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SUMMARY:Yentl
DESCRIPTION:  \nYentl is an American romantic musical drama film directed\, co-written\, co-produced\, and starring American entertainer Barbra Streisand. It is based on Isaac Bashevis Singer‘s short story ‘Yentl the Yeshiva Boy’. The film incorporates humour and music to tell the story of an Ashkenazi Jewish girl in Poland who decides to dress and live like a boy so that she can receive an education in Talmudic Law after her father dies. The film’s musical score and songs were composed by Michel Legrand.  The film received the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score and the Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy and Best Director for Streisand\, making her the first woman to have won Best Director at the Golden Globes. \n‘The best thing about Yentl is its earnestness. It may resemble a vanity production from afar but even at its kitschiest it seems to be heartfelt’ (Janet Maslin\, NY Times) \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/yentl/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film Showing
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220310T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220310T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222506
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SUMMARY:A Land of Milk and Mufletta: what Israeli food says about Israeli culture
DESCRIPTION:Joel Harber • Jerusalem \nIsraeli chefs have recently conquered the culinary world\, but what about all those foods they left behind at home? What do these dishes say about Israel itself? From falafel to petitim\, meurav Yerushalmi to mufleta\, Joel will reveal the culture behind the distinctive foods that make Israel so deliciously… Israeli. \nJoel Haber researches\, writes about and lectures on the topic of Jewish food history\, with a focus on understanding Jewish culture and history via its foods. His writing appears on his blog (www.tasteofjew.com) along with articles in such publications as The Nosher\, Tradition and The Jewish Journal. He has spoken widely to hundreds of attendees\, in both online and in-person venues in multiple countries.  Joel is currently writing a book that examines Shabbat stews from around the world\, using them as a way of tracing the routes of Jewish migrations throughout history.  Additionally\, Joel has worked as a licensed tour guide in Israel for nearly a decade. His most popular single tour is a culinary tasting and history tour in Jerusalem’s famous outdoor market\, Shuk Machane Yehuda. Joel was born and raised in New Jersey\, lived for many years in both New York City and Los Angeles\, and immigrated to Israel in March 2009. He is proud to live in the special city of Jerusalem. \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-land-of-milk-and-mufletta-what-israeli-food-says-about-israeli-culture/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Jewish food,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220330T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220330T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222506
CREATED:20220110T092907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220110T092924Z
UID:621-1648670400-1648677600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Radio Days
DESCRIPTION:Director Woody Allen\, featuring Diane Keaton\, Mia Farrow\, Jeff Daniels \nRadio Days is an American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen\, who also narrates. The film looks back on an American family’s life during the Golden Age of Radio using both music and memories to tell the story. It stars an ensemble cast. \nThe film’s soundtrack\, which features songs from the 1930s and 40s\, plays an integral part in the plot. It was released on cassette and compact disc in 1987 and includes tracks by Glenn Miller\, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington. \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/621/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,Comedy,Film Showing
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220414T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220414T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222506
CREATED:20220110T093231Z
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SUMMARY:The state of Yiddish in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:  \nIzzy Posen • London \nFollowing the extermination of Europe’s Yiddish speaking Jewry in the holocaust and the assimilation of the remaining Yiddish speaking American Jews\, many have considered Yiddish a dying language. But in fact\, an estimated half a million native speakers of Yiddish currently live in Israel\, North America\, Europe and Australia and this is a young demographic with a high birth-rate and high language-retention rates. These are the Chassidic Jews\, both romanticised and othered in equal measure by the wider Jewish community due to their highly insular lifestyle. Yiddish is not dead. Far from it. A highly productive and prodigious cultural Yiddish scene is flourishing in these communities\, with all genres of literature\, lyrical music and theatrical production. Yiddish is also the language of daily business\, community affairs and home-running. In this talk we will sample some of this rich yet little-known culture\, to experience a taste of Yiddish in the 21st century. \nIzzy Posen grew up in the Chassidic community of Stamford Hill\, London\, where he received a classical Jewish education in the esteemed yeshivas of Europe. He then went on to study physics and philosophy at the University of Bristol and graduated with a master’s degree in 2021. Izzy has been researching and lecturing about the Chassidic community and the Yiddish language for many years\, as well as talking and writing about his experiences within the community and beyond. Izzy is also a professional English-Yiddish translator. \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-state-of-yiddish-in-the-21st-century/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220928T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220928T220000
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UID:669-1664395200-1664402400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Final Account
DESCRIPTION:Click here for film trailer \nOver a decade in the making\, the film raises questions about authority\, conformity\, complicity and perpetration\, national identity\, and responsibility\, as men and women ranging from former SS members to civilians in never-before-seen interviews reckon with – in very different ways – their memories\, perceptions and personal appraisals of their own roles in the Nazi war crimes. \n‘Holland was diagnosed with cancer while working on this project and he died shortly after its completion. He leaves behind a simple\, unadorned study of everyday evil\, one which balances eye-witness accounts with archive footage and wintry location shots of mountains\, forests and leaf-blown railway tracks. Explicitly\, his film shows how a hundred shades of grey combine to make a darkness. Implicitly\, it warns that it could well happen again.’ (Xan Brooks\, Guardian). \nUK/USA 2020\, 90 mins\, German (English subtitles)\nDirector Luke Holland \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/final-account/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221013T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221013T210000
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SUMMARY:Jews and the Law in Medieval England
DESCRIPTION:England’s first known Jewish inhabitants came from Normandy soon after the Norman Conquest and by the end of the twelfth century the community in England had been granted a right of residence and a right of free movement plus a substantial degree of autonomy in intra-communal disputes by king Henry II and his sons Richard and John. From the late twelfth century onwards there survives a substantial volume of royal legislation relating to the community. Its main focus was on controlling the money-lending activity of individual Jews both in the interests of the Crown and individual Christian debtors until a statute of 1275 prohibited any future lending at interest. Other legislation echoed contemporary ecclesiastical legislation limiting social contact between Christians and Jews. The end of the medieval community came with the Expulsion of 1290 after which only a handful of Jews remained in England\, those who had converted to Christianity\, many of them living in the House of Converts in Chancery Lane in London. \nPaul Brand is an Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College in Oxford where he was a Senior Research Fellow from 1999 to 2014. He is a medieval legal historian and the author of The Origins of the English Legal Profession and The Making of the Common Law both published in 1992 and Kings\, Barons and Justices: The Making and Enforcement of Legislation in Thirteenth-Century England in 2003. He is editor of four volumes of The Earliest English Law Reports for the Selden Society and volume VI of Plea Rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews. He lives in retirement in rural south Warwickshire. \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/jews-and-the-law-in-medieval-england/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:history,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221026T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221026T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222506
CREATED:20220915T095031Z
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UID:671-1666814400-1666821600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Shiva Baby
DESCRIPTION:Click here for film trailer \nBased on Seligman’s short story of the same name\, Shiva Baby follows college student Danielle as she is faced with a series of awkward encounters at a day-long shiva\, a Jewish gathering during a time of mourning. Amongst overbearing relatives\, she is rattled by the appearance of an ex-girlfriend and of her secret sugar daddy\, who unexpectedly arrives with his wife and baby. \n‘Seligman has given us an impressively grown-up and commendably well-acted comedy full of brilliant twists and turns and populated with some hilariously erratic and neurosis-driven characters.’ (Linda Marric\, Jewish Chronicle). \nUSA/Canada 2020\, 78 mins\, English\nDirector Emma Seligman\, featuring Rachel Sennott\, Fred Melamed\, Polly Draper \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/shiva-baby/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,Comedy
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222506
CREATED:20220915T094147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220915T094147Z
UID:665-1668108600-1668114000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The dilemmas of diversity: How do we show what a Jew looks like?
DESCRIPTION:Earlier this year\, Keith Kahn-Harris published a book called What does a Jew look like?\, a collaboration with the photographer Rob Stothard. The book tries to challenge the use of stock photos of strictly orthodox Jews in the British media\, by presenting portraits that capture the diversity of British Jews. But demonstrating diversity carries its own dilemmas. In this talk Keith Kahn-Harris will explore the challenges in explaining Jewish diversity to the wider world. \nKeith Kahn-Harris is a writer and sociologist. He is a senior lecturer at Leo Baeck College and a Fellow of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. What does a Jew look like? is his eighth book. \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-dilemmas-of-diversity-how-do-we-show-what-a-jew-looks-like/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Identity,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221116T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221116T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222506
CREATED:20220915T095828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220916T144932Z
UID:676-1668628800-1668636000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Perfect Strangers
DESCRIPTION:Click here for film trailer \nSeven lifelong friends – three couples and a newly divorced man – meet for dinner on the night of a rare lunar eclipse. In order to spice things up\, they decide to play a game: every text message received is read out loud\, and every incoming call answered on speaker. As the night progresses\, secrets and lies – about infidelities\, money problems\, and mental wellbeing – are being exposed\, leaving the once close-knit group completely shattered. Based on the Italian international hit film of the same name\, Israeli actor Lior Ashkenazi’s deliciously toxic debut feature as director asks how well we really know those closest to us\, and whether honesty is indeed the best policy. \nWarning: Film contains strong language and sexual references. \nIsrael 2021\, 95 mins\, Hebrew (English subtitles)\nDirector Lior Ashkenazi\, featuring Avi Grainik\, Moran Atias\, Rotem Abuhav \nDAVAR is delighted to be showing Perfect Strangers in conjunction with UK Jewish Film Festival 2022 https://ukjewishfilm.org/ \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/perfect-strangers/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,Comedy,Israeli move
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221208T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222506
CREATED:20220915T094402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220915T094402Z
UID:667-1670527800-1670533200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Jewish Women's Comics: Bodies and Bibles
DESCRIPTION:Charlotte Salomon\, Aline Kominsky Crumb\, Sharon Rudahl\, and Miriam Libicki\, just some of the names of the maverick Jewish women who have transformed the world of autobiographical graphic narratives. They have challenged the traditional rubrics of comics making\, and found authentic drawing styles and voices on their pages. In this talk I will introduce the artists and artworks that have inspired me as I produced The Book of Sarah\, my autobiographical graphic novel distilled from thousands of diary drawings begun in my parents’ garden shed back in 1996. My book is structured like an alternative bible as I chart my movement away from the religious lifestyle I followed as a teenager and find a feminist Jewish identity. Tracing my experiences of family\, motherhood and mental health\, I also critique the patriarchal cannon of art history and bring forth the sidelined\, silenced women of great master paintings. This talk contains adult material\, and trigger topics including: miscarriages\, mental health and maternity. \nSarah Lightman is an artist and writer and Faculty at The Royal Drawing School\, London.  She attended the Slade School of Art for her BA and MFA\, University of Glasgow for her PhD and was an Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck\, University of London (2018-2021). She edited the award-winning Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews (McFarland 2014)\, published The Book of Sarah (Myriad Editions and Penn State UP 2019) and co-edited Jewish Women in Comics: Bodies and Borders (Syracuse UP 2022). \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/jewish-womens-comics-bodies-and-bibles/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:art,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230125T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230125T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222506
CREATED:20230112T141852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T141852Z
UID:687-1674675000-1674680400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Jews and Jazz: a melting pot of identities
DESCRIPTION:What has Charlie Parker’s classic bebop tune ‘Anthropology’ got to do with George Gershwin? What was the role of Jewish composers in establishing the great American Song Book and how did this establish mainstream jazz standards? How does the Freygish scale found in klezmer music relate to the Phyrgian dominant mode used in minor 2-5-1 Jazz chords? \nJewish composers\, musicians\, producers and club owners played a major role in the establishment of the American Jazz scene. One possible reason for this is that Jews used jazz to construct three identities: to become more American\, to emphasize their minority status\, and to become more Jewish. Today a wealth of Israeli musicians is influencing the modern Jazz scene with their own Sephardic and Mizrachi musical flavours. This talk will provide plenty of musical examples and does not require any knowledge of jazz but a willingness to listen with open-minded ears. \nYoav Ben-Shlomo is a lover of music\, including classical\, jazz and klezmer as well as helping run DAVAR on the side. He is neither a professional musician\, still mastering jazz flute and saxophone\, or a Jazz historian\, but he loves to share his knowledge and passion of music. \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/jews-and-jazz-a-melting-pot-of-identities/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:music,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230208T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230208T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20230112T142634Z
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UID:707-1675886400-1675893600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Armageddon Time
DESCRIPTION:1980\, Queens New York City. Aspiring artist Jewish-American Paul\, the youngest son of the Graff family\, is on the cusp of adolescence. Struggling to fit in at school\, he finds solace in his close relationship with his beloved grandfather (the wonderful Anthony Hopkins) and his budding friendship with Johnny\, a sensitive and defiant African-American boy. As he tries to find his way in the world\, America\, too\, is going through a profound change with Ronald Reagan’s landslide victory and the rise of a new economic era.  Featuring a stellar cast\, James Gray’s new film is his most personal to date – an unashamedly nostalgic\, if unsentimental\, love letter to his childhood. \n‘Repeta delivers an outstanding debut performance as Paul\, balancing youthful exuberance and silliness with a real emotional depth’ (Little White Lies) \nUSA 2022\, 115 mins\, English \nDirector James Gray\, featuring Anne Hathaway\, Anthony Hopkins\, Banks Repeta \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/armageddon-time/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,family,Identity
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230222T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230222T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20230112T142143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T142143Z
UID:701-1677094200-1677099600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Jews of Africa
DESCRIPTION:Many suspect that the 21st century will be Africa’s century\, but for many of us the African continent remains a fairly unknown place. Least known amongst its many unknown features is the emergence of new Jewish communities to join the long-standing ones that have been there for nearly two centuries. Clive Lawton will explore some of these communities\, how they came into existence and the conundrums they throw up for the established Jewish community\, not least\, but not only\, in Israel. \nClive Lawton was made an OBE in 2016 for services to education and the Jewish community. He is CEO of the Commonwealth Jewish Council which draws together and represents about 40 communities around the globe. He was co-founder of Limmud\, is currently scholar-in-residence at JW3\, the large Jewish Community Centre in London\, an NHS tribunal Chair\, a magistrate on the Wiltshire Bench\, and runs his own international education consultancy.  Clive lectures and has published several books in the fields of religion\, moral and ethical matters\, literature\, politics\, and history. \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-africa/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:history,Identity,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230308T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230308T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20230112T142800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T143044Z
UID:710-1678305600-1678312800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Charlotte
DESCRIPTION:Based on an expansive collection of a thousand autobiographical paintings found after the war – considered by some to be the first graphic novel – this stunningly beautiful\, animated film sheds light on the life and work of Berlin-born artist Charlotte Salomon. Restricted and haunted by antisemitic laws\, the immensely gifted Salomon was forced to leave her beloved home country for southern France\, where she continued to paint\, using her art as a way of coping with her traumatic past and troubled family. Aged 26 and pregnant\, she was murdered in Auschwitz\, leaving her paintings\, a remarkable record of mid-20th century life\, to be found after the war. Salomon’s life was tragically cut short\, but Charlotte – featuring the voice of Keira Knightley who leads a starry British cast – excels in capturing the sheer genius of her art and its lasting\, powerful legacy. \nCanada/Belgium/France 2021\, 92 mins\, English \nDirector Eric Warin\, Tahir Rana featuring Keira Knightly\, Jim Broadbent\, Helen McCrory \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/charlotte/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:art,Cinema,history,holocaust
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230322T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230322T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20230112T142356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T142356Z
UID:704-1679513400-1679518800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Finding my way through the woods: migration\, family and food
DESCRIPTION:What can food and family history teach us about issues of migration\, gender and family?  From the recipes and stories of one Sephardi family in Greece and Turkey in the late 19th and early 20th century\, as well as a cooking demo and tasting\, Michal takes us on a culinary family history involving messages about contemporary culinary cultures and society. \nDr Michal Nahman is an anthropologist who has written about Israeli society\, reproduction and medicine\, and is now turning her attention to some of the most pressing issues of our time: the food system\, antisemitism\, and intra-Jewish inequality. \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-my-way-through-the-woods-migration-family-and-food/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:family,Jewish food,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230419T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230419T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20230112T142951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230217T135244Z
UID:713-1681934400-1681941600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Minyan
DESCRIPTION:Based on a David Bezmozgis short story\, Minyan is an absorbing coming-of-age tale set in 1980s Brighton Beach\, Brooklyn. The son of Russian immigrants\, 17 year old David struggles under the weight of religious tradition\, familial expectations and his own sexual identity. In order to secure a room for his grandfather in an old age home\, David agrees to attend services\, ensuring there will always be a minyan. This decision coincides with his first affair with a gay bartender. With the help of the elderly couple living next to his grandfather\, David learns to integrate the disparate parts of his life. \nUK 2022\, 118 mins\, English \nDirector Eric Steel featuring Samuel H. Levine\, Ron Rivkin \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/minyan/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,Identity
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230927T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230927T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20230829T181831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230829T181831Z
UID:750-1695844800-1695852000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Are You There God? It’s Me\, Margaret
DESCRIPTION:USA 2023\, 106 mins\, English\, Director Kelly Fremon Craig\, featuring Rachel McAdams\, Abby Ryder Fortson \nThis coming-of-age comedy drama film\, written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig\, is based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Judy Blume.  Eleven year old Margaret Simon moves with her family from New York City to a New Jersey suburb.  Upset about moving away from her friends and from Sylvia\, her beloved paternal grandmother\, Margaret begins to communicate with God about her concerns\, anxieties and hopes.  Life is not easy\, as well as starting a new school and having to make new friends\, she doesn’t know if she wants to be Jewish like her father or Christian like her mother. \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/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,Film Showing
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231011T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231011T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20230829T180403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230829T180403Z
UID:725-1697052600-1697058000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Once upon a time in Egypt - Memories of a bygone era
DESCRIPTION:In this conversation with Lisa Lipman\, Viviane will discuss her childhood in Egypt and her memories of growing up in a Jewish community which at the time numbered 80\,000 . They all left or were expelled between 1948 and 1967. The 1930s to early 1950s are considered Egypt’s golden era\, when Cairo was known as the Pearl of the Nile. Viviane will evoke a world which no longer exists and will talk about a Sephardi community with its unique customs and traditions. She will also discuss her experience as a refugee\, bringing with it both trauma and a loss of identity. \nViviane Bowell was born and raised in Cairo in a Sephardi community. Her maternal grandparents came from Aleppo in Syria and her paternal ancestors had been expelled from Spain in 1492 before settling in the Ottoman Empire. Expelled from Egypt in 1956\, Viviane’s family arrived in England as penniless refugees and were placed in a disused hostel in the West of England before moving to London.  There she attended a French school and later went to university as a mature student and obtained a law degree.  Viviane moved to Bristol nearly 20 years ago and currently volunteers for two charities supporting refugees and asylum seekers. Since publishing her memoirs and recipe book soon after Covid\, she continues to promote the little-known story of Egyptian Jews and Jews from Arab lands. \nLisa Lipman has been directing and telling stories on popular programmes and documentaries for the BBC and other channels over the last 30 years. She is very much looking forward to delving into Viviane’s own family saga. \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-egypt-memories-of-a-bygone-era/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:history,Jewish food,Sephardi,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231025T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231025T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20230829T182030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230829T182111Z
UID:752-1698264000-1698269400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Three Minutes: A Lengthening
DESCRIPTION:Netherlands/UK 2022\, 69 mins\, English\, Polish\, German\, Yiddish; Director Bianca Stigter\, narrated by Helen Bonham Carter \nThree Minutes: A Lengthening presents a home movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938 in a Jewish town in Poland and tries to postpone its ending. As long as we are watching\, history is not over yet. The three minutes of footage\, mostly in colour\, are the only moving images left of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk before the Holocaust. The existing three minutes are examined to unravel the stories hidden in the celluloid. The footage is imaginatively edited to create a film that lasts over an hour. Different voices enhance the images. Glenn Kurtz\, grandson of David Kurtz\, provides his knowledge of the footage. Maurice Chandler\, who appears in the film as a boy\, shares his memories. \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/three-minutes-a-lengthening/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,Film Showing
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20230829T180717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230829T180717Z
UID:744-1699471800-1699477200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Shipman and King Cinemas: a celebration of Jewish enterprise and family
DESCRIPTION:In this illustrated talk\, Jenny King tells the remarkable story of her grandfather Sam King and his journey from an impoverished Jewish immigrant family to a cinema and property mogul. Together with his friend Alf Shipman\, they fulfilled their dream of building a chain of magnificent Art Deco cinemas\, starting in the First World War with a tiny cinema in the back of a Sussex pub. Through their foresight and dedication to the world of entertainment\, Shipman and King Cinemas grew to be one of Britain’s finest independent cinema circuits\, bringing entertainment to thousands of people through two World Wars\, the Great Depression\, and the challenge of television. Alongside the success of Shipman and King is a human story of business triumph\, family bonds and personal sadness. \nCinema King: A Granddaughter’s memoir\, is available through www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk and all profits will go to the Hailsham Old Pavilion Society charity that maintains Shipman and King’s first cinema which opened in 1921. \nJennifer King is a business psychologist who co-founded a management consultancy where she specialised in working with the medical profession. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. She now works as a Leadership Coach. She lives in Bristol with her husband David Pendleton. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. ‘Cinema King’ is her first memoir. \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/shipman-and-king-cinemas-a-celebration-of-jewish-enterprise-and-family/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,history,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T221500
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20230829T182353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230829T182353Z
UID:756-1700078400-1700086500@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Shadow of the Day
DESCRIPTION:Italy 2022\, 128 mins\, Italian (with English subtitles); Director Giuseppe Piccione\, featuring Riccardo Scarmarcio\, Benedetta Porcaroli \nThe film is set in 1938 Italy.  Like the majority of his fellow Italians\, decorated war veteran and restaurant manager Luciano is a staunch supporter of the country’s fascist regime. Shortly after the Italian racial laws are introduced\, Anna\, a young beautiful woman\, turns up at the restaurant\, desperately looking for work. When Anna’s closely kept secrets are finally revealed\, Luciano\, who has fallen in love with her\, must reconsider his ideological beliefs and decide where his loyalties lie. This captivating melodrama perfectly captures the oppression and fear created by Mussolini’s brutal rule. \nFilm contains scenes of a sexual nature \nDAVAR is delighted to be showing Shadow of the Day and Matchmaking   in conjunction with UK Jewish Film Festival 2023 \nNOTE tickets to be booked from UKJFF box office: www.ukjewishfilm.org \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/shadow-of-the-day/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,history,holocaust
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231122T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231122T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20230829T182722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230829T182722Z
UID:759-1700683200-1700690400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Matchmaking
DESCRIPTION:Israel 2022\, 98 mins\, Hebrew (with English subtitles); Director Erez Tadmor\, featuring Amit Rahav\, Liana Ayun \nOn the face of it\, young yeshiva butcher Moti and his little sister’s best friend Nehami are the perfect match – they share the same values\, have known each other for years\, and most importantly\, they are in love. There is just one small problem: Moti is Ashkenazi and Nehami is Sephardi\, and in the ultra-Orthodox city in which they live\, such a match is strictly prohibited. Going against the wishes of his meddling parents and nosy matchmaker\, Moti comes up with a genius if risky plan to marry Nehami. Inspired by classic Bourekas comedies\, Matchmaking is a sharp\, hilarious critique of the business of love and marriage in the Haredi community. \nDAVAR is delighted to be showing Shadow of the Day and Matchmaking   in conjunction with UK Jewish Film Festival 2023 \nNOTE tickets to be booked from UKJFF box office: www.ukjewishfilm.org \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/matchmaking/
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:20231213T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20230829T181448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230829T181448Z
UID:747-1702495800-1702501200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:A Journey into the Mystical Aleph-Bet
DESCRIPTION:Malkah is a child when her father tries to teach her to read Torah. But they don’t get very far. As Malkah studies\, her questions multiply. She discovers an earlier\, hidden story of creation within the Hebrew Aleph-Bet letters in the first line of Genesis. And a door opens. Thus starts the award-winning film\, The Day before Creation\, and its companion volume\, Malkah’s Notebook\, documenting Malkah’s lifelong journey into Jewish mystical texts\, far-off places\, archaeological digs\, ancient gods\, and ultimately into the nature of existence itself. The book was illustrated by Josh Baum who lives in Israel. In Josh’s work as an artist and scribe\, he explores the Hebrew letters as sacred signs as well as objects of profound beauty.  Join Mira Z Amiras\, PhD\, writer and director of both the book and film\, and Josh’s brother\, Sam Baum\, the film’s animator.  We will screen the whole film (38m) at the start of the evening so the event will be longer than the normal hour. \nMira Z Amiras\, Ph.D. is an anthropologist\, author\, and award-winning filmmaker. She began her journey into the mystical Aleph-Bet at her father’s knee and studied further with her mentor\, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. She has lived\, studied\, and travelled throughout the Middle East and North Africa\, camped out 7\,000 miles through Africa\, across the Sahara and overland from Brussels to the Nepalese border. She received her PhD from the University of California and is Professor Emerita of Comparative Religious Studies at San Jose. Mira lives in San Francisco with her family. \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-journey-into-the-mystical-aleph-bet/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:alephbet,Cinema,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240131T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240131T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20240115T185752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T071624Z
UID:777-1706731200-1706738400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Standing Up\, Falling
DESCRIPTION:USA 2019\, 91 mins\, English \nDirector Matt Ratner\, featuring Billy Crystal\, Ben Schwartz\, Eloise Mumford \nIn this comedy drama\, the unlikely friendship between a failing stand-up comedian and an alcoholic dermatologist give each other the confidence to face the failures in their lives. A familiar story entertainingly told\, Standing Up\, Falling Down is elevated by the warm chemistry between Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz. \n“Come for Billy Crystal’s performance\, and stay because you’ll just end up wanting to” (Tom Santilli\, Movie Show Plus) \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/standing-up-falling/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Film Showing
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240214T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240214T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20240115T190200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T072334Z
UID:768-1707939000-1707944400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Berlin to London: An Emotional History of two Refugees
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Esther Saraga explores her complex and ambivalent relationships as daughter and academic to a vast collection of family papers concerned with my parents’ forced migration from Nazi Germany.  She recognised that the letters do not ‘speak for themselves’\, but tell several different possible stories.   I have used the papers to explore ‘how it felt’ to live through these historic events. The experiences of these two refugees\, set in their historical context\, shed light on life in Nazi Germany\, the difficulties of getting out and into the UK\, and on British attitudes and policies towards refugees. Their contradictory experiences challenge simple views of Britain’s liberal tradition of welcoming refugees. She draws parallels between her parents’ experiences in the 1930s and people today – both refugees and the children of the Windrush generation – in relation to issues such as the ‘tyranny of documentation’\, statelessness and problems with the Home Office. \nEsther Saraga is the daughter of German Jewish refugees. She has forty years’ experience teaching and researching in higher education\, moving from a first degree in mathematics in Cambridge to a PhD in Psychology in London\, feeling finally at home as a feminist critical social scientist at the Open University.  She retired in 2009 to concentrate on this project. Berlin to London. An Emotional History of Two Refugees was published by Vallentine Mitchell 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/berlin-to-london-an-emotional-history-of-two-refugees/
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:20240228T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240228T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20240115T185935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T071346Z
UID:781-1709150400-1709157600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:My Neighbor Adolf
DESCRIPTION:Israel\, Poland\, Columbia 2022\, 96 mins\, English sub-titles \nDirector Leon Prudovsky\, featuring David Hayman\, Udo Kier \nColombia\, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbour is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously\, he starts an independent investigation to prove his claim\, but when the evidence still appears to be inconclusive\, Polsky is forced to engage in a relationship with the enemy in order to obtain irrefutable proof. \n“Leon Prudovsky’s delicate comic drama effortlessly toggles between farce and pathos\, charm and suspense\, as the two antagonists set out on a cat-and-mouse game of deception and discovery” (Jewish Film Institute) \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/my-neighbor-adolf/
LOCATION:Scott Cinema\, Bristol\, Northumbria Drive\, Henleaze\, Bristol\, Avon\,  BS9 4HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Cinema,Comedy,Film Showing
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240313T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240313T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20240115T185316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T071307Z
UID:770-1710358200-1710363600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Licoricia of Winchester: an exception who proves the rule?
DESCRIPTION:The remarkable medieval moneylender\, Licoricia of Winchester rose from obscure beginnings to become the personal banker to Henry III and the richest Jewish woman in 13th century England.  Twice married\, twice widowed and the mother of four sons\, she was a self-made woman in a man-made world.  But in an age of political turmoil and rising antisemitism\, she also experienced at first hand mounting anti-Jewish legislation\, local expulsions and violent attacks that culminated in personal tragedy.   Who was this extraordinary woman\, and what lessons might medieval England hold for us today? \nRebecca Abrams is the author of several books on Jewish history\, including The Jewish Journey:  4000 years in 22 objects and Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries.  Her most recent publication is Licoricia of Winchester:  Power and Prejudice in Medieval England.  She teaches creative writing at the University of Oxford and is a regular literary critic for the Financial Times. \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/licoricia-of-winchester-an-exception-who-proves-the-rule/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:history,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240327T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240327T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T222507
CREATED:20240115T190035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T071230Z
UID:783-1711569600-1711576800@davarbristol.co.uk
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:20260408T222507
CREATED:20240115T185535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240502T143911Z
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:20260408T222507
CREATED:20240814T203416Z
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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