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SUMMARY:Theater Kid featuring Tony Award-winner Jeffrey Seller in conversation with Douglas Sills
DESCRIPTION:Tony Award-winner Jeffrey Seller in conversation with Tony Award-nominee\nDouglas Sills (Broadway’s _The Scarlet Pimpernel_ and HBO’s _The Gilded Age_)\nA coming-of-age tale from one of the most successful American producers of our\ntime\, Jeffrey Seller\, one of the masterminds behind the Tony Award-winning\nmusicals _Rent\, Avenue Q\, In the Heights_ \, and _Hamilton_. _Theater Kid_ is a\ngripping memoir about chasing a dream against many odds and finding acceptance\nand community. Jeffrey is a Suburban Detroit native and a proud graduate of\nthe University of Michigan.\n_“I loved reading the wonderful\, inspiring adventures of Jeffrey Seller’s life\nand career. If you feel like an outsider from the poorest part of town\, take\nheart\, your dreams can come true.”—Bernadette Peters_\n** **\n**Sponsors:** BELFOR USA Group; Hebrew Free Loan Detroit; Tamarack Camps; West\nBloomfield Township Public Library; Henry & Delia Meyers Library; Jewish\nFederation of Detroit\, Affinities Pride; The Berman; The Detroit Jewish Book\nFair \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/11186
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/theater-kid-featuring-tony-award-winner-jeffrey-seller/
LOCATION:The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd\,
CATEGORIES:Adults,College Students,Older Adults
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival":MAILTO:filmfestival@jccdet.org
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SUMMARY:Detroit Jewish Film Festival: For the Living
DESCRIPTION:Documentary / USA /English / 117 minutes\nIn 1945\, 10-year-old Holocaust survivor Marcel Zielinski made a 60-mile\njourney by foot from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Krakow in search of his family.\nDecades later\, 250 cyclists retrace his path in a mission called Ride for the\nLiving. This powerful documentary draws parallels between his experience and\nthe cyclists’ journey to spark a conversation about the struggle between\ndehumanization and empathy.\n_Talk-back with co-director Tim Roper and producer Lisa Effress following the\nscreening._\nPresented by The Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival\n**Sponsor:** Team Alex; Jewish Federation of Detroit; Temple Israel\nBrotherhood; The Zekelman Holocaust Center; JRec \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/11185
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/for-the-living/
LOCATION:The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd\,
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,College Students,Food Available ($),Holocaust,Older Adults,Parents,Sports & Fitness,Young Adults
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival":MAILTO:filmfestival@jccdet.org
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SUMMARY:Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Matchmaking 2
DESCRIPTION:Romantic Comedy / Israel / Hebrew with English Subtitles / 110 minutes\nIsrael’s biggest box office hit of the year\, _Matchmaking 2_ \, is the feel-\ngood\, long-awaited sequel to the beloved 2022 rom-com starring some of\nIsrael’s brightest young talents. This tender\, side-splitting celebration of\nclashing traditions and big-hearted characters follows a love-struck bachelor\nin a Jerusalem yeshiva\, pressured to find his soulmate before it’s too late. \nPresented by The Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival\n**Sponsors:** Adat Shalom Synagogue Sisterhood; Jewish Senior Life of\nMetropolitan Detroit\nNational Council of Jewish Women\, Michigan; The Women of Temple Israel; The\nJ’s Opening the Doors \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/11183
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/matchmaking-2/
LOCATION:The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd\,
CATEGORIES:Adults,College Students,Disability & Inclusion,Food Available ($),Grandparents,Israel,Older Adults,Singles & Dating
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival":MAILTO:filmfestival@jccdet.org
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SUMMARY:Detroit Jewish Film Festival: The Ancient Law-Silent Film with Live Klezmer Music
DESCRIPTION:Silent Film/Drama / Germany / German with English subtitles / 128 minutes\nThis beautifully restored 1923 silent masterpiece tells the poignant story of\na rabbi’s son who leaves his Polish shtetl to pursue acting in Vienna. The\nfilm is accompanied by a live musical score composed and performed by klezmer\nviolinist Alicia Svigals and silent film pianist Donald Sosin\, adding a\nunique\, immersive dimension to this CineConcert experience.\n_The live performance is made possible by The Sunrise Foundation for Education\nand the Arts._   \nPresented by The Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival\n**Sponsors:** Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring; Burton A. Zipser & Sandra D.\nZipser Foundation; Jewish Historical Society of Michigan; Cis Maisel; SAJE;\nThe Berman; JLearn; JTraveler \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/11180
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/the-ancient-law/
LOCATION:The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd\,
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,Food Available ($),Grandparents,Music,Older Adults
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival":MAILTO:filmfestival@jccdet.org
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SUMMARY:Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Colleyville
DESCRIPTION:Documentary / USA / English / 80 minutes\nOn January 15\, 2022\, an ordinary Shabbat morning at Congregation Beth Israel\nin Colleyville\, Texas\, turned into a harrowing hostage crisis involving Rabbi\nCharlie Cytron-Walker and three others. _Colleyville_ is a gripping real-life\ndrama showcasing the resilience of the hostages and community while\nhighlighting the complexities of antisemitism.__\n_ _\n_Talk-back with Ophir award-winning filmmaker Dani Menkin and Rabbi Charlie\nCytron-Walker following the screening\, moderated by Rabbi Paul Yedwab\, Temple\nIsrael._   \nPresented by The Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival\n**Sponsors:** ADL Michigan; Hadassah Greater Detroit Region; Temple Israel \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/11178
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/colleyville/
LOCATION:The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd\,
CATEGORIES:Adults,Antisemitism,College Students,Food Available ($),Older Adults,Presentation
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SUMMARY:Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Torn
DESCRIPTION:Documentary / USA / English / 75 minutes\nAfter the October 7 attacks\, artists Nitzan Mintz and Dede Bandaid launched\nthe “Kidnapped from Israel” grassroots poster campaign in NY to raise\nawareness about the hostages taken by Hamas. _Torn_ explores the motivations\nof activists putting up and tearing down the posters\, revealing the\ncomplexities of the war through intense debates and personal stories.\n_Talk-back with director Nim Shapira and the artists following the screening\,\nmoderated by Prof. Yael Aronoff\, Director of the Serling Institute for Jewish\nStudies and Modern Israel at Michigan State University._\nThis program is proudly sponsored by the Israel Engagement Fund: A JCC\nAssociation of North America Program Accelerator and the Ministry of Diaspora\nAffairs. \nPresented by The Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival\n**Sponsors:** Jewish Federation of Detroit; The MSU Serling Institute for\nJewish Studies and Modern Israel; Janice Charach Gallery\, JFamily; JLearn\n**Pillar of Light:** Manat Foundation; Elaine and Michael Serling \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/11176
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/torn/
LOCATION:The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd\,
CATEGORIES:Adults,After October 7,Antisemitism,College Students,Food Available ($),Older Adults,Parents,Young Adults
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