SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: Run Boy RunA poignant, emotionally riveting film by a German

director made in Poland. It tells the true story of an8 year old boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto in1942 and for three years survives on his own in Nazioccupied Poland. The child’s struggle increasinglyreflects the Jewish people’s struggle to maintaintheir identify in the face of genocide.

Germany/France, 2013, 108 min, German/Polish/Russian w/ subti-tles, narrative/drama/true story

MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M.Lecture: American Intervention in the Middle East:What Have We Learned?

TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.Brown Bag Lunch Talk: SlouchingToward Bethlehem: What’s the Futurefor the Middle East?

WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M.Jewish Film Series: Run Boy Run

WEEK 8: August 14 – August 20Speaker: Dr. Tamara Cofman – Wittes, Director of the Saban

Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution

SUNDAY: 2:00 P.M. Jewish Film Series: DoughSpecial Event: Movie and a Nosh - A dessertand sundae buffet will follow the film – MinimumDonation of $15.00. Tickets must be purchased inadvance. A comic British film starring well known actor,Jonathan Pryce, as a London Jewish baker who isdesperate to keep his business going in a changingneighborhood. Along comes a young AfricanMuslim assistant from Darfur with unexpected

results. A Jewish Film Festival circuit mega hit. United Kingdom,2014, 95 min, English, narrative/drama/comedy.MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M.

Lecture: Dr. Shai Feldman - The Chaotic Middle East: Impacton Israel’s National Security

TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Dr. Shai Feldman - Israel, the U.S., and the New Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities

WEDNESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.MBrown Bag Lunch Talk: Greg Peterson - 2016 March of the Living: Auschwitz to BirkenauPersonal Reflections

3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: Dough

THURSDAY: 12:15 – 1:30 P.M.Brown Bag Lunch and Yiddish Conversationwith Bernice Thaler

SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: The Outrageous Sofie Tucker The rags to riches documentary of “The Last of the RedHot Mamas”, Sophie Tucker, who was a popular entertain-er in America during the first half of the 20th century. Sheruled the worlds of vaudeville, Broadway, television andHollywood and was the first woman to infatuate her audi-ences with her bold, bawdy and brassy style unlike anyother. The music is outstanding. USA, 2015, 96 min,English, documentary

MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M. Lecture: Rembrandt and the Jews - Between Myth and Reality

TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Religious Ideologyand Visual Culture: The Sacrifice of Isaac inJewish, Christian and Islamic Art

WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: The Outrageous SofieTucker

THURSDAY: 12:15 P.M. Film Showing: Bagels Over Berlin

A documentary that pays homage to the Jewish Army Air Corp volunteers in WWII. Hear the stories of men whoserved in the branch of service with the highest mortality rateduring the first years of war. Alan Feinberg, the film producer,will introduce the film and answer questions. 60 minutes

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2016Schedule

The Everett Jewish LifeCenter in Chautauqua

THE INCLUSIVE CENTER OF JEWISH LIFE IN CHAUTAUQUA

The Everett Jewish Life Center in Chautauqua is the Inclusive Center of Jewish Life in Chautauqua.

Fully participating in the 9 week programs, the Center offerstalks, films and other Jewish and inter-religious activities.

Our beautiful art collection is on display in the Community Roomand our Library is open to all during house hours.

Our Porch is always available for great conversation.

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The Everett Jewish Life Center in Chautauqua was built andfurnished with the Everett family’s generous gift. The continuedoperation of our facility depends on contributions from thecommunity. We rely on support from donations for on-goingoperations, maintenance, and programming. Your donations areneeded to help maintain a vibrant center for Jewish life inChautauqua and they are greatly appreciated. We are a 501(c)(3)not-for-profit organization and, as such, gifts to the Everett JewishLife Center in Chautauqua are tax deductible to the extent allowedby law.

WEEK 7: August 7 – August 13Speaker: Dr. Shai Feldman, The Judith and Sidney Swartz - Director of the

Crown Center for Middle East Studies and Professor of Politicsat Brandeis University. Greg Peterson, Co-Founder of the Robert H. Jackson Center

The Jewish Film Series was co-founded by Carol N. Hirsh &Margery Gootnick in 2009. The first full film series was presentedto Chautauqua audiences in the 2010 Season. This Season’sfilms were curated and previewed by Carol Hirsh & Elliot Fix. Theintroductions that precede each film were written by Elliot. Wethank Carol and Elliot for all their work to make this film seriespossible.

WEEK 9: August 21 – August 28Speaker: Dr. Shalom Sabar, Professor of Jewish Art and Folklore at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: The Green PrinceA gripping documentary that tells the incredibletrue story of Moab Hassan Yousef, who is the sonof a Hamas founder. He became one of the IsraeliSecret Service’s most valuable assets for ten years.A tale of profound, personal transformation.Israel, 2014, 101 min, English/Hebrew w/ subtitles,documentary/true story

MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M. Lecture: Jeremy Ben-Ami - Choices Ahead: Defining theFuture of Israel and its relationship with the AmericanJewish community

TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Jeremy Ben-Ami -What Can be Done to Save the Two -State Solution to the Israeli-PalestinianConflict?

WEDNESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Robert Goldberg - The NewJewish Community

3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: The Green Prince

THURSDAY:12:15 – 1:30 P.M. Brown Bag Lunch and Yiddish Conversationwith Sol Messinger

SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: The Last MenschLead German actor, Mario Adorf, portrays aHolocaust survivor, who has denied his Jewish her-itage all his life. When he faces his own mortali-ty, he wants to be buried in a Jewish cemetery. Anemotional life changing road trip ensues thatbecomes the film’s essence.France/Germany/Switzerland, 2014, 93 min,German w/ subtitles, narrative/drama. .

MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M. Lecture: Eve Exposed

TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Are We Boundby the Binding of Isaac?

WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: The Last Mensch

THURSDAY: 12:15 – 1:30 P.M. Brown Bag Lunch And Yiddish Conversation withCharley Shuman

SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: Belle and Sebastian A family appropriate film of the unshakable bondbetween young Sebastian and a giant sheepdoghe tames named Belle. Set during World War IIin a peaceful village of the Alps on the border ofoccupied France and Switzerland, Belle andSebastian are tested when Nazi soldiers enter thevillage to root out resistance fighters and Jewishrefugees attempting to cross the border. France,2014, 117 min, French w/ subtitles,narrative/drama/family.

MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M.Lecture: What Lincoln’s Second Inaugural AddressTeaches Us About Lincoln’s Religious Worldview – andOur Own

TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Applied JewishWisdom: Jewish Values in CharitableGiving

WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: Belle and Sebastian

THURSDAY: 12:15 – 1:30 P.M.Brown Bag Lunch and Yiddish Conversationwith Bernice Thaler

SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: 24 DaysA French award winning film that portrays the truestory of 24 days in 2006 in Paris when 23 year oldIlan Halimi was kidnapped for ransom. The brutal-ity of the crime was deemed as an anti-Semitic hatecrime by his mother, causing conflict with the policeover the rescue efforts. France, 2014, 111 min,French w/ subtitles, narrative/drama/true story.

MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M Lecture: Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk

Book Signing: • The Szyk Haggadah• The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk

TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M.Brown Bag Lunch Talk: FreedomIlluminated: Understanding The SzykHaggadah

WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: 24 Days

THURSDAY: 12:15 – 1:30 P.M. Brown Bag Lunch and Yiddish Conversation withSol Messinger

SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: Deli ManThis documentary travels in pursuit of great deli cuisine.Tracing the history of the deli, the film centers on thirdgeneration deli man, Ziggy Grube, from Houston, TX,who has built the finest delicatessen in U.S. history.USA, 2014, 91 min, English, documentary.

MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M.Lecture: Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor - Chutzpah to Chidush: ACentury of Yiddish-Influenced English in America

TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Dr. Sarah BuninBenor - Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learnthe Language and Culture of Orthodox JudaismBook Signing: Becoming Frum: HowNewcomers Learn the Language and Culture ofof Orthodox Judaism

WEDNESDAY: 12:15 - 1:15 P.M.Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Dr. Steven Windmueller - Are Jews Becoming Republicans: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Jewish VoteBook Signing: The Quest for Power: A Study in Jewish Political Behavior and Practice

3:30 P.M.Jewish Film Series: Deli Man

THURSDAY: 12:15-1:30 P.M. Brown Bag Lunch and Yiddish Conversationwith Charley Shuman

SUNDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: The Farewell Party

Award winning Israeli film about a group of resi-

dents in a Jerusalem senior living home who strug-

gle with a decision to help a dying friend end his

life with dignity. A witty, dark comedy aided by

an ensemble of Israel’s finest actors. Israel, 2014,

93 min, Hebrew w/ subtitles, narrative/drama/dark

comedy.

MONDAY: 3:30 – 4:45 P.M. Lecture: Rethinking Jewish Resistance during the Holocaust

TUESDAY: 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Saving Jewsduring the Holocaust

WEDNESDAY: 3:30 P.M. Jewish Film Series: The Farewell Party

2016 SEASON PROGRAM FOR THE EVERETT JEWISH LIFE CENTERFor latest schedule changes, please see our website or check for notices at the EJLCC.

WEEK 1: June 26 – July 2Speaker: Dr. Steven Katz, The Alvin J. And Shirley Slater Chair

in Jewish Holocaust Studies at Boston University

WEEK 2: July 3 – July 9This week’s programs are sponsored by Linda & Sol Ludwig. We

are very thankful for their generosity.Speakers: Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor, Associate Professor of Contemporary

Jewish Studies at Hebrew Union College, L.A.Dr. Steven Windmuller, Professor Emeritus at Hebrew Union College, L.A.

WEEK 3: July 10 – July 16Speaker: Irvin Ungar, CEO of the firm Historicana, the

foremost expert and leading dealer of the art of Arthur Szyk

WEEK 5: July 24 – July 30Speaker: Dr. Anne Lapidus Lerner, Assistant Professor Emerita

of Jewish Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary

WEEK 4: July 17 – July 23Speaker: Yossi Prager, Executive Director for North America

of the AVI CHAI Foundation

WEEK 6: July 31– August 6Speakers: Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J Street

Robert Goldberg, CEO and Executive Director at the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo