Arts & Entertainment

Your Last Chance to See the Jewish Film Festival

The event which began April 22 ends Thursday.

This week, don't miss your last chance to:

On Tuesday, the Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival promises to hit the  with an "Israeli reality" courtesy of filmmaker-in-residence and guest from Israel, Galit Roichman. 

Roichman, a graduate of Tel Aviv University, screenwriter and online editor of popular Israeli web portal Ynet, will be the speaker for a lunch and learn beginning at noon on May 1 at the JCC, and she will host talk-backs following several films that highlight life in Israel: Strangers No More and Homecoming (showing together) and Restoration.

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Festival Director Rachel Ruskin describes Roichman as "a captivating speaker" with an impressive knowledge of Israeli film.

"You buy a ticket to an Israeli film and you meet Israeli reality enlarged on the big screen, waiting for you to deal with it," added Roichman.

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Tickets are $11 each and can be held at will call, or will be mailed for an additional $1 per ticket. Or purchase a patron pass, which allows guests to see all films, for $360, or a matinee pass (matinees only) for $40 for JCC members and $45 for nonmembers. To purchase tickets, visit theberman.org or call 248-661-1900.

Remaining schedule

Monday

  • 2 p.m.: Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
  • 5 p.m.: Dolphin Boy
  • 5 p.m.: Love, Etc. (Michigan Theatre (AA), 603 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor)
  • 7 p.m.: Portrait of Wally (Flint Institute of Arts (Flint), 1120 E. Kearsley Street, Flint)
  • 8 p.m.: My Australia (Michigan Theatre (AA), 603 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor)
  • 8 p.m.: Free Men

Tuesday

  • 2 p.m.: Auf Wiedersehen – ‘Til We Meet Again
  • 5 p.m.: Strangers No More and Homecoming
  • 5 p.m.: Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (Michigan Theatre (AA), 603 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor)
  • 8 p.m.: My Lovely Sister
  • 8 p.m.: Remembrance (Michigan Theatre (AA), 603 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor)

Wednesday

  • 1:30 p.m.: Strangers No More and Homecoming (Michigan Theatre (AA), 603 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor)
  • 2 p.m.: A Wonderful Day and The Lost Love Diaries
  • 5 p.m.: Naomi (Michigan Theatre (AA), 603 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor)
  • 5 p.m.: Restoration 
  • 7 p.m.: Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (Flint Institute of Arts (Flint), 1120 E. Kearsley Street, Flint)
  • 8 p.m.: Buried Prayers (Michigan Theatre (AA), 603 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor)
  • 8 p.m.: My Australia

Thursday

  • 1:30 p.m.: Dolphin Boy (Michigan Theatre (AA), 603 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor)
  • 2 p.m.: Portrait of Wally
  • 5 p.m.: Naomi
  • 5 p.m.: Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (Michigan Theatre (AA), 603 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor)
  • 7 p.m.: Mabul (The Flood) (Flint Institute of Arts (Flint), 1120 E. Kearsley Street, Flint)
  • 8 p.m.: Mabul (The Flood) (Michigan Theatre (AA), 603 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor)
  • 8 p.m.: Mabul (The Flood)


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