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Showing posts with label New Jersey Jewish Film Festival. Show all posts

Thursday, February 20, 2020

New Jersey Jewish Film Festival 2020—Tickets on Sale NOW!

This year’s festival features the very best in Jewish storytelling to honor our 20th year.

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Tickets are on sale NOW!

Incitement
Opening Night
Dessert Reception to Follow
Thursday, March 19, 7:00pm

Aulcie
Monday, March 23, 7:30pm

The Spy Behind Home Plate
Post-screening discussion with filmmaker Aviva Kempner
Wednesday, March 25, 7:30pm

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Post-screening discussion with filmmakers Max Lewkowicz and Valerie Thomas
Friday, March 27, 11:30am

Standing Up, Falling Down
Saturday, March 28, 9:00pm

Crescendo
Closing Night

Dessert Reception to Follow
Sunday, March 29, 7:00pm

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

NEW JERSEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL OFFERS 2 FILMS IN FEBRUARY

In honor of our 20th Anniversary, we are proud to present a film festival favorite for February pulled from our reel archives (for free)!

AKA Doc Pomus
{Originally screened during the 13th Annual New Jersey Jewish Film Festival}

WHEN: Thursday, February 20, at 7:00PM
WHERE:
JCC Metrowest, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange
ADMISSION: free. REGISTRATION ENCOURAGED
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Year: 2012 • Run time: 1 hour and 38 minutes
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Paralyzed with polio as a child, Brooklyn-born Jerome Felder reinvented himself first as a blues singer, renaming himself Doc Pomus, then as a songwriter, creating some of the greatest hits of the early rock and roll era: “Save the Last Dance for Me,” “This Magic Moment,” and a thousand others. A.K.A. DOC POMUS brings to life Doc’s joyous, heartbreaking, romantic, and extraordinarily eventful journey.

Spider in the Web

WHEN: Saturday, February 29, at 8:00PM
WHERE:
JCC Metrowest, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange
ADMISSION: Senior: $13 • General Admission: $15; FREE for 20th Annual NJJFF Sponsors
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Year: 2019 • Run time: 1 hour and 53 minutes
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Adereth is an aging spy who’s on one last mission to redeem his life and career before the clock runs out. But when the lines of trust begin to blur, he soon realizes that the hunter may become the hunted in a world of mirrors and deceit.

For more information, visit www.jccmetrowest.org/njjff or call 973-530-3417
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Monday, January 13, 2020

Commemorate MLK Day with a free screening at the J with NJJFF

In honor of our 20th Anniversary, we are proud to present film festival favorites pulled from our reel archives (for free)!

Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent
{Originally screened during the 14th Annual New Jersey Jewish Film Festival}
Post-screening discussion with filmmaker Rachel Fisher
Year: 2014 • Run time: 50 minutes

WHEN: Monday, January 20, at 11:30AM
WHERE:
JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange
ADMISSION: free

The documentary, a film about the power of a voice for justice, tells the Rabbi Joachim Prinz story and puts it into context for contemporary audiences, employing archival footage and photos as well as interviews with family and friends, scholars, and civil rights leaders.

Monday, October 28, 2019

Coming this Saturday Night! NJ Film Premiere: NJJFF EXTRA! "Latter Day Jew"

New Jersey Premiere NJJFF EXTRA! screening of

Latter Day Jew
Post-screening Skype discussion with Director/Producer Aliza Rosen

WHEN: Saturday, November 2, 8:00pm
WHERE: Maurice Levin Theater, JCC MetroWest, West Orange
TICKETS: Senior—$13; General Admission—$15; FREE for 20th Annual NJJFF Sponsor
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This new documentary follows H. Alan Scott, a gay former Mormon/converted Jew/cancer survivor/writer-comedian, as he finds his spiritual path and prepares for his Bar Mitzvah.

English | 2019 | 90 Minutes

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Don't miss these NJJFF Festival Favorites {for Free!} in honor of our 20th Anniversary

Wednesday, November 20, 12:30PM
Late Marriage

Monday, January 20, 11:30AM
Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent

Thursday, September 5, 2019

3 NJJFF Festival Favorites Screenings (for FREE)! MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

In honor of our 20th Anniversary, we are proud to present three film festival favorites pulled from our reel archives  (for free)!

Live and Become
{Originally screened during the 6th Annual New Jersey Jewish Film Festival}
Year: 2005 • Run time: 140 minutes
Languages: French, Amharic, Hebrew with English subtitles

WHEN: Friday, September 20, 11:30AM
WHERE:
JCC Metrowest, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange
French drama about an Ethiopian Christian boy who disguises himself as an Ethiopian Jew to escape famine and emigrates to Israel.

Late Marriage
{Originally screened during the 2nd Annual New Jersey Jewish Film Festival}
Year: 2001 • Run time: 102 minutes
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles

WHEN: Wednesday, November 20, 12:30PM

The Israeli film centers on Zaza, the 31-year-old child of tradition-minded Georgian Jewish immigrants who are anxiously trying to arrange a marriage for him.

Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent
{Originally screened during the 14th Annual New Jersey Jewish Film Festival}
Year: 2014 • Run time: 50 minutes

WHEN: Monday, January 20, 1:30PM

The documentary, a film about the power of a voice for justice, tells the Rabbi Joachim Prinz story and puts it into context for contemporary audiences, employing archival footage and photos as well as interviews with family and friends, scholars, and civil rights leaders.

FREE FOR ALL / REGISTRATION ENCOURAGED
For more information, visit www.jccmetrowest.org/njjff or call 973-530-3417

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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

NJJFF Extra Event: “An Act of Defiance” Showing This Saturday!

ACT OF DEFIANCE

WHEN: Saturday, February 16th, at 8:00PM
WHERE: Maurice Levin Theater, JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange
TICKETS: Senior: $13 / General Admission: $15 / Free for 19th Annual NJJFF Sponsors
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For one night only, we'll be screening this riveting historical drama. Ten South African political activists (including Nelson Mandela and his inner circle of Black and Jewish supporters) face a possible death sentence for conspiracy to commit sabotage against the apartheid government in 1963. Bram Fischer (exceptionally played by Peter Paul Muller), a sympathetic lawyer, risks his career and freedom to defend these men.

Directed by: Jean van de Velde
Run time: 2h 4m

19th Annual NJJFF Sponsorship is now available.
New this year! Reserved parking spot for $1000 sponsorship and above.

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

NEW JERSEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL SEEKS SUBMISSIONS BY TEEN FILMMAKERS!

Do you live in the Greater MetroWest area?
Are you between the ages of 13 & 18?
Are you Jewish or does your film contain Jewish content?

Submit your film by January 1, 2019

Films chosen will be screened at JCC MetroWest on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.

More Information: jccmetrowest.org/programs/njjff/teens

Friday, November 2, 2018

Experience a thriller Saturday night at the JCC in West Orange

BUDAPEST NOIR

Set in the politically fraught autumn of 1936, this mystery follows hard-boiled reporter Zsigmond Gordon as he probes the murder of a young prostitute. Against the backdrop of the funeral of a fascist-leaning Hungarian prime minister, Gordon follows clues that take him into the city’s underbelly—a world of pornography and fixers, boxers and brothels, powerful crime syndicates, and secret Communist cells—and all the way to the highest echelons of power.

WHEN: Saturday, November 3, 8:00pm
WHERE:
Maurice Levin Theater, JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange
TICKETS: Senior: $13 / General Admission: $15 / Free for NJJFF ’19 Sponsors
973-530-3417
Get Tickets

19th Annual NJJFF Sponsorship is now available.
New this year! Reserved Parking Spot for $1000 Sponsorship and above.
Sponsor the NJJFF Today!


Monday, October 29, 2018

The NJJFF brings a thriller to the screen this weekend!

Budapest Noir

WHEN: Saturday, November 3, 8:00pm
WHERE:
Maurice Levin Theater, JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange
TICKETS: Senior: $13 / General Admission: $15 / Free for NJJFF ’19 Sponsors
973-530-3417
Get Tickets

Set in the politically fraught autumn of 1936, this mystery follows hard-boiled reporter Zsigmond Gordon as he probes the murder of a young prostitute. Against the backdrop of the funeral of a fascist-leaning Hungarian prime minister, Gordon follows clues that take him into the city’s underbelly—a world of pornography and fixers, boxers and brothels, powerful crime syndicates, and secret Communist cells—and all the way to the highest echelons of power.

19th Annual NJJFF Sponsorship is now available.
New this year! Reserved Parking Spot for $1000 Sponsorship and above.

Sponsor the NJJFF Today!


Wednesday, September 5, 2018

YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THESE FINE FILMS THIS FALL @ THE NEW JERSEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL: MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

19th Annual NJJFF Sponsorship is now available.

Sponsor the NJJFF Today!

New this year! Reserved Parking Spot for $1000 Sponsorship and above.

Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel

Heading Home charts the underdog journey of Israel’s national baseball team competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic. After years of defeat, Team Israel finally ranks among the world’s best in 2017 with a line-up that included several Jewish American Major League players—Ike Davis, Josh Zeid and Ryan Lavarnway—most with a tenuous relationship to Judaism, and never having set foot in Israel. Their odyssey takes them to Seoul where they must debunk their has-been, wannabe reputations. The team does much soul-searching, discovering the pride of representing Israel on the world stage.
Post screening discussion with director, Seth Kramer.

WHEN: Sunday, October 7, 7:00pm
WHERE: Maurice Levin Theater, JCC Metrowest, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange
TICKETS: General Admission: $15, Senior/Student: $13, NJJFF ’19 Sponsors: Free
973-530-3417
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93Queen

Set in the Hasidic enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, 93Queen follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing the patriarchy in their community by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City. With unprecedented and insider access, 93Queen offers a unique portrayal of a group of religious women who are taking matters into their own hands to change their own community from within.

WHEN: Friday, October 26, 10:30am
TICKETS: General Admission: $13, NJJFF ’19 Sponsors: Free
973-530-3417
Get Tickets

Budapest Noir

Set in the politically fraught autumn of 1936, this mystery follows hard-boiled reporter Zsigmond Gordon as he probes the murder of a young prostitute. Against the backdrop of the funeral of a fascist-leaning Hungarian prime minister, Gordon follows clues that take him into the city’s underbelly—a world of pornography and fixers, boxers and brothels, powerful crime syndicates, and secret Communist cells—and all the way to the highest echelons of power.

WHEN: Saturday, November 3, 8:00pm
TICKETS: General Admission: $15, Senior/Student: $13, NJJFF ’19 Sponsors: Free
973-530-3417
Get Tickets


Monday, July 23, 2018

There are still seats available to see HUMOR ME!

Best of the Fest EXTRA! Event

Once-acclaimed New York playwright Nate is struggling to finish his new play when his wife leaves him, taking their son. Desolate, broke and unable to pay the rent, Nate begrudgingly moves in with his widowed father in his New Jersey retirement community. Director Sam Hoffman, originally from Highland Park, NJ, is the creator of the “Old Jews Telling Jokes” website, book, and play.

VIEW THE TRAILER

WHEN: JULY 25, 7:30PM
WHERE: Maurice Levin Theater, JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange
TICKETS: General Admission: $11 / Free for NJJFF Sponsors
For information and tickets, call 973-530-3417

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

NJ JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL EXTRA FEATURES “BEST OF THE FEST” COMEDY, “HUMOR ME” ON JULY 25

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WHEN: Wednesday, July 25, 7:30pm
WHERE:
JCC Metrowest, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange
ADMISSION: Free for NJJFF Sponsors; $11 Everyone else
Tickets are on sale HERE

Already a sponsor? Please RSVP to Mara Miller at mmiller@jccmetrowest.org

Thursday, July 12, 2018

NJJFF Best of the Fest EXTRA! Event: “HUMOR ME”

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WHEN: WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 7:30PM
WHERE: Maurice Levin Theater, JCC MetroWest, West Orange
TICKETS: General Admission: $11, Free for NJJFF Sponsors
For information and tickets:
Call 973-530-3417 • Visit www.boxofficetickets.com/jccmetrowest

Once-acclaimed New York playwright Nate is struggling to finish his new play when his wife leaves him, taking their son. Desolate, broke and unable to pay the rent, Nate begrudgingly moves in with his widowed father in his New Jersey retirement community. Director Sam Hoffman, originally from Highland Park, NJ, is the creator of the “Old Jews Telling Jokes” website, book and play.

Monday, January 29, 2018

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER TO ATTEND NJJFF EXTRA! EVENT SCREENING OF “THE TESTAMENT” ON SATURDAY IN WEST ORANGE

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WHERE: JCC, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange
www.jccmetrowest.org

In case of inclement weather, call 973.530.3417

Amichai Greenberg, Director and Screenwriter of The Testament, will be at NJJFF EXTRA Event, this Saturday, February 3rd at 8pm.

Watch the Film Trailer

Friday, January 5, 2018

NJ JAZZ SOCIETY SETS JANUARY SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES

New Jersey Jazz Social: Kate Baker / Vic Juris Trio

WHEN: January 21 @ 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM; Doors open at 3:00 pm 
WHERE:
Shanghai Jazz, 24 Main St. Madison, NJ + Google Map

Sponsored by New Jersey Jazz Society with Shanghai Jazz, Funding has been made possible in part by Morris Arts through the NJ State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image result for Kate BakerKate Baker’s love of music is the basis for two remarkable talents, as a singer and an educator. She has a distinctive vocal style and lyrical expression and she has evolved into one of today’s most sought after singers. Her voice resonates with her love of diverse musical inspirations whether Jazz, Brazilian, Latin or the Blues. Be it a Cole Porter standard or an Antonio Carlos Jobim composition, English or Portuguese, Kate is at home. She will be performing with her husband, Vic Juris famous jazz guitarist.

Image result for Vic JurisVic Juris was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he met and work with blind saxophonist Eric Kloss and they became friends. he met guitarist Pat Martino, who became a friend and mentor. Juris recorded with Richie Cole his debut album as a leader, Road Song, in 1979. Since 1991 he has spent much of his career with saxophonist David Liebman.Juris has taught at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Lehigh University, and Rutgers University and has written instructional books for guitar.


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1867 Sanctuary at Ewing

WHEN: January 6 @ 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
WHERE:
1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, NJ + Google Map

PYRENESIA: Vintage jazz with gypsy, klezmer, and folk influences. Alan Rigoletto (guitar/vox), Patrick Knapp (upright bass), Daniella Fischetti (fiddle), Tony Kovatch (accordion). Tickets are available online, or call the box office: (609) 392-6409. Discount for members and groups. The New Jersey Jazz Society is a proud co-sponsor of Jazz at the 1867 Sanctuary at Ewing.

WHEN: January 12 @ 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Modern Jazz with B.D. Lenz (Guitar), James Rosocha (Bass), Joe Falcey (Drums) Tickets are available online, or call the box office: (609) 392-6409. Discount for members and groups. The New Jersey Jazz Society is a proud co-sponsor of Jazz at the 1867 Sanctuary at Ewing.

WHEN: January 14 @ 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Brazilian solo piano jazz Tickets are available online, or call the box office: (609) 392-6409. Discount for members and groups. The New Jersey Jazz Society is a proud co-sponsor of Jazz at the 1867 Sanctuary at Ewing.

WHEN: January 20 @ 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Original Contemporary Jazz. Jack Furlong (Sax), Sean Gough (Piano), Jon McElroy (bass), and John O’Keefe (drums) Tickets are available online, or call the box office: (609) 392-6409. Discount for members and groups. The New Jersey Jazz Society is a proud co-sponsor of Jazz at the 1867 Sanctuary at Ewing.

WHEN: January 27 @ 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Straight ahead jazz and standards: Stephen Yee (Alto Saxophone), Jonathan Kirschner (Guitar), Ryan Permaul (Bass), Kyle Duppstadt (Drums) Tickets are available online, or call the box office: (609) 392-6409. Discount for members and groups. The New Jersey Jazz Society is a proud co-sponsor of Jazz at the 1867 Sanctuary at Ewing.

Image result for Chris Brubeck’s Triple PlayBickford Theatre: Chris Brubeck’s Triple Play

WHEN: January 20 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
WHERE:
Bickford Theatre, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown + Google Map

Led by the great Dave Brubeck’s son Chris, Triple Play brings together three exceptional musicians whose good-time music draws on folk, blues, and jazz. Grammy-nominated composer and musician Chris Brubeck has been called “one of the finest jazz trombonists around today” by Downbeat Magazine and “one of the most capable electric bassists” by the Los Angeles Times. He began touring and recording with his legendary father and has gone onto international acclaim as a performer, composer, and band leader. 

Image result for The Midiri BrothersOcean County MidWeek Jazz: The Midiri Brothers

WHEN: January 24 @ 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
WHERE:
Ocean County College – Grunin Center, College Drive, Toms River + Google Map

The Midiri Brothers Salute Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall Concert. In January 1938, Benny Goodman performed a concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall that became known as one of the most exciting–and important–evenings of music in the history of jazz. For the 80th anniversary, Grunin Center favorites the Midiri Brothers and their Orchestra will perform an unforgettable tribute to the night Carnegie Hall learned to swing! Tickets are available online or by calling the box office at (732) 255-0500. Reserved seating

Bob DeVos Organ Trio 

WHEN: Tuesday, January 9th @ 7:30pm-11pm – No Music Charge – Open Seating 
WHERE:
South Mountain Tavern Listening Room, 19 South Valley Road, South Orange
(973) 763-1006

Bob DeVos – guitar, Kyle Koehler – organ; Jason Tiemann – drums

Two Tuesdays a month Bob DeVos brings  outstanding musicians to this dedicated listening room with outstanding food & spirits.

Free parking lot after 6pm behind venue and South Orange RR Station
Check  www.bobdevosjazzguitar.com for details and other dates.

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WHEN: Tuesday, January 23rd @ 7:30pm-11pm – No Music Charge – Open Seating
WHERE: South Mountain Tavern Listening Room, 19 South Valley Road, South Orange
(973) 763-1006

Bob DeVos – guitar;  Steve LaSpina – bass; Billy Drummond – drums

Two Tuesdays a month Bob DeVos brings a rotating group of outstanding musicians to this dedicated listening room with outstanding food & spirits.

Free parking lot after 6pm behind venue and South Orange RR Station or free street parking.

Check  www.bobdevosjazzguitar.com for details and other dates.

Thursday, December 21, 2017

FILM SERIES COMING IN JANUARY TO JCC METROWEST

Celebrating Israeli Film
Weekly Screenings & Discussions for the Film Enthusiast

WHEN: Mondays, January 15-29, 1:00pm
WHERE:
Maurice Levin Theater, JCC MetroWest, West Orange

  • 1/15 - The Band’s Visit (the musical on Broadway is based on this film)
  • 1/22 - Dancing Arabs/A Borrowed Identity
  • 1/29 - Geburtig

ADMISSION: JCC Member: $45, Guest: $60

The Reel Film Series welcomes Stuart Weinstock as lead facilitator. Stuart is a writer, director and Professor of Film. His short films have been screened and won awards at film festivals worldwide.He teaches Film at Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mercy College and the New York Film Academy.

ADVANCE REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED

Contact Mara Miller: mmiller@jccmetrowest.org / 973-530-3473
18th Annual NJJFF Sponsors receive FREE admission to the Reel Film Series
For more information, visit www.jccmetrowest.org/njjff

Monday, November 27, 2017

NEW JERSEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL TO SCREEN “ITZHAK” @ JCC IN WEST ORANGE ON DECEMBER 9

Itzhak
WHEN: Saturday, December 9, 8:00PM
WHERE:
Maurice Levin Theater, JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange

Alison Chernick’s documentary ITZHAK examines the life and music of Itzhak Perlman, widely considered to be the world’s greatest living violinist. Through Itzhak Perlman, we’re able to see an artist at work, a modern Jewish family embracing its heritage while living in a world of changing expectations, and how the legacy of both the Jewish people and the violin are knitted together in one remarkable human being.

Enjoy LIVE MUSIC and refreshments before the film
MOVIE TICKETS (box office fees apply): $13 Senior, $15 in advance, $17 at the door
www.boxofficetickets.com/jccmetrowest
Free for 18th Annual NJJFF Sponsors
In-person Box Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00AM–12:00PM
Information: www.jccmetrowest.org/njjff or 973-530-3417

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