http://www.jewpi.com Jewish Press International Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:40:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jewpi.com/opportunities-1328733021/ http://www.jewpi.com/opportunities-1328733021/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:30:21 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/opportunities-1328733021/ We love putting checks in the mail to artists and scholars, and we do it a lot, but still not nearly as much as we wish we could (which reminds me – help us send out more! ). But money isn’t everything. As often as we can, we like to highlight neat opportunities from other [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/book-news-1328047586/ http://www.jewpi.com/book-news-1328047586/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:06:26 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/book-news-1328047586/ You may know all about our film program – that The Law in These Parts just won the prestigious World Cinema Grand Jury Prize in Documentary at Sundance, that Crime After Crime premiered on the Oprah Winfrey Network and was subsequently optioned for a full-length motion picture drama, and more. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/world-premiere-joann-sfar-draws-from-memory-1327703292/ http://www.jewpi.com/world-premiere-joann-sfar-draws-from-memory-1327703292/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:28:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/world-premiere-joann-sfar-draws-from-memory-1327703292/ From grantee and filmmaker Sam Ball, at the reception celebrating the world premiere of his film Joann Sfar Draws From Memory (2010 recipient of the Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film) – photos after the jump: Filming Joann Sfar, we set out to portray an engaging character whose pen never stops drawing. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/film-news-the-law-in-these-parts-1327616768/ http://www.jewpi.com/film-news-the-law-in-these-parts-1327616768/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:26:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/film-news-the-law-in-these-parts-1327616768/ With several major Jewish and mainstream film festivals going on right now, there’s a lot of film news coming in – our film grantees are all over the place, and its great to see that audiences everywhere are appreciating their work as much as we do. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/now-accepting-applications-m-a-in-jewish-cultural-arts-at-gwu-1327359385/ http://www.jewpi.com/now-accepting-applications-m-a-in-jewish-cultural-arts-at-gwu-1327359385/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:56:25 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/now-accepting-applications-m-a-in-jewish-cultural-arts-at-gwu-1327359385/ The brand-new Master’s program in Jewish Cultural Arts at George Washington University is now accepting applications! Under the leadership of Judaic Studies Program Director (and past recipient of a Cohen Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship ) Jenna Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-jewish-cultural-achievement-awards-on-shalom-tv-1327010164/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-jewish-cultural-achievement-awards-on-shalom-tv-1327010164/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:56:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-jewish-cultural-achievement-awards-on-shalom-tv-1327010164/ The Jewish Cultural Achievement Awards: now in your living room! Shalom TV’s coverage is available online (video below) or on demand on your TV – instructions after the video.   To watch on TV: go to www.shalomtv.com and click on “Find Us” on the menu bar to find out the channel numbers on their cable [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-clooney-connection-1326819378/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-clooney-connection-1326819378/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:56:18 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-clooney-connection-1326819378/ Filmmaker Yoav Potash (Crime After Crime) with Mrs. Potash and George Clooney at the National Board of Review Awards Some fun news – George Clooney has been connected to two of our documentary films! First, he was in the audience at the National Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/films-at-sundance-and-the-new-york-jewish-film-festival-1325880969/ http://www.jewpi.com/films-at-sundance-and-the-new-york-jewish-film-festival-1325880969/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:16:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/films-at-sundance-and-the-new-york-jewish-film-festival-1325880969/ Come see our films! In addition to the constant stream of screenings at JCCs, synagogues, and other community centers around the country and abroad, there are a few especially important screenings that we’d like to feature. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-life-in-six-words-write-your-memoir/ http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-life-in-six-words-write-your-memoir/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:56:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-life-in-six-words-write-your-memoir/ From: http: //www.smithmag.net/jewish SMITH Magazine is teaming up with the Jewish cultural mavens of Reboot to bring you “Six Words on the Jewish Life. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/in-loving-memory-adrienne-cooper/ http://www.jewpi.com/in-loving-memory-adrienne-cooper/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:26:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/in-loving-memory-adrienne-cooper/ All of us at the Foundation for Jewish Culture send our heartfelt condolences to the family of Adrienne Cooper and to the wonderful community that she brought together. Her contributions to the revival of Yiddish culture were formative and extraordinary, and we are proud to have been able to help support her in her work. [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-holy-apple/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-holy-apple/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:11:00 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-holy-apple/ Interview with Urban Planning Fellow David Karnovsky at the American Academy in Jerusalem . Reprinted from Yedioth Ahronoth . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/fitting-in-2/ http://www.jewpi.com/fitting-in-2/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:28:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/fitting-in-2/ Choreographer Donald Byrd, writing from the American Academy in Jerusalem . Donald Byrd, Dance Fellow Saturday 12 November 2011 — Let me begin by saying I love Jerusalem. I love all its contradictions, political messiness, convergences and colliding of religions, cultures and ethnicities, as well as the resultant tensions. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/only-a-typical-evening/ http://www.jewpi.com/only-a-typical-evening/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:54:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/only-a-typical-evening/ David Herskovits Theatre Fellow David Herskovits blogging from the American Academy in Jerusalem. 2 December, 2011 — Rechov Yermiyahu 52 is nowhere. I mean really nowhere, as in nowhereseville, dark cold abandoned, get-out-of-the-cab-and-wonder-how-you-fell-for-it nowhere. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-hansen-leper%e2%80%99s-hospital/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-hansen-leper%e2%80%99s-hospital/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:06:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-hansen-leper%e2%80%99s-hospital/ From Urban Fellow David Karnovsky at the American Academy in Jerusalem. David Karnovsky Jerusalem is littered with 19th and early 20th century buildings that are in various states of disuse and disrepair. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/we%e2%80%99ve-got-a-lot-of-work-ahead-of-us/ http://www.jewpi.com/we%e2%80%99ve-got-a-lot-of-work-ahead-of-us/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:16:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/we%e2%80%99ve-got-a-lot-of-work-ahead-of-us/ Program Officer for the Arts Andrew Ingall writing from the American Academy in Jerusalem . Andrew Ingall Sunday, November 20, 2011 – I joined David Karnovsky and architects Hannah Gribetz and Danna Margaliot to visit Hansen House, a former hospital for patients with Hansen’s Disease (leprosy). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/very-spiritual-and-very-sababa/ http://www.jewpi.com/very-spiritual-and-very-sababa/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:02:35 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/very-spiritual-and-very-sababa/ Program Officer for the Arts Andrew Ingall writing from the American Academy in Jerusalem Andrew Ingall Thursday, November 17 — Day 2 of the Speaking Art Conference.  Art historian/curator Emily Bilski was so taken with Donald that she joined a group of observers at Donald’s dance workshop at Vertigo dance studio. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/program-officer-andrew-ingall-reporting-from-the-american-academy-in-jerusalem/ http://www.jewpi.com/program-officer-andrew-ingall-reporting-from-the-american-academy-in-jerusalem/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:54:28 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/program-officer-andrew-ingall-reporting-from-the-american-academy-in-jerusalem/ Program Officer for the Arts Andrew Ingall writing from the American Academy in Jerusalem Andrew Ingall Tuesday, November 15, 2011 — It’s a small world after all, and Israel is teeny tiny.  At the airport gate, I bumped into Rabbi Levi Kelman, of Congregation Kol Haneshama. I arranged for the Fellows to have dinner with [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/as-i-watched-i-was-transfixed/ http://www.jewpi.com/as-i-watched-i-was-transfixed/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:16:25 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/as-i-watched-i-was-transfixed/ The last installment (for now) with choreographer Donald Byrd, writing from the American Academy in Jerusalem . Donald Byrd, Dance Fellow It has begun! The moment after I have begun to separate from my life at home and locate in a different place. It is like awaking from a dream.  It is my ‘traveler entity’ [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/%e2%80%9ci-don%e2%80%99t-know-but-there-is-usually-a-story-behind-this-kind-of-thing-%e2%80%9d/ http://www.jewpi.com/%e2%80%9ci-don%e2%80%99t-know-but-there-is-usually-a-story-behind-this-kind-of-thing-%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:46:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/%e2%80%9ci-don%e2%80%99t-know-but-there-is-usually-a-story-behind-this-kind-of-thing-%e2%80%9d/ Urban Planning Fellow David Karnovsky on Day 1 At the American Academy in Jerusalem: David Karnovsky Arrived in Jerusalem from Tel Aviv airport. My first reaction: people say that Israel has almost become a megalopolis– a single city stretching from Haifa in the north through Tel Aviv and south. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/and-there-is-light-everywhere/ http://www.jewpi.com/and-there-is-light-everywhere/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:48:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/and-there-is-light-everywhere/ Continuing with Fellow Lynne Avadenka at the American Academy in Jerusalem… Visual Arts Fellow Lynne Avadenka Day 3 Yesterday began with a trip to Yad Vashem, the Israeli museum that serves as a memorial to the Holocaust. The museum was completely redone several years and is now housed in a magnificent building designed by Moshe [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/bending-the-rules-while-smiling-charmingly/ http://www.jewpi.com/bending-the-rules-while-smiling-charmingly/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:56:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/bending-the-rules-while-smiling-charmingly/ Blogging from the American Academy in Jerusalem: Visual Arts Fellow Lynne Avadenka Visual Arts Fellow Lynne Avadenka Day 1 We had a private guide that took us through the Old City of Jerusalem, showing us places important to Judaism, Islam and Christianity. We walked from 9 in the morning till about 4: 30 in the [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/only-possible-in-this-crazy-country/ http://www.jewpi.com/only-possible-in-this-crazy-country/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:36:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/only-possible-in-this-crazy-country/ Blogging from Jerusalem, President & CEO Elise Bernhardt: The first two days have been intense: first an overview of the Old City, where we ended our day at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the room considered the core of the universe. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-island-president/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-island-president/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:36:26 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-island-president/ The Island President is the new film from producers Bonni Cohen & Richard Berge, the makers of Film Fund recipient The Rape of Europa . It comes to DocNYC in November. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/welcome-to-the-american-academy-in-jerusalem/ http://www.jewpi.com/welcome-to-the-american-academy-in-jerusalem/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:46:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/welcome-to-the-american-academy-in-jerusalem/ Day One at the American Academy in Jerusalem with Foundation for Jewish Culture President & CEO Elise Bernhardt: Just finished an amazing welcome dinner for the fellows. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/support-independent-jewish-culture/ http://www.jewpi.com/support-independent-jewish-culture/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:51:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/support-independent-jewish-culture/ Guys, we can’t fund everything, but you can!  Here’s a quick roundup of some of the best independent Jewish arts and culture projects out there right now that YOU can help support. Mamaglia Blues Documentary film following a family’s  journey to try to find out what happened to relatives who disappeared in the Holocaust. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/girls-in-trouble-at-the-sidewalk-cafe/ http://www.jewpi.com/girls-in-trouble-at-the-sidewalk-cafe/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:16:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/girls-in-trouble-at-the-sidewalk-cafe/ Girls in Trouble , JDub band and project of Six Points Fellow Alicia Jo Rabins, comes to the Sidewalk Cafe in New York on the 15!  Check them out.  They’ve got a pretty amazing mission -  “an art-pop song cycle about the women of the Bible” – that they execute flawlessly. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/event-alert-galeet-dardashti-at-the-manhattan-jcc/ http://www.jewpi.com/event-alert-galeet-dardashti-at-the-manhattan-jcc/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:02:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/event-alert-galeet-dardashti-at-the-manhattan-jcc/ Galeet Dardashti is talking, and singing, TODAY at the Manhattan JCC! Tuesday, October 11 7 pm Click here for event website As a child Galeet Dardashti toured with her family, singing music from the Persian Jewish tradition. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/professor-david-n-myers-acceptance-speech-at-the-jewish-cultural-achievement-awards/ http://www.jewpi.com/professor-david-n-myers-acceptance-speech-at-the-jewish-cultural-achievement-awards/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:50:21 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/professor-david-n-myers-acceptance-speech-at-the-jewish-cultural-achievement-awards/ Professor David N. Myers, chair of the history department at UCLA and past director of the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, received the Jewish Cultural Achievement Award (click for pics! ) last month.  Take a look at his speech. It concisely and beautifully sums up a lot of what the Foundation for Jewish Culture is [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/catapult-film-fund-now-accepting-applications/ http://www.jewpi.com/catapult-film-fund-now-accepting-applications/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:42:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/catapult-film-fund-now-accepting-applications/ As you know, the Foundation for Jewish Culture awards finishing funds to several Jewish documentary films each year (through the Lynn & Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film), and we’re proud of being the home to the only film fund serving Jewish documentarians specifically.  But, we’re certainly not the only ones funding documentary film. [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/storahtelling-with-galeet-dardashti/ http://www.jewpi.com/storahtelling-with-galeet-dardashti/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:28:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/storahtelling-with-galeet-dardashti/ Storahtelling is offering its 5th annual alternative High Holidays service, and Galeet Dardashti – Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship recipient, Six Points Fellow, and composer/performer of Monajat , the inaugural work of the New Jewish Culture Network Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/frank-london-klezmer-orchestra-at-the-new-york-gypsy-fest-today/ http://www.jewpi.com/frank-london-klezmer-orchestra-at-the-new-york-gypsy-fest-today/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:18:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/frank-london-klezmer-orchestra-at-the-new-york-gypsy-fest-today/ Just a quick plug for this performance by Frank London, a good friend of the Foundation, at the New York Gypsy Fest tonight at 8 pm at drom! Click the pic for more info. Doors 7pm Show 8pm Advance Price $15 Door Price $20 Table Reservation (212) 777-1157 . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/embodied-light-9-11-in-2011-by-tobi-kahn/ http://www.jewpi.com/embodied-light-9-11-in-2011-by-tobi-kahn/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:34:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/embodied-light-9-11-in-2011-by-tobi-kahn/ Tobi Kahn’s latest and greatest exhibition is going on now at the Educational Alliance’s Ernest Rubenstein Gallery.  It’s an amazing and important exhibition – well worth your time.  Now through November 23. Memorial lights as part of Tobi Kahn’s “Embodied Light: 9-11 in 2011″ exhibition; Provided by the artist. 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Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/announcing-the-los-angeles-six-points-fellows/ http://www.jewpi.com/announcing-the-los-angeles-six-points-fellows/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:26:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/announcing-the-los-angeles-six-points-fellows/ Having launched two fantastically successful cohorts of emerging Jewish artists in New York City, the Six Points Fellowship is branching out: now in Los Angeles!  Read all about the new LA fellows! September 6, 2011 Dear Friends,  We are so excited Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-marsh-yehuda-hyman/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-marsh-yehuda-hyman/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:02:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-marsh-yehuda-hyman/ Although we’ve been unable to provide funds to theatre for the last few years, it’s great to see so many of the people who we did fund going on and making great new work. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/karen-malpede-another-life/ http://www.jewpi.com/karen-malpede-another-life/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:37:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/karen-malpede-another-life/ Grantee Karen Malpede (  I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 2000) has a new show hitting the stage next week.  Check it out. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/new-at-the-jewmu/ http://www.jewpi.com/new-at-the-jewmu/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:44:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/new-at-the-jewmu/ The Jewish Museum has just named Claudia Gould as its next director.  Welcome to Claudia and, and our warm wishes to Joan Rosenbaum, the  outstanding outgoing director. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/attention-chicago-crime-after-crime-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/ http://www.jewpi.com/attention-chicago-crime-after-crime-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:34:22 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/attention-chicago-crime-after-crime-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/ . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/board-co-chair-marc-stanley-in-jta/ http://www.jewpi.com/board-co-chair-marc-stanley-in-jta/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:36:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/board-co-chair-marc-stanley-in-jta/ Marc Stanley, co-chair of our board and of a whole lot of others, just had the following op-ed published in JTA. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/about-philip-levine-u-s-poet-laureate/ http://www.jewpi.com/about-philip-levine-u-s-poet-laureate/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:52:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/about-philip-levine-u-s-poet-laureate/ About a week ago, Librarian of Congress (pretty great title, as far as librarians go) James H. Billington announced the appointment of Philip Levine as the Library’s 18th Poet Laureate.  This is neat – Levine was raised Orthodox and a lot of his poetry, which centers around the Detroit working class, is also infused by his [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-woman-behind-the-polish-jewry-museum-2/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-woman-behind-the-polish-jewry-museum-2/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:18:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-woman-behind-the-polish-jewry-museum-2/ Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, a past recipient of our Jewish Cultural Achievement Awards, is stepping up to lead the core exhibition development team for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/american-academy-in-jerusalem-fellow-shelley-jordon-on-opb/ http://www.jewpi.com/american-academy-in-jerusalem-fellow-shelley-jordon-on-opb/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:58:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/american-academy-in-jerusalem-fellow-shelley-jordon-on-opb/ “Anita’s Journey,” the work of Past American Academy in Jerusalem fellow Shelley Jordon , will air on Oregon Public Broadcasting this Wednesday, August 17th. “Anita’s Journey” is a hand-painted, stop-motion animation depicting the point of view of a 6-year-old Jewish girl and her family surviving underground in and around Berlin in Nazi Germany. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/san-fran-jewish-film-fest-wrap/ http://www.jewpi.com/san-fran-jewish-film-fest-wrap/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:18:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/san-fran-jewish-film-fest-wrap/ The 31st Annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is over, but never fear, for the two Foundation for Jewish Culture films at the festival live on in theaters!  If you’ve already seen Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness and Crime After Crime , Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/thirtynothing/ http://www.jewpi.com/thirtynothing/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:26:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/thirtynothing/ Six Points Fellow, actor, musician, and performer extraordinaire Dan Fishback needs your help funding the production of his play “thirtynothing. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/saturday-night-in-jerusalem/ http://www.jewpi.com/saturday-night-in-jerusalem/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:00:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/saturday-night-in-jerusalem/ Lisa Preiss Fried, Program Director of the American Academy in Jerusalem, keeps us up to date on the political situation in Jerusalem.  She shows us the uplifting and energizing atmosphere that prevails in the protests, contrary to the narrative being shaped by some outside commentators. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/saying-%e2%80%9ci-do%e2%80%9d-stories-celebrating-love-relationships-and-marriage-for-all/ http://www.jewpi.com/saying-%e2%80%9ci-do%e2%80%9d-stories-celebrating-love-relationships-and-marriage-for-all/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:56:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/saying-%e2%80%9ci-do%e2%80%9d-stories-celebrating-love-relationships-and-marriage-for-all/ Following the recent victory for marriage equality in New York, the New Israel Fund and 92YTribeca invite you to celebrate and support freedom of marriage for all on the Jewish holiday of love, Tu B’Av. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-law-in-these-parts-the-reviews-are-in/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-law-in-these-parts-the-reviews-are-in/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:34:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-law-in-these-parts-the-reviews-are-in/ The Law in these Parts is an incredible film , but don’t take our word for it (nor that of the Jerusalem Film Festival, which named it Best Documentary Film last month). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/urgent-need-in-the-horn-of-africa/ http://www.jewpi.com/urgent-need-in-the-horn-of-africa/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:50:43 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/urgent-need-in-the-horn-of-africa/ From Rabbi Sam Weintraub of Kane Street Synagogue: Dear friends, Two weeks ago, in the wake of the horrific murder of Leibl Kletzky, of blessed memory, I shared a Talmudic teaching which instructs those who have witnessed gross immorality to respond by multiplying their own acts of kindness. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/shalom-nagar%e2%80%99s-life-in-death/ http://www.jewpi.com/shalom-nagar%e2%80%99s-life-in-death/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:38:30 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/shalom-nagar%e2%80%99s-life-in-death/ The Hangman , like its subject Shalom Nagar,  is a quiet, almost tranquil film – a remarkable thing for a film documenting a man who has dedicated his life in no small part to death. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/krakow-jewish-culture-festival/ http://www.jewpi.com/krakow-jewish-culture-festival/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:38:47 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/krakow-jewish-culture-festival/ The Krakow Jewish Culture Festival wrapped earlier this month, but they’ve just recently put some of the video online, and its too good to ignore. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/mazel-tov-to-ruthie-and-connie/ http://www.jewpi.com/mazel-tov-to-ruthie-and-connie/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:48:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/mazel-tov-to-ruthie-and-connie/ Congratulations to Ruthie Berman and Connie Kurtz, who, after a decades-long partnership were married in a Jewish ceremony on Tuesday!  Ruthie and Connie are the subjects of Foundation for Jewish Culture-funded film Ruthie & Connie: Every Room in the House , which was released on DVD late last year . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/more-about-sholem-aleichem/ http://www.jewpi.com/more-about-sholem-aleichem/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:46:42 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/more-about-sholem-aleichem/ Grantee Joseph Dorman and Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness got a great write-up in the NY/Region section of the New York Times.  Reprinted here for the benefit of the rest of the country. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/time-magazine-on-the-legacy-of-joe-papp/ http://www.jewpi.com/time-magazine-on-the-legacy-of-joe-papp/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:44:18 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/time-magazine-on-the-legacy-of-joe-papp/ It’s well worth our time to take a moment to feature the following video, which went up on Time Magazine’s website earlier this week. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/and-the-winners-are%e2%80%a6-4/ http://www.jewpi.com/and-the-winners-are%e2%80%a6-4/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:54:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/and-the-winners-are%e2%80%a6-4/ Congratulations to grantee films Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness and The Law in These Parts , which played to sold-out audiences and added showtimes to accommodate demand, both took home big prizes from the Jerusalem Film Festival ! The Law in these Parts took home the Van Leer Group Award for Documentary Film . [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/what-is-monajat/ http://www.jewpi.com/what-is-monajat/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:42:28 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/what-is-monajat/ In September, former Six Points Fellow and Maurice & Marilyn Cohen Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship recipient Galeet Dardashti will take her multimedia performance, entitled Monajat , on a tour around the country through the New Jewish Culture Network . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/crime-after-crime-making-a-film-jewish-through-community-engagement-and-social-justice/ http://www.jewpi.com/crime-after-crime-making-a-film-jewish-through-community-engagement-and-social-justice/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:56:23 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/crime-after-crime-making-a-film-jewish-through-community-engagement-and-social-justice/ A lot of people ask us, “what is Jewish culture?” and “what makes a given film/artwork/song/play/book/etc Jewish?”  The piece below went up last weekend on PhilanTopic , and there are some good answers in it. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/help-numbered-kickstarter-project-to-document-auschwitz-survivors/ http://www.jewpi.com/help-numbered-kickstarter-project-to-document-auschwitz-survivors/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:54:36 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/help-numbered-kickstarter-project-to-document-auschwitz-survivors/ Last year, we gave Uriel Sinai and Dana Doron a grant through our Film Fund to help them finish their documentary, Numbered , in which Auschwitz survivors tell their stories.  The project focuses especially on the tattooed numbers that the survivors bear, and the complex ways in which they have worn them over the decades. [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/sholem-aleichem-yiddish-lit-party-and-new-york-premiere/ http://www.jewpi.com/sholem-aleichem-yiddish-lit-party-and-new-york-premiere/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:56:27 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/sholem-aleichem-yiddish-lit-party-and-new-york-premiere/ Next week is a big week for 2002 Grantee Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness! July 6, 7: 30 at Le Poisson Rouge – FREE The Jewish Book Council, Jewcy, and Vol. 1 Brooklyn come together to throw “The Greatest Yiddish Literature Party Ever” in honor of   Sholem Aleichem . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/who-doesn%e2%80%99t-love-a-hometown-hero/ http://www.jewpi.com/who-doesn%e2%80%99t-love-a-hometown-hero/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:36:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/who-doesn%e2%80%99t-love-a-hometown-hero/ Who doesn’t love a hometown hero?  The Fellows of the first American Academy in Jerusalem prepare to set sail, and its great to see their home communities rooting for them.  This time, courtesy of Seattle, via Omar Willey @ Seattlest . Photo courtesy of Spectrum Dance Theater Donald Byrd is going to Jerusalem. Read More [...]]]> 0