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THE CENTER FOR
JEWISH COMMUNITY,
CULTURE & CARING
FALL | WINTER 2021-2022
Enjoy the Davis Film Festival (at home)!
Grab your popcorn and enjoy thesequality films from the comfort of your
own couch. All features streaming through9PM on the final day of showing. DAVIS
FILM
FESTIVAL THE CENTER FOR
JEWISH COMMUNITY,
CULTURE & CARING
Rafal Zielinksy | Drama | USA | 98 min.
A young punk who thinks she knows it all and an old
man who knows he doesn’t strike up a conversation
October Double Feature - Stream both films for $9 on the streets of Los Angeles. He is a Holocaust
survivor; she a massage-parlor worker on the run
Ram Loevy | Drama | Israel | 96 min. and a Holocaust denier. She tells him she hates
Three West Bank children are smuggled into Israel and Jews; he asks her if she needs a place to stay. The
dumped on a Palestinian-Israeli couple in Jaffa. George two form an unlikely bond. Ed Asner stars in this
fears that hiding illegal aliens will mean disaster, while Rita absorbing drama that sparks larger questions about
believes they could give meaning to her life. As he struggles THE TIGER WITHIN family, love and our divided world.
to contain secrets, George is cast in a historical drama set Sun, Nov. 14 at 5 pm through Tues, Nov. 16 at 9 pm
during the civil war in British Mandatory Palestine. When STREAM FOR $9
the two stories intertwine, tensions erupt.
THE DEAD OF JAFFA
Sun, Oct. 10 at 5 pm through Tues, Oct. 12 at 9 pm
Liran Shitrit | Dramatic Thriller | Israel | 39 min. Alon Zingman / Drama / Israel / 40 min. per episode
A father whose daughter was killed in a terror attack sets Co-starring Lior Ashkenazi and Shira Haas, this
out on a quest for vengeance against the man who took acclaimed series from the director of Shtisel follows
everything from him and is now about to be released from Noah, a world-renowned orchestra conductor who
prison. This quest will test his values and beliefs while abandons fame and fortune to return home to Petah
threatening to cross the fine line between serving justice Tikvah after 30 years. There he finds his father in a
and blind revenge. state of progressive Alzheimer’s, with singing in the
IN THE NAME O
F community choir as his only remaining joy. When the
Sun, Oct. 17 pm at 5 pm until Tues, Oct. 19 at 9 pm
THE DAUGHTER choir’s conductor passes away, Noah makes the choice THE CONDUCTOR
of a lifetime and decides to take his place. All the while,
he is slowly going deaf.
First five episodes available to stream from:
Sun, Dec. 19 at 5 pm through Wed, Jan. 19 at 9 pm
Second five episodes available to stream from:
Sun, Jan. 23 at 5 pm through Tues, Feb. 22 at 9 pm
STREAM BOTH FOR $18
Register through the events calendar at www.ujajcc.org
Lunch & Learn The Lunch & Learn program is generously sponsored by Rita Edelston.
Every Thursday from 12:30–1:30 pm via Zoom
September 2021
November 2021
September 23
Koheleth and Sukkot: Biblical November 4
Reflections on the Pursuit of The Most Radical
Happiness and its Pitfalls Time of the Year
Dr. Job Jindo Rabbi Yonah Berman
September 30 November 11
Searching for Eden To Repair the World:
Rabbi David Silber Which World and How Much?
Rabbi Joanna Samuels
November 18
The Mishnah’s Lost Rabbi:
October 2021 The Maidservant of
Rabbi Judah the Prince
October 7 Rabbanit Leah Sarna
Jewish Gangsters
Michael Feldstein November 25
Thanksgiving, no class
October 14
Jewish Bioethics and Public
Health December 2021 December 16
Rabbi Lila Kagedan Do You Have to Believe in God
December 2 to Be a Good Jew?
October 21 The Rise of the Maccabean State
Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt
Jewish Spirituality and Andrea M. Berlin, PhD
Mindfulness December 23
Rabbi David Ingber December 9 The Bible With and Without Jesus
Marc Zvi Brettler, PhD
Amos and Einy: Albert Einstein’s
October 28 Social and Political Writings and
Joseph’s Bones and the Prophetic Judaism
December 30
Jewish Tradition of Memory Steven Gimbel, PhD Praying Anew: Unlocking Meaning
Reb. Simcha Raphael, PhD in the Words of the Siddur
Rabbi Elie Kaunfer
Register through the events calendar at www.ujajcc.org
THE CENTER FOR
JEWISH COMMUNITY,
CULTURE & CARING
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UJA-JCC Greenwich and AuthorsLive
at Greenwich Library Present Maybe You
Wildland: An Evening
with Author Evan Osnos.
Should Talk
In Conversation with Andrew Marantz,
to Someone
Staff Writer, The New Yorker
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 • 7:30PM
UJA-JCC
UJA-JCC Greenwich
Greenwich
Author
Evan O Free - Reservation Required Women’s
snos Women’s Philanthropy
Philanthropy
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invite
invite you
you to
to join
join us
us with
with Guest Speaker Lori
Guest Speaker Lori Gottlieb,
Gottlieb,
Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling
Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling
After a decade abroad, the National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Evan Osnos returns to Greenwich and two other U.S. cities he
author of Maybe
author of Maybe You
You Should
Should Talk
Talk to
to Someone.
Someone.
once called home, to illuminate the seismic changes in American politics and culture that crescendoed during the pandemic. His conversations
with local residents in all three places coax out intricate details of individual lives and how they entwine with the state of the nation. Whether Wednesday,
Wednesday, October
October 13,
13, 2021
2021 •• 11:30 a.m. PM
12:15-1:15 Couvert - $136
exploring the rightward shift of the Republican Party here in Greenwich, the collapse of social infrastructure and possibility in Clarksburg, WV or
the compounded effects of segregation and violence in Chicago, IL, Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury exposes critical fault lines in the At TheChairs
Milbrook Club 61 Woodside Drive, Greenwich, CT Sponsor - $180
national psyche and envisions what it will take to once again see ourselves as larger than the sum of our parts.
Event - Marissa Cohen & Rachel Schneider (Includes a copy of the book)
Event Chairs - Marissa Cohen & Rachel Schneider
Limited (110) in-person attendance at The Berkley Theater, Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Avenue.First come, first served.
CLICK
To register,HERE
please TO
go toREGISTER
UJAJCC.org or call 203-552-1818. RSVP By September 29, 2021
THE CENTER FOR
JEWISH COMMUNITY,
CULTURE & CARING
From the ICC Command Center:
Anti BDS Emergency Ops Promoting
If you have a child in high school or college –
they will face a new form of anti-Semitism:
PhiloSemitism
The Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Movement. in the Middle East
Go behind the curtain with leading strategists from
the Israel on Campus Coalition in the war on today’s
shifting forces of anti-Semitism on campus. Tuesday, December 7, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, November 9, 7:30 pm Connect with doers and thinkers at the Philos
Project, a Christian leadership community
Free via zoom. dedicated to countering BDS and anti-
(Zoom link will be provided upon registration) Semitism in the Middle East and beyond.
An experienced public affairs professional Free via zoom.
and campus organizer, Jacob Baime is an (Zoom link will be provided upon registration)
expert on pro-Israel campus affairs. As former
Building Bridges National Field Director with the American
Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), he
Not Boycotts oversaw strategic campus initiatives, and
managed AIPAC’s national training platforms
Jacob Baime for college and high school students. Baime
30 Minutes with...Ashager Araro Live From Israel Executive Director, most recently served as Area Director in
Tuesday, October 19, 10:30 am Israel on Campus Coalition AIPAC’s New England Region.
Born en route to Israel during Operation Solomon, Megan Nathan is responsible for providing
this prominent Ethiopian Israeli activist and pro-Israel students across the country with
IDF veteran is on the frontlines of the faceoff the tools and the resources to support Israel
against racism, anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism and fight BDS on campus. Megan began her
career with AIPAC, then worked at the US Global Robert Nicholson Luke Moon
on campus and beyond. Hear her story and her
Leadership Coalition (USGLC) where she built Founder, President & Deputy Director,
battle plan. coalitions of leaders from top NGOs, Fortune Executive Director, Philos Project
Megan Nathan 500 companies, and the U.S. military to educate Philos Project
Free via zoom. Americans about the importance of global
Managing Director,
(Zoom link will be provided upon registration) Israel on Campus Coalition development.
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December 1 | 7 PM
Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
Patron $613 includes 4 tickets
Sponsor $360 includes 2 tickets
Event Tickets:
$36 in advance
$50 at the door
Join us for this delayed—but much anticipated—Golden Ticket Series
Event! An Evening with the Gershwins features the singing quartet of
December 1 | 7 PM
Rebecca Cooper, Marissa Coretese, Jacob Litt and Brian Rosenblum who
will be accompanied by a three-piece orchestra. Also back for an encore
Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
is Broadway producer Jack Viertel, who will give commentary on lyrics,
Patron
plays $613
and the includes
history of 4George
tickets THE CENTER FOR
and Ira Gershwin. Enjoy thisCOMMUNITY,
JEWISH incredible
CULTURE & CARING
performance
Sponsor $360 orchestrated
includes 2by Event Director, Rebecca Cooper, Artistic
tickets
Director, Marissa Cortese and Musical Director, Zachary Kampler.
Event Tickets:
CLICK HERE| $50
$36 in advance TO at
REGISTER.
the door
Join us for this delayed—but much anticipated—Golden Ticket Series
Event! An Evening with the Gershwins features the singing quartet of
Rebecca Cooper, Marissa Coretese, Jacob Litt and Brian Rosenblum
who will be accompanied by a three-piece orchestra. Also back for an
encore is Broadway producer Jack Viertel, who will give commentary
on lyrics, plays and the history of George and Ira Gershwin. Enjoy this
incredible performance orchestrated by Event Director, Rebecca Cooper,
Artistic Director, Marissa Cortese and Musical Director, Zachary Kampler.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
THE CENTER FOR
JEWISH COMMUNITY,
CULTURE & CARING
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