Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival
March 10-31, 2007
Cinematic stories of joy and celebration, love and loss, tolerance and hate, ethics and history, demonstrate time and again how important film is as a medium to help us to understand who we are. Come participate and be part of this exciting grassroots event in the making! (www.ValleyJewishFilm.org)
Smith Hillel is hosting 4 film screenings as part of the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival. The on-campus screenings are free to students with a valid ID:
Tuesday, March 13th at 7:00 pm in Graham Auditorium: Paper Dolls and West Bank Story (2006 Oscar Winner for Best Live Action Short Film) Part diary and part human-interest story, Paper Dolls examines the lives of a group of transsexual Philippine immigrants who came to Israel in the wake of the second Intifada to work as home attendants for elderly Israelis. An award winning film, thoughtful, humorous and poignant. Co-sponsors: Smith College Hillel and Office of the Jewish Chaplain, Anna P. Housen Israel Desk of the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts| Documentary | Hebrew w/subtitles | 80 min. | www.heymannfilms.com/papaerDolls
In this musical takeoff on West Side Story, an Israeli soldier falls for a Palestinian girl. Their families' dueling falafel stands certainly don't help matters! | Comedy | 20 min. www.westbankstory.com/
Saturday, March 24th at 8:00 pm in Graham Auditorium: Mixed Blessings Over one million interfaith couples live in the US. Mixed Blessings documents the stories of four couples, each of whom has made a different decision about their home observance and raising their children. Through personal stories, Mixed Blessings seeks to de-mystify the religious, ethnic and personal issues at stake within interfaith couples. Film Talk! w/director Jennifer Kaplan. Co-sponsors: Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts, Mother’s Circle of Northampton, Smith Office of the Jewish Chaplain | Documentary | 57 min. www.mixedblessingsfilm.com/
Sunday, March 25th, at 4:00 pm in Seelye 106: Enough! A Kid's Perspective For her Bar Mitzvah project, Zoe Greenberg interviewed kids from a variety of class backgrounds about money and poverty. An example of a teen social action advocacy project, Zoe’s film raises questions about how we think about money, class and poverty. Interactive workshop exploring class issues w/Zoe Greenberg, and Felice Yeskel of Class Action. Co-sponsors: Class Action, B’nai Tzedek Teen Philanthropy Program and Teen Initiative of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, Smith Office of the Jewish Chaplain. | Documentary | 90 min. program.www.classism.org/
Thursday, March 29th at 8:00 pm in Stoddard Auditorium: Lover Other Living in exile from France on the Jersey Isle during World War II, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore make art, love and commit imaginative acts of resistance against the Nazi occupation. This unique documentary memorializes their daring heroism by revisiting how the sisters’ pursuit of art challenged the politics and gender conventions of the time. Film Talk! w/producer Barbara Hammer. Co-sponsors: Smith College Program for the Study of Women and Gender, Film Studies, and the College Lecture Committee; Mt. Holyoke College Film Studies Program. Funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, which receives major support from the National Endowment for the Arts and additional support from the state arts agencies of New England| Documentary | 55 min. | Free
www.barbarahammerfilms.com/lo.html
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Beit Ahavah (reform)
Kirby Capen will be driving an SOS van to Beit Ahavah services. Services start at 7:30 and go to about 9pm. Beit Ahavah is very happy to have Smith students at their services. All are welcome to join them for a service. If you are interested please RSVP so I can save you a spot in the van. There are six spots and I don’t expect them all to be taken, but if so it will be on a first come first served basis.
Meet at the chapel by 7:10pm
Thanks,
Kirby Capen, extension 7451, kcapen2@Smith.edu
Beit Ahavah’s statement
Beit Ahavah is an evolving Reform Jewish community that embraces tradition while celebrating the mysteries of life through ritual, music, and art. We seek to experience and study Judaism in order to give meaning to our daily lives, and we welcome all to join us. www.beitahavah.org |
Congregation B'Nai Israel (conservative)
Please contact Angela Foss (campus directory) for information. |
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Share your love of Judaism
Teach at the Beit Ahavah Community School
an innovative, inclusive Reform Jewish education endeavor in Florence, MA.
We are looking for staff to join our team starting in September 2006,
On Sunday afternoons we offer classes for students K-8 that focus on tikkun olam, Torah and holidays, with elective offerings for the older students.
On Thursday afternoons we offer a self-directed program in Hebrew and Prayer for students in grades 4-8, where the teacher is a guide and facilitator rather than a frontal presenter.
Qualifications: team player with a flexible style, energetic, experience working with children, Jewishly educated. $20-30 / hour.
Email letter of interest or call:
Judi Wisch, Director
Beit Ahavah Community School
413-587-3770
jwisch@beitahavah.org |
