Thursday, September 6 through Sunday, September 23, 2012
The 10th annual Youngstown Area Jewish Film Festival will be held Thursday, September 6 through Sunday, September 23, 2012. Click here to purchase tickets.
KADDISH FOR A FRIEND
Thursday, September 6, 7:00pm
USA Cinema, 930 Great East Plaza, Niles
Feature film directed by Leo Khasin
A Russian Jewish WWII veteran and Palestinian teen form an unlikely friendship in the tragicomic KADDISH FOR A FRIEND, a stirring debut by Moscow-born German filmmaker Leo Khasin. Growing up in a Lebanese refugee camp,14-year-old ALi (neil Belakhdar) has learned to hate Jews before escaping with his family and relocating to public housing in Berlin Kreuzberg quarter.
BROTHERS
Sunday, September 9, 7:00pm
Temple El Emeth, 3970 Loganway, Youngstown
Feature Film directed by Igaal Niddam
Two Jewish brothers, whose choices and values have driven them apart, meet again in Israel after many years of silence. The conflict between the two brothers and the legal struggles they face show the reflection of a society torn between its religious and poltical principles.
NICKY'S FAMILY
Wednesday, September 12,7:00pm
Usa Cinema, 930 Great East Plaza, Niles
Documentary directed by Matej Minac
A story of a unique and courageous figure, Sir Nicholas Winton and his remarkable rescue mission that remained untold for nearly half a century. Called "Britain's Schindler" by former PM Tony Blair, Winton was the brains and organisational force behind the Czech Kindertransport that saved 669 children in the first six months of 1939, running operations from a hotel room in downtown Prague.
ASH AND SMOKE: THE HOLOCAUST OF SALONIKA
Thursday, September 13, 7:00pm
YSU DeBartolo Hall, Room 132
( This a free screening followed by a dessert reception honoring Dr. Saul Friedman, founder of the Judaic and Holocaust studies program at Youngstown State University.)
Documentary directed by Dr. Saul Friedman
According to the records of the Greek governmnet, 56500 jewish citizen's lived in the city of Salonika on the eve of the Holocaust. By December 1944 only three remained. This is their story- and by extension-it is the story of the Jews of Greece.
MABUL (THE FLOOD)
Thursday, September 20,7:00pm
USA Cinema,930 Great East Plaza , Niles
Featured Film directed by Guy Nattiv
MABUL is the critically acclaimed Israeli drama centering on a troubled boy and his dysfunctional family as they struggle to stay afloat amidst crisis.
FOLLOW ME: THE YONI NETANYAHU STORY
Sunday, September 23, 7:00pm
Temple El Emeth, 3970 Loganway, Youngstown
Documentary directed by Ari Daniel Pinchot & Jonathan Gruber
The high-risk mission to save Israeli hostages held by Arab terrorists at the Entebbe, Uganda airport has been hailed as an almost miraculous success,but it's sometimes that it was not without casualties.
Sunday, November 10, 2012
The 8th annual bus trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will be held on November 10, 2012. The bus will depart from YSU at 4:30 am and return at 11:30 pm. A sign up will be posted closer to the date.
