Purim Soirée - The Jewish Museum’sTwenty-Sixth Annual Purim Ball
PARIS . . . at the beginning of the twentieth century. Few times have been
as urbane or as daring—when carriage met aeroplane, when the ancien régime
met modernity, head-on. In the laboratory of modernism, painters and poets
joined patrons and muses—in cafés, gardens, city interiors, and country châteaux. These encounters set the tone for our Purim Ball 2012.
A modern prophet, few might match Vuillard’s fusion of tradition and the avant-garde. His novel approach to space, color, texture and pattern capture his sensuality and vision.
Join us for the Purim soirée—where Israeli-born artist Izhar Patkin will use
light as his medium to invoke Vuillard’s seductive mood.
When: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Where: The Waldorf-Astoria, ... Go to event
Israeli life and culture comes alive through the lens of nine documentaries, dramas and comedies during the 16th Annual Israeli Film Festival, running February 25th-April 1st. With screenings in venues throughout Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs, the six-week festival features prize-winning films exclusively by Israeli filmmakers. The festival celebrates Israeli cinema with the aim of enriching the American vision of Israeli culture and society through film.
Dates: February 25-April 1, 2012
Times: Dates and times of screenings vary. See website for details.
Where: International House Philadelphia
3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Tickets:Ticket prices vary by film. See website for details.
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Last year over 200 people in their 20s and 30s showed up at World Cafe Live for a rockin’ night of dancing, costumed revelry, hamentashen, and themed drink specials. Don’t miss this return engagement for what’s sure to be a wild night.
Co-sponsored with Hillel’s Jewish Graduate Student Network and Moishe House Philadelphia.
When: Saturday, March 3, 2012
Time: 10:00 pm
Where: 101 South Independence Mall East
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Cost: $8 in advance, $10 at the door in costume, $15 at the door without costume
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Sponsored by the Jewish Community Center of the East Bay, the Jewish Music Festival presents music that celebrates the Jewish experience and explores what it means to be Jewish in a multicultural world. The music varies from hip hop and rock to Western and Middle Eastern classical traditions. Performances include Hadag Nahash, the Bustan Quartet, Emmanuel Witzthum and more. The festival is held at various Bay Area locations at various times, providing numerous opportunities to attend one of the events.
When: March 1 – 25, 2012
Where: Berkeley – San Francisco
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In September of 2005, the Peace Corps sent Philadelphia Jew Michael Levy to teach English in the heart of China’s heartland. His hosts in the city of Guiyang found additional uses for him: resident expert on Judaism, romantic adviser, and provincial basketball star, to name a few. Chow down on glatt kosher meat Chinese food from Cherry Grill while Levy shares his fascinating, poignant, and laugh out loud funny account of overcoming vast cultural differences to befriend his students and fellow teachers.
When: Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: 401 South Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Cost: $18 in advance, includes dinner
$25 at the door, includes dinner
$30 in advance, includes dinner and an autographed copy of the book
$38 at door, includes dinner and an autographed copy ... 
The American Sephardi Federation is please to present the 16th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival. The First International Sephardic Film Festival was founded in 1990 by Sephardic House. Many of the screenings will have a post screening discussion with the filmmakers.
When: March 15 – 22, 2012
Where: Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
Schedule & Tickets
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We are also excited to announce that for the first time in the Festival’s history our Opening Night Gala & Awards Presentation for the Los Angeles Festival will be held at the state-of-the-art Paramount Theater on the Paramount Studios Lot on March 15, 2012. If you would like to purchase advance tickets for Opening Night, please email info@israelfilmfestival.org.
When: March 15 – 29, 2012
Where: 6404 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048
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The Boston International Film Festival was created to celebrate the art of filmmaking and to honor the filmmakers who make it all possible. This is a festival dedicated to rewarding artists for their individual talents and for their creative expression through the medium of film. The festival strives to bring together in Boston local, national and international filmmakers by promoting the world’s most artistic and creative independent and experimental films.
When: April 13 – 22, 2012
Where: AMC Theatres
175 Tremont St, Boston, MA
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In memory of Archie Perlmutter, Co-founder of the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival.
Guest Curator: Ruth Perlmutter
Short films are a kind of micro-cinema. In concision, speed and instant gratification, they have a special appeal in this age of acronyms and limited attention spans. And yet, shorts are also complete and often complex narratives that, like feature films, are structured by character, plot, theme and genre. From animation to allegory, documentary to avant-garde, and comedy to tragedy, they explore family bonds, self-discovery, and resilience, and a whole range of emotions.
When: May 5, 2012
Time: 8:30 pm
Where: The National Museum of American Jewish History
101 South Independence Mall East, Philadelphia
Admission: $10: General Admission; $9: Seniors/Students; Free: Student Gro ... 
Be a Bystander! Thursday 9:30am May 10, Maimonides students will parade down Partridge St. to mark the “Lag B’omer” Student Festival. Led by the Albany Falcons Marching Drummers and escorted by Albany Mounted Police, the Parade route will pass by the Partridge St. newsman Andy Rooney, Assemblymen Jack MacNeny and Bob Reilly’s boyhood home locations, the Jewish Family Services on Madison Ave, Bnai Brith Parkview Apts, the new Bikur Cholim Hospitality on S. Lake, concluding with a picnic at Washington Park. Be there! Please stop by to cheer on the children in this “Love thy Neighborhood” expression of peace and goodwill. The colorful “Partridge Parade” music, costumes, floats and decorations are imbued with “Mitzvos to Go!” Maimonides Celebrates in honor of Jewish American Heritage Mon ... 
