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Maaleh Film School
Screenings
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Saturday,
February 16th, 8 PM
Beth
Sholom Congregation & Talmud Torah
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Sunday,
February 17th, 7 PM
Magen David Sephardic Congregation
$8.00
members $10.00 others
For
details call 301-770-6818 or email magendavid@mdscbe.org
Tuesday,
February 19th, 12 PM
Library
of Congress- Dining Room A
6th
floor James Madison building
Tickets
are FREE
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The Ma'aleh
Film School was established in 1989. The school
trains young professionals to make films which focus on the Jewish/Israeli
experience, using as their inspiration rich Jewish tradition, contemporary
Israeli experience and western cultural values. Over the last two
decades, Ma'aleh has brought a new and authentic
voice to Israeli cinema.
For more information on the Ma’aleh Film School click here.
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SilverGarburg
Duo
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February
24th –
4 PM
Philips Collection
February 28th- 8 PM
Radford University, Bondurant Performance
Hall
Praised
for their "lyric sensitivity, extraordinary inner perception and
overwhelming technical mastering" (Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung), the Silver-Garburg
Piano Duo enjoys a flourishing international career, performing in more
than forty countries on five continents. Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg founded their duo in 1997 and within a few
years became one of the most remarkable piano-duos on the international
stage, gaining enthusiastic acclaim from music audiences and critics alike.
Ms.
Silver and Mr. Garburg present master- classes at
the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Sibelius Music
Academy in Helsinki,
Beijing Central Conservatory and the Tel- Hai
International Piano Master- classes in Israel. In July 2004 they were
jurors at the "IBLA Grand Prize" International Competition. Since
October 2001 they have taught at the Hanover Musikhochschule
in Germany.
For more information on the SilverGarburg
Duo click here
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Children of the Sun
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"Children of the Sun”
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Sunday,
February 24th, 7 PM
Jewish
Community Center of Greater Washington
Kreeger Auditorium
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Children
of the first kibbutzim in Israel
were born in the early 20th
Century
to youthful parents, full of hope. They have been called “Children of
the Sun” because they considered them children of the “Sun of Nations”
Revolution in Israel.
“Children
of the Sun” tells the story of the journey in search of a
Society’s
memory and the concepts that have passed from the world.
The
film portrays rare footage shot at the kibbutzim between 1930
and
1970, rare recordings and conversations with families and
friends.
Join
us for this film and stay for an interesting discussion with
the writer and director, Ran Tal.
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The Girls from Brazil
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Monday,
February 25th, 7:30 PM
DCJCC,
1529 Sixteenth Street, NW
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Adopted
in Brazilin
the ‘80’s, four Israeli women returned there searching for their biological mothers and roots. Ayelet, who was adopted in
Rio de Janeirowhen
she was four, supplied the director, Nili
Tal, with a photo of hers, taken on the day of her adoption. Tal
sent it to a Brazilian daily with the caption “do you know me?”
The following day, the director received an email from a Brazilian woman. Daniela
supposedly had her original adoption papers, but then she learns the truth is more
complicated. Anna and Alma had the name and address of a woman in northern Brazil,
but no way of getting there. Will all of them meet their biological mothers?
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NVJCC Celebration of the Arts
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Oxman Kiddush Cup
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Saturday,
March 8th and Sunday, March 9th
Jewish
Community Center of Northern Virginia
8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax,
VA 22031
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The
power of these words conveys the theme of the JCCNV’s
9th Annual Celebration of the Arts — Threads of Life: A Journey in Creativity.
Between Saturday evening, March 8th and Sunday, March 9th,
over 2,000 people will come through the doors of the Jewish Community
Center of Northern Virginia — all sharing a passion for art and dedicated
to supporting Israeli and American Jewish artists. This year, as we
celebrate Israel@60, we are proud to host over 50 artists, each distinctive
and extraordinarily talented — including our featured artist,
nationally-acclaimed Zachary Oxman.
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Galila
Ron Feder
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Galila Ron Feder
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Tuesday, March 4th, 6:30 PM
Jewish
Community Center of Greater Washington
Rockville, MD
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This
special program will be in Hebrew!
Galila Ron-Feder-Amit was born in Haifa in 1949. She
has a degree in biblical studies and Hebrew literature from the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. For seven years she was foster-mother to 10
children from broken homes, and she recorded her experiences in a
fictional series that was broadcast on radio and adapted for the stage
and TV. The film, To Myself, won First Prize at the Frankfurt
Children’s Film Festival. In 1972, she founded a children’s nature
magazine. She has also been the editor of a science magazine for young
readers and editor of a children’s magazine. Ron-Feder-Amit
has published six novels for adults and about 250 books for children and
youth, many of which have been broadcast, filmed and serialized in
children’s and teen magazines.
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Shalom Hanoch
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Shalom Hanoch
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Tuesday, March 4th, 8 PM
GW’s Lisner Auditorium
For
more information please call the box office 202 994 6800
Or
visit www.ticketmaster.com
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"Shalom Hanoch is not just the biggest and most significant
artists in Israeli rock, but one of the most fascinating and prolific
forces in Israeli music since the late 60's, a sensitive lyricist and
ingenious composer who is adept at moving effortlessly between delicate
intimacy and energetic Rock and Roll."
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Shalom
Hanoch has recorded more than 20 albums, many of
which reached platinum and gold status. He has collaborated with renowned
artists, including Arik Einstein, Meir Ariel, Shlomo Artzi, and many
others.
“Hanoch brings with him not only the energy and
decibels, but also his enormous cultural weight as one of the forefathers
of Israeli rock. And so when he went on stage…he seemed like a mature king
still going strong.”
–Ben
Shalev, Ha’aertz
(2007)
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Etti
Ankri
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Etti Ankri
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Tuesday, April 8th, 7:30 PM
6th
& I Historic Congregation
Washington, DC
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Or
call 202-408-3100
Sunday, April 13th, 8PM
University of Virginia
Abbott Center,
Darden School
Charlottesville, VA
Part of Hearing Israel:
Music, Culture and History at 60
University of Virginia Jewish Studies Program
April 13-14, 2008
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Come check out two performances of singer Etti Ankri, hailed
as “rock genius” and the “Poet of Israeli Spirituality,”
in an evening of spiritual and ethnic Israeli music at
its best! As a lyricist and composer, Ankri's idiosyncratic
work touches on contemporary social comment, feminist
perspectives, and religious and kabbalistic imagery. Ankri
achieved popularity first as a film and TV actress. Her
first album was released in 1990 and won critical and
popular acclaim. Since then, she has released six other
albums. In 2005 Ankri came out with a greatest hits double
album covering fifteen prolific years of exceptional musical
achievement.
“Etti’s work makes a statement -female, personal and social
-and is spiced with ethnic motifs. Listen to Ankri’s pure
and soulful voice combined with her sensitive and precise
music…it all comes together…Ankri writes from a place
of great love; a love of God, awe-inspiring, eternally
wonderful.” –Menachem Ben, Z’man Tel Aviv-Maariv ( 2004)
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Israeli Art Exhibition- Personal Landscapes:
Contemporary Art from Israel
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Katzen Center photo
courtesy of www.eypaedesign.com/.../katzen/katzen_4.jpg
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Tuesday, April 1st -Sunday, May 18
American University
Katzen Arts
Center
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Israeli
art exhibition, Personal Landscapes: Contemporary Art from
Israel, a collaboration of the Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation,
the Center for Israel Studies and the American
University Museum,
will present the work of contemporary Israeli artists at the Katzen
Arts Center.
Opening reception to be held on April 10th, 6:00-8:00, exhibit tour
5:00-6:00.
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Seeds of Sun
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Seeds of Sun
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Saturday, February 23rd, 8PM
Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Temple
Bethesda, MD
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Saturday, April 12th, 8 PM
Adat Chaim
Reisterstown, MD
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Seeds of Sun
have established themselves as the leading Israeli Jazz Ensemble in North
America, blending music written in Israel in a Jazz and World
music setting with original Israeli Jazz. The band has played on
prestigious stages such as the Kennedy
Center in Washington
and the 92nd
Street Y in New York,
and has traveled as far as Vietnam,
Hong Kong and the Philippines
introducing a new and exciting sound of Israel to the world.
For
more information on Seeds on Sun click here
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Filmmaker David Ofek &
Screenings
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”The Hebrew Lesson” photo courtesy of
professionals.filmfestivalrotterdam.com
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Monday, April 14th, 7:30 PM
Washington DC Jewish Community Center
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“The Hebrew Lesson (Haulpan)”
Chin
left her daughter in China
and came to Israel
to make a living… Sasha never considered immigrating to Israel. But four years after
his girlfriend left Russia
with their daughter, he understood that life without his child is
worthless. He left a thriving business behind only to find himself in Tel
Aviv‘s worst neighborhood... Marisol grew up as a Jewish Princess in Lime
Peru, and came to Israel
to learn something about life... These characters meet in a Hebrew
language Ulpan where their personal stories
meld with the complexities of Israeli reality. The immense effort of
learning a new language is revealed through their encounter with a
strange culture and an unfamiliar environment. Israeli society is
revealed through the foreigner‘s eyes. This gaze, at times funny, at
times sad, paints our daily reality with irony.
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”NO.17” photo courtesy of www.reelfilm.com
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Wednesday, April 16th, 7 PM
University of Maryland
Hoff
Theater
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“No. 17”
In
June 2002, a bus on its way from Tel Aviv to Tiberius was bombed. 17
people were killed, 16 were identified. No. 17 wasn’t. He was buried a
few weeks later – anonymous. The police stopped searching, believing that
he must have been a foreign worker. This is where the filmmakers step in,
documenting in real time over a period of six months the search for the
identity of a man no one claimed missing. The film takes the form of a
detective investigation, but also pursues the stories of several people
who were affected directly or indirectly by this bombing, creating a
tragic-comic portrait of a society living under the shadow of death.
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The Ariel Quartet
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The Ariel Quartet
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Monday, April 21st, 7:30 PM
Kennedy Center, Terrace Theater
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The young
Israeli performers of the Ariel String Quartet are taking the music world
by storm. They enjoyed their professional debut at the Jerusalem Music
Centre in 2000, and are currently an honors ensemble at the New England
Conservatory of Music. In 2006, the quartet won the Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. For
their Kennedy
Center debut, the
foursome will perform Haydn's final string quartet, Beethoven's songlike
String Quartet in B-flat major, and a challenging new work by Hungarian
composer György Kurtág.
Program:
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HAYDN - String
Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2
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KURTAG - Six
Moments Musicaux Dédies
à Mon Fils
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BEETHOVEN - String
Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130
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20th Annual Baltimore
Jewish Film Festival
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”Three Mothers”
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April 1st-May 18th
The
29th Annual Baltimore Jewish Festival is not to be missed- and
will include the screening of 4 fabulous Israeli films!
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Thursday, April 3rd, 7:30 PM- Beaufort
Nominated
for the 2008 Oscar and winner of many international awards.
The
suspenseful and powerful film depicts how Liraz,
a young Israeli soldier, becomes commander of his unit defending the Lebanon
fortress while dealing with complex relationships and moral dilemmas.
Thursday, April 10th, 7:30 PM- Three Mothers
A
magnificent and colorful saga of 3 Jewish Egyptian
sisters and their family secrets
Tuesday April 29th, 7:30 PM- Sweet Mud
Winner
of the 2007 Sundance Award. Dvir is
12, in 1974 and lives on a kibbutz with his mother and older
brother. His riveting and coming of age story uncovers romantic
notions about kibbutz life and touching family relationships.
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Chicken Paprika Recipe
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Photo courtesy of www.myhouseandgarden.com
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Chicken is
extremely popular in Israel,
because it is relatively inexpensive and can be prepared in many ways.
Chicken paprika is, of course, a Hungarian variation. With the amount of
chicken Israelis consume, it is hard to imagine a family going without it
for very long.
1 - 4 lb. pullet
3 tbs. flour
2 tbs. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
4 tbs. chicken fat or margarine
1-1/2 cups sliced onion
1 tbs. paprika
1 cup boiling water
Cut up chicken
and season with flour, salt and pepper. Brown chicken in the fat (or
margarine). Remove chicken and brown onions in remaining fat (or
margarine). Return chicken to the pan, sprinkle with paprika and add
water. Cover and cook over low heat for 1-1/2 hours or until chicken is
tender.
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