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October 2018
‘Rosenwald’ screening
“Rosenwald” by Aviva Kempner, a documentary film about Jewish Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald, will be shown at the South Brunswick Public Library, Monmouth Junction, on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m. An introduction to the film and Q&A will be led by New Jersey resident Gary Matoren in memory of his daughter Debbie Lynn Matoren. Light refreshments will be served.
Find out more »19th Annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival to Run October 30 through November 11
The 19th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival will run from Tuesday, October 30, through Sunday, November 11, 2018. The festival features a diverse array of dramatic and documentary films from Israel and around the world, and most screenings feature guest speakers, including filmmakers and scholars. The festival will be held at two locations: AMC Loews New Brunswick and the Princeton Garden Theatre. For detailed information about the festival and how to purchase tickets, check the website: BildnerCenter.Rutgers.edu/film. Festival Phone number:…
Find out more »November 2018
Screening of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor”
Adult Forum of Congregation B’nai Israel, Millburn, 12:30 p.m. Cost is $12, $10 Adult Forum members. RSVP to Lois at 973-533-1809 with lunch order.
Find out more »‘Rosenwald’ screening
The Old Bridge Public Library will host a screening of “Rosenwald,” a documentary film by Aviva Kempner about Jewish Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald, on Sunday, Nov. 4, at 2 p.m. The screening will be sponsored by Gary Matoren in memory of his daughter Debbie Lynn Matoren; Matoren will lead a post-film discussion. Visit oldbridgelibrary.org or call 732-721-5600, ext. 5033.
Find out more »Pizza, Pasta & A Movie: “RBG”
YM-YWHA of Union County, Union, 6:30 p.m. Cost is $10, $7 Y members. RSVP to 908-289-8112.
Find out more »Survivor Speaker Series
Brookdale Community College’s Center for Holocaust, Human Rights, and Genocide Education (Chhange), Lincroft, concludes its Fall 2018 Survivor Speaker Series with “Commemoration of the November Pogrom & Veterans Day” at 7 p.m. The 1938 pogrom initiated widespread violence against Germany’s Jewish community with more than 90 deaths and over 30,000 Jewish men sent to concentration camps. In a Chhange-produced documentary, “I Was There,” three local veterans reflect on their eyewitness experiences entering concentration camps at the end of World War…
Find out more »Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Kroloff
Informal and lively! Discussion topics will include contemporary events, films of Jewish and general interest, spiritual issues, aging wisely, family concerns, the Rabbi's 'struggles", Israel, the American Jewish community, and recent developments in Jewish life. A delicious complimentary lunch will be offered. Donations to support this program are welcome. Kindly direct them to the Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff Fund for Jewish Learning.
Find out more »Screening of “Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety
Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy/Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School, Livingston, 7:30 p.m. Cosponsored by Eric Eliezer Levenson Foundation for Hope. JKHA/RKYHS guidance counselors will answer questions following the screening. Contact dgoldstein@jkha.org or gberger@rkyhs.org.
Find out more »“Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas.”
Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange, 7 p.m. Film screening and discussion with producer Liam Romalis. Refreshments will be served. Cost is $5. Register at tsti.org/calendar/film-series.
Find out more »Matisse and Picasso: The Jewish Connection
A Film and Talk Led by Professor Maurice Mahler
Find out more »December 2018
Film and discussion
A screening and discussion of “Still Alice” will be held at Congregation Beth Chaim, Princeton Junction, on Saturday, Dec. 1, 6-10 p.m. The program will include dinner and Havdalah. RSVP to 609-799-9401 or office@bethchaim.org or go to bethchaim.org.
Find out more »Saturday Night at the Movies
Dinner, Havdalah, Movie and Discussion "Still Alice" - A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Open to the Community. $10 per person - Please RSVP to office@bethchaim.org.
Find out more »“The Invisibles” Directed by Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgul
In June 1943, Germany infamously declared Berlin “judenfrei”—“free of Jews.” But at that moment there were still 7,000 Jews living in the Nazi capital: hiding in attics, basements, and warehouses, protected by courageous Berliners while desperately trying to avoid deportation. Only 1,700 lived to liberation. The Invisibles tells the stories of four survivors, interweaving their testimony with highly accomplished dramatizations, an unusual hybrid approach that brings edge-of-the-seat suspense to their years spent underground. The two men and two women whose…
Find out more »Beth El Synagogue Werner Lecture Fund Presents Bombshell
On Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 7:00 pm, the Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor Werner Lecture Fund presents the film Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. Actress Hedy Lamarr was one of Hollywood's top leading ladies in the 1940s. Behind the glamour and sex appeal, was a talented and inquisitive inventor who created a radio system that is now considered the basis of Bluetooth technology. Tea, coffee and desserts will be served. R.S.V.P. to the Synagogue office. Beth El Synagogue…
Find out more »‘1945’ Directed by Ferenc Torok
On a sweltering August day in 1945, villagers prepare for the wedding of the town clerk's son. Meanwhile, two Orthodox Jews arrive at the village train station with mysterious boxes labeled "fragrances." The town clerk fears the men may be heirs of the village's deported Jews and expects them to demand their illegally acquired property back, originally lost during the second World War. Other villagers are afraid more survivors will come, posing a threat to the property and possessions they…
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