their lives repeatedly throughout the war is an incredibly moving and important story\, in and of itself. Years later\, when asked why they did what they did\, Jan Zabinski answered\, “I only did my duty—if you can save somebody’s life\, it’s your duty to try.” (Sheila O’Malley) \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/the-zookeepers-wife/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film Showing,holocaust
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171212T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222436
CREATED:20170825T065748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170825T065748Z
UID:211-1513107000-1513112400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Kabbalah and Yoga
DESCRIPTION:Yoga is one of at least six Hindu religions as old or older than Judaism. It overlaps through serendipity with the concept of “Adam Kadmon” (original man) in Rabbi Moshe de Leon’s Zohar – published in manuscript form in the late 13th century Castile but attributed by some to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai the 2nd century Talmudic sage. The “Asanas”\, yogic postures\, are the sites of tension and muscular exercise which coincidentally are related to the Kabbalistic “sefirot” (emanations). In Jewish Zoharic mysticism\, these emanations interact with one another to express moral and psychological issues. In a parallel way\, the Yoga positions represent objects\, creatures or roles which also have “Being-related” significance. This talk will also include a demonstration of a various yoga positions. \n  \nMichael Picardie was born and brought up in Johannesburg\, South Africa and was a member of the Liberal party and the Congress of Democrats (sister party to the ANC) and was arrested after the Sharpeville shootings in 1960. He is an actor and author of plays about South Africa (Shades of Brown\, Struggle with the Boer\, Shaloma\, The Zulu and the Zeide). His father Louis passed onto him his knowledge of Indian mysticism\, Hatha Yoga\, a love of the poet Tagore and the writings of Mahatma Ghandi. He has a PhD on theatre studies and taught psychology to Social Workers (1968-86). He currently teaches Kabbalah\, Yoga and Meditation at the Bristol and West Progressive Jewish Congregation. \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/kabbalah-and-yoga/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:kabbalah,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171129T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171129T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222436
CREATED:20170825T065352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170825T065422Z
UID:206-1511985600-1511992800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Denial
DESCRIPTION:In 1996\, the historian Deborah Lipstadt was pursued in the UK courts by the notorious Holocaust denier David Irving\, for calling him a falsifier of history in her book Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory. This movie version of those events\, stars Rachel Weisz as Lipstadt and Timothy Spall as Irving. Weisz plays the professional historian who is astonished to find that people expect her to debate on equal terms with sinister deniers.  Lipstadt retains the solicitor Anthony Julius\, (Andrew Scott)\, who plans a shrewd legal tactic that involves the case being heard in front of a judge\, with no jury\, to minimise Irving’s theatricals. This film\, which reasserts the primacy of truth telling its story with punchy commitment and force\, is a breath of fresh air. (modified Peter Bradshaw\, Guardian) \nUK & US 2016\, 110 mins\, English \nDirector Mike Jackson featuring Rachel Weisz\, Tom Wilkinson\, Timothy Spall \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/denial/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:drama,Film Showing,holocaust
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171114T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222436
CREATED:20170825T065040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170825T065040Z
UID:203-1510687800-1510693200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Putting your local Jewish history on the map: the Bradford experience.
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nBradford in West Yorkshire started attracting Jews as residents as the City’s Wool Trade grew in the 1830s. The community grew as many migrants first from Germany and then from Russia made their homes in Bradford. In 1881 the first synagogue was opened in Bowland Street built by the German Jewish merchants and in 1906 the first Orthodox synagogue was opened. The Bowland Street Synagogue was awarded a grant of £50\,000 in 2011 by the Heritage Lottery Fund for a project entitled ‘Making their Mark’ looking at the roles of Jews in the building of Bradford. The project successfully concluded in 2013\, but the work still carries on\, helping people trace their family histories\, taking tourists round Bradford and acting as a resource for those interested in Jews and Bradford. The talk will look at what was achieved in Bradford and more important lessons for other Jewish Community Projects. \n  \nNigel Grizzard was born in London and moved North to work in Bradford as a Policy Maker for the City Council. Over many years he has been involved with many Jewish Heritage projects in Yorkshire. These include running Jewish Heritage trails in Yorkshire\, lecturing in the UK\, Canada and Israel on Jewish Heritage themes. He currently is involved with a project to document the rescue of the Adeni Jewish community by the British in 1967 and their resettlement in Stamford Hill. \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/putting-your-local-jewish-history-on-the-map-the-bradford-experience/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171025T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171025T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T222436
CREATED:20170825T064752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170825T064752Z
UID:200-1508961600-1508968800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Felix and Meira
DESCRIPTION:  \nUnfolding on snowy sidewalks and beneath overcast skies\, “Felix and Meira” watches ever so closely as a young Hasidic wife and mother is tempted by the quirky charms of a wayward older man. Yet this tenderly observed love story isn’t about religion — or its lack — but about the attraction of difference and the undeniable need to feel alive. That’s something that Meira (Hadas Yaron) clearly longs for; chafing against the restrictions imposed by her Orthodox community\, and weary of being scolded by her bewildered husband\, Shulem (Luzer Twersky).  Though set in present-day Montreal\, this tender romance unfolds like an episode from another century\, paying the sort of careful attention to social boundaries you’d expect to find in a classic forbidden-love novel. It “distinguishes itself through its subtlety and sensitivity\, offering quiet reflection for festival and arthouse audiences”. (Peter Debruge\, Variety) \nCanada 2014\, 105 mins\, English\, Yiddish\, French (sub-titles) \nDirector Maxime Giroux featuring Martin Dubreuil\, Luzer Twersky\, Hadas Yaron \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/felix-and-meira/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:drama,Film Showing
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