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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

Watershed 1 Canons Road, Bristol, United Kingdom

  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   This 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 … Continue reading 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

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Footnote

Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom

  Professor 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 … Continue reading Footnote

£5.75

Saudade: A Sephardic journey

Redland Green Bowling Club Redland Green Road, Redland

  10 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 … Continue reading Saudade: A Sephardic journey

£3 – £6

Disobedience

Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom

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 … Continue reading Disobedience

£5.80

Internment of German Jews on the Isle of Man during World War Two

Redland Green Bowling Club Redland Green Road, Redland

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, … Continue reading Internment of German Jews on the Isle of Man during World War Two

£3 – £6

A bag of marbles (un sac de billes)

Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom

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 … Continue reading A bag of marbles (un sac de billes)

£5.80

Here I am; Capturing the Stories of the South Wales Jewish Community

Redland Green Bowling Club Redland Green Road, Redland

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 … Continue reading Here I am; Capturing the Stories of the South Wales Jewish Community

£3 – £6

Back to Berlin

Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom

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 … Continue reading Back to Berlin

£5.80

Medicine in Ancient Judaism: Why does G-d attempt to kill Moses in Exodus 4?

Redland Green Bowling Club Redland Green Road, Redland

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 … Continue reading Medicine in Ancient Judaism: Why does G-d attempt to kill Moses in Exodus 4?

£3 – £6

Remember

Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom

Canada/Germany 2015, 94 mins, English Director Atom Egoyan featuring Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau ‘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.’ Mr. Plummer is Zev and … Continue reading Remember

£5.80

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