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MARCH 2012

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				1 7:00pm Anti-Jewish Violence in Eastern Europe presented by YIVO Thursday, March 01, 2012 at 7:00pm Anti-Jewish Violence in Eastern Europe Although overshadowed in historical memory by the Holocaust, the anti-Jewish pogroms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were at the time unrivaled episodes of ethnic violence. Anti-Jewish Violence: Rethinking the Pogrom in East European History is a collection of groundbreaking essays by researchers from Europe, the United States, and Israel that investigates the phenomenon of... Purchase Tickets presented by YIVO	2 1:00pm A City Within a City presented by YIVO Friday, March 02, 2012 at 1:00pm A City Within a City Emanuel Berman, Samuel Kassow, Aviva Blumberg, Leon Hoffman YIVO and IPBooks are please to invite you to a book launch and reception for City Within a City, a Polish memoir written by Basia Berman and her husband Dr. Adolf-Abraham Berman, about their extraordinary efforts to lead a secret network that rescued thousands of Jews in Warsaw during World War II. presented by YIVO	3
4	5 3:00pm The Wise Men of Chelm: Eastern European Jewry’s Favorite Folk Tradition and Its Origins presented by YIVO Monday, March 05, 2012 at 3:00pm The Wise Men of Chelm: Eastern European Jewry’s Favorite Folk Tradition and Its Origins Ruth von Bernuth, University of North Carolina. Yiddish stories describing the intellectual limitations of the Khelemer naronim, the fools, or, in the more common ironic formulation, the wise men of Chelm, made their debut in Eastern Europe in the 19th century. This talk explores the most significant editions of the tales, as well as the German Schildbürgerbuch as their... presented by YIVO 6:00pm Diane Noomin's Graphic Details: Glitz-2-Go Book Launch presented by YUM and Fantagraphics Monday, March 05, 2012 at 6:00pm *Diane Noomin's Graphic Details: Glitz-2-Go* Book Launch** Comix legend Diane Noomin (Wimmen’s Comix, Twisted Sisters) makes an extremely rare personal appearance at Yeshiva University Museum to celebrate publication of Glitz-2-Go (Fantagraphics Books), the first-ever collection of her hilarious cartoons. View original panels of “Baby Talk”, one of Noomin’s most controversial cartoons, as part of “Graphic Details: Confessional... presented by YUM and Fantagraphics	6	7	8 7:00pm The Tragedy of Leon Trotsky presented by YIVO Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 7:00pm The Tragedy of Leon Trotsky Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International USA, discusses his new book, Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary's Life (Harvard University Press, 2011). Purchase Tickets presented by YIVO	9	10
11 3:00pm The Leo Kraft 90th Birthday Concert presented by AJHS and ASJM Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 3:00pm The Leo Kraft 90th Birthday Concert Featuring some of New York's finest chamber music players, including clarinetists Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima, violinist Renee Jolles, violist Mark Holloway, cellist Marcy Rosen, flutist Patricia Spenser, and pianist Morey Ritt, who will premiere Testimonium a new work Kraft has written for her. Among other works on the program are Leo Kraft's Seven Hebrew... Purchase Tickets presented by AJHS and ASJM	12	13	14	15 7:00pm Opening Night: FREE MEN (Les Hommes Libres) presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 7:00pm Opening Night: FREE MEN (Les Hommes Libres) Join us and celebrate the 16th NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival! ASF is proud to present this year’s Pomegranate Award to filmmaker, Izza Genini and musician and educator, Yair Dalal. FREE MEN (Les Hommes Libres) Director: Ismael Ferroukhi. France, 2011. 99 mins. French w/English subtitles. ... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM	16 12:30pm As German is to the Germans: The Yiddishism of Khayim Zhitlovski (1865-1943) presented by YIVO Friday, March 16, 2012 at 12:30pm As German is to the Germans: The Yiddishism of Khayim Zhitlovski (1865-1943) Joshua Price, Yale University. Based on a critical translation of six of Khayim Zhitlovski's essays, this talk will explore the evolution of Zhitlovski's program for secular Yiddish culture before and after Czernowitz, his radical plan for American Jewry, and his approach to translation in theory and practice. presented by YIVO	17 8:15pm MY LOVELY SISTER presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 8:15pm MY LOVELY SISTER Director: Marco Carmel. Israel, 2011, 91 mins. Hebrew and Moroccan w/subtitles. A beautiful film about the love and hate between two sisters, based on a Moroccan Jewish folk tale. Rahma (Evelin Hagoel) hasn't spoken to her younger sister Marie (Reymonde Amsellem) for many years, seemingly because Marie broke their parents' hearts by marrying an Arab. But lurking below... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM 10:00pm OBSESSION presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 10:00pm OBSESSION Director: Nissim Notrika. Israel, 2011, 94 mins. Hebrew w/English subtitles. 1968 - A woman’s journey into self-destruction and humiliation as a result of her husband’s infidelity. The story takes place in an old Sephardic neighborhood in Jerusalem. Six-year-old Micha does not speak, but he sees everything. Malka, his mother, uses every available method to win back... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM
18 12:30pm THE FARHUD presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 12:30pm THE FARHUD Producers: Yitzhak Halutzi and Dr. Zvi Yehudah. The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center. Israel 2010, 20 minutes w/English subtitles. The pro-Nazi uprising in Baghdad, Iraq took place on the Jewish festival of Shavout in 1941. At least 137 Jews were killed and thousands injured. The Farhud was the culmination of anti-Jewish propaganda by Hitler, and was the death knell of... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM 1:30pm THE LAST JEWS OF LIBYA and Panel Discussion presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 1:30pm THE LAST JEWS OF LIBYA and Panel Discussion Director: Vivienne Roumani-Denn. USA 2007, 50 mins. Hebrew, Italian, Arabic & English w/English subtitles. The final decades of a centuries-old North African Sephardic Jewish community is seen through the lives of the Roumani family. Thirty-six thousand Jews lived in Libya at the end of World War II, today none remain. Based on the memoirs of the family's matriarch, Elise... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM 3:30pm THREE PROMISES shown with EMPTY BOXCARS presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 3:30pm THREE PROMISES shown with EMPTY BOXCARS THREE PROMISES: THE STORY OF THE KALEFS OF BELGRADE Directors: Edward Serotta, Wolfgang Els, Stefan Sablic. Vienna 2011, 18 mins. During the Holocaust more than 90% of Serbia’s Jewish families were destroyed. This is the story of one -- Dona Bat Kalef and her daughters, Breda and Matilda. We are taken back into the Sephardic world of Jewish Belgrade before the... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM 6:30pm HISTORY'S ULTIMATE NOMADS presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 6:30pm HISTORY'S ULTIMATE NOMADS Director: Shaul Keslassi. Netherlands, 2010, 30 mins. each w/English subtitles Spain: For 1500 years, Jews on the Iberian Peninsula played a significant role in the flourishing civilizations created by Muslims and Christians alike, becoming the largest and most distinguished Jewish community in Europe. Portugal: In 1492, more than 100,000 Jewish... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM 8:30pm THREE MOTHERS presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 8:30pm THREE MOTHERS Director: Dina Zvi-Riklis. Israel 2006, 106 mins. Hebrew, French & Arabic w/English subtitles. Rose, Flora and Yasmin were born as a triplet 60-something years ago in Alexandria, Egypt. Their well-to-do parents gave them names of flowers and King Farouk of Egypt gave them his blessing. They come to recount their memoirs in order to tell their life story to Rose’s only... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM	19 4:00pm Christianity in Music and Bach into the Synagogue: Jewish Wagnerians Respond presented by CJH Monday, March 19, 2012 at 4:00pm Christianity in Music and Bach into the Synagogue: Jewish Wagnerians Respond Adam J. Sacks examines why two prominent German-Jewish cultural figures dedicated the bulk of the their life's work to the advocacy of explicitly Christian sacred choral music in fin-de-siecle Berlin. New research in the holdings of the Leo Baeck Institute have uncovered material that sheds light on the relationship of Berlin Philharmonic Chorus founder Siegfried Ochs... presented by CJH 6:30pm MABUL presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Monday, March 19, 2012 at 6:30pm MABUL Director: Guy Nattiv. Israel/Canada/France/Germany 2011, 101 mins. Hebrew w/English subtitles A highly perceptive look at a family living under a deluge of pressure. Everything is complicated in Yoni Rosko's life. He is almost 13, extremely small and desperate to grow taller before his approaching Barmitzvah. Miri (Ronit Elkabetz) and Gidi, his dysfunctional parents,... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM 8:30pm LITTLE SIMICO'S BIG FANTASY presented by ASF Monday, March 19, 2012 at 8:30pm LITTLE SIMICO'S BIG FANTASY Director: Arik Lubetzky. Israel 2011, 91 mins. Hebrew w/English subtitles. Simico is a friendly, romantic thirty year old, loved by all. He’s engaged to Mazy who is planning their wedding. When Simico completes a film class, he becomes obsessed with the idea of making a film on the subject of strippers. He recruits the entire neighborhood to help make this fantasy come... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF	20 3:30pm 400 MILES TO FREEDOM presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 3:30pm 400 MILES TO FREEDOM Director/Producer: Avishai Yeganyahu Mekonen & Shari Rothfarb Mekonen. USA & Israel 2012, 60 mins. English, Hebrew and Amharic w/English subtitles. In 1984, the Beta Israel, a secluded 2,5000 year-old community of observant Jews in the northern Ethiopian mountains, fled a dictatorship and began a secret and dangerous journey of escape. Avishai Mekonen, then a 10-year... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM 7:00pm TINGHIR-JERUSALEM shown with IFRANE 2011 presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 7:00pm TINGHIR-JERUSALEM shown with IFRANE 2011 TINGHIR-JERUSALEM: ECHOES FROM THE MELLAH Director: Kamal Hachkar. France/Morocco/Israel 2011, 52mins. French, Berber w/English subtitles. Kamal Hachkar grew up in France with the idea that all Berbers were Muslims. Speaking with his grandparents he learned that some Berbers were Jewish and that in many a village, Muslims and Jews had lived together for a long time.... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM	21 3:30pm MABUL presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 3:30pm MABUL Director: Guy Nattiv. Israel/Canada/France/Germany 2011, 101 mins. Hebrew w/English subtitles A highly perceptive look at a family living under a deluge of pressure. Everything is complicated in Yoni Rosko's life. He is almost 13, extremely small and desperate to grow taller before his approaching Barmitzvah. Miri (Ronit Elkabetz) and Gidi, his dysfunctional parents,... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM 6:30pm 400 MILES TO FREEDOM presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 6:30pm 400 MILES TO FREEDOM Director/Producer: Avishai Yeganyahu Mekonen &anp; Shari Rothfarb Mekonen. USA & Israel 2012, 60 mins. English, Hebrew and Amharic w/English subtitles. In 1984, the Beta Israel, a secluded 2,5000 year-old community of observant Jews in the northern Ethiopian mountains, fled a dictatorship and began a secret and dangerous journey of escape. Avishai Mekonen, then a 10-year... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM 8:30pm OBSESSION presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 8:30pm OBSESSION Director: Nissim Notrika. Israel, 2011, 94 mins. Hebrew w/English subtitles. 1968 - A woman’s journey into self-destruction and humiliation as a result of her husband’s infidelity. The story takes place in an old Sephardic neighborhood in Jerusalem. Six-year-old Micha does not speak, but he sees everything. Malka, his mother, uses every available method to win back... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM	22 12:30pm Psychoanalysts on the Left and the Far Left presented by YIVO Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 12:30pm Psychoanalysts on the Left and the Far Left Jonathan Brent, Arnold Richards, and others discuss the cohort of psychoanalysts in the United States who belonged to the Communist Party in the 1930s and 1940s, and their impact on both clinical practice and theory. presented by YIVO 7:00pm Closing Night: IRAQ n' ROLL presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 7:00pm Closing Night: IRAQ n' ROLL Writer/Director: Gili Gaon, Israel 2011, 52 mins. Hebrew & Arabic w/English subtitles. Israeli rock musician, Dudu Tassa, calls forth the voices of his family heritage when he takes on the original music of his grandfather, one of the leading musicians in early 20th century Iraq, creating a musical dialogue between the generations. Salah and Daud Al-kweiti (Dudu’s uncle... Purchase Tickets presented by ASF at the Center for Jewish History in cooperation with the YUM	23	24
25 2:00pm We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust presented by JGS and AZFGI Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 2:00pm We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust Speaker: Ellen Cassedy This program will be preceded by a brief presentation on "1940 Census Search Hints" given by Avrum Geller. The regular program will be presented by Ellen Cassedy who will discuss her recently published book about her journey to Lithuania to study Yiddish and connect with her Jewish forebears. presented by JGS and AZFGI	26 3:00pm YIVO's Aspirantur and the Training of Jewish Scholars in Eastern Europe on the Eve of the Holocaust presented by YIVO Monday, March 26, 2012 at 3:00pm YIVO's Aspirantur and the Training of Jewish Scholars in Eastern Europe on the Eve of the Holocaust Natalia Aleksiun, Touro College. During the Second Polish Republic the history of East European Jews became a well-defined field. At the center of it was the Dr. Tsemakh Shabad Aspirantur (graduate school), which brought together Jewish academics and helped to train the next generation of scholars. In this lecture, Professor Aleksiun explores this unique program in the context of the Jewish... presented by YIVO	27 6:30pm Teddy Roosevelt and the Jews presented by AJHS Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 6:30pm Teddy Roosevelt and the Jews Dr. Lance Sussman, Senior Rabbi of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park, PA, teacher of Jewish History at Temple University. Lectures on Harry S. Truman and Ronald Reagan to follow this Spring. Purchase Tickets presented by AJHS	28 7:30pm The Magic of French and Spanish Chamber Music presented by CJH and LBI Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 7:30pm The Magic of French and Spanish Chamber Music Phoenix Chamber Ensemble performing chamber music by Maurice Ravel, Cesar Franck, Joaquin Turina and Enrique Granados - all influenced by Moorish music and its heir - Spanish popular music. This program is made possible through the generous support of Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Blavatnik. Purchase Tickets presented by CJH and LBI	29 6:30pm Recovering Lost Voices of the Sephardic Past: A Discussion with Professors Aron Rodrigue and Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Moderated by Sara Ivry presented by CJH and ASF Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 6:30pm Recovering Lost Voices of the Sephardic Past: A Discussion with Professors Aron Rodrigue and Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Moderated by Sara Ivry In celebration of the release of A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonika: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, join a conversation with two leading scholars of Sephardic history about the quest for lost sources and perspectives on the Judeo-Spanish past. As they describe the experience of uncovering, translating, and interpreting the first Ladino memoir known to be written,... Purchase Tickets presented by CJH and ASF	30	31

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