14th Annual Israeli & International Jewish Film Festival
January 19 – 29 , 2023
Sponsored by the Horwitz Family
All films are included in the Arts + Ideas Subscription unless otherwise noted below .
Fiddler ’ s Journey to the Big Screen
Thursday , January 19 at 6:00 PM ( Dinner Reception + Film Screening )
Weinstein JCC , 5403 Monument Avenue
The fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof , the film Pauline Kael ( The New Yorker ) called “ the most powerful movie musical ever made .” Narrated by Jeff Goldblum , FIDDLER ’ S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison ’ s quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic . The film explores how the experience of making Fiddler deepened Jewison as an artist and revived his soul .
$ 30 member I $ 35 nonmember ( includes preshow dinner reception ) Included in the Arts + Ideas Subscription for Promoter and above
Perfect Strangers
Saturday , January 21 at 7:30pm
Weinstein JCC , 5403 Monument Avenue
Seven childhood friends meet for dinner to watch a lunar eclipse . What starts out as a congenial evening takes an unexpected turn when they agree to share every text message , call or notification that appear on their phones . Betrayals , secrets and unresolved issues emerge , threatening their friendships and marriages . Adapted from the 2016 Italian film of the same name , Ashkenazi puts a uniquely Israeli spin on a film that has been remade in over 20 countries .
$ 10 member I $ 12 nonmember Included in the Arts + Ideas Subscription
The Levys of Monticello
Sunday , January 22 at 2:00 PM
Virginia Museum of History & Culture , 428 N . Arthur Ashe Boulevard
When Thomas Jefferson died in 1826 , he left behind a mountain of personal debt , which forced his heirs to sell his beloved Monticello home and all its possessions . The Levys of Monticello is a documentary film that tells the little-known story of the Levy family , which owned and carefully preserved Monticello for nearly a century – far longer than Jefferson or his descendants . The remarkable story of the Levy family also intersects with the rise of antisemitism that runs throughout the course of American history .
Post film discussion with filmmaker , Steven Pressman , along with Phyllis K . Leffler , Emerita Professor , Department of History , University of Virginia to follow .
$ 10 JCC and VMHC Member I $ 12 nonmember Included in the Arts + Ideas Subscription
UNITED KING FILMS AND WESTEND FILMS PRESENT :
GUY AMIR
SHIRAH NAOR
YOSSI MARSHAK
HANAN SAVYON
ROTEM ABUHAV
MORAN ATIAS
AVI GRAYINIK
A FILM BY LIOR ASHKENAZI
DESIGN BY SHINE HOROVITS
PRODUCTION WESTEND FILMS , UNITED KING FILMS AND LIGHT STREAM
SCREENWRITERS GALIT HOOGI , NOA ERENBERG EDITOR RON OMER CINEMATOGRAPHER OFER INOV MUSIC DANIEL SALOMON ARTISTIC DESIGNER EDEN OHANA MAKEUP RONIT DUGO -ARBIV COSTUME DESIGNER KEREN EYAL MELAMED LIGHTING AVISHAI AZOULAY GRIP NISSIM CHEFETZ RECORDING MOTI HEFETZ MIX & SOUND DESIGN AVI MIZRAHI , AMI ARAD DIRECTOR ASSISTANT SHIR LEVY SHAVIT 2ND UNIT CINEMATOGRAPHER YAEL KLOPMAN SCRIPT SUPERVISOR GRACE BENOISH CASTING CHAMUTAL ZEREM CASTEL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IFTACH GABAY PRODUCTION-LIGHT STREAM OR VIVANTE , AVITAL YOSEFI OSTRO DISTRIBUTION MANAGER LIRON EDERY PRODUCERS MOSHE EDERY , LEON EDERY , MICKY RABINOVITZ , SHARON HAREL COHEN , MAYA AMSALEM DIRECTOR LIOR ASHKENAZI
Contact Leslie McGuigan , Director of Cultural Arts , at 545-8644 or lmcguigan @ weinsteinjcc . org for more information . 32 Weinstein JCC | 2023 Winter / Spring Activity Guide