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Boca Happenings

Inaugural International Jewish Film Festival

Announces Line-Up: Gene Wilder to Catskills

The Inaugural Boca International Jewish • A screening of Into the Arms of Strangers on Thursday,
Film Festival has announced the film line-up January 18th at 2 p.m. at the Movies of Delray. The film
for its first edition, February 25th – March won the Oscar for Best Documentary. Filmmaker, Deborah
17th. The program will present features, Oppenheimer will be interviewed after the film by Dr.
documentaries and short films from the Robert Watson as a part of the Marilyn and Jay Weinberg
U.S. and around the world, including Israel, Holocaust Film Series.
Canada, Switzerland, Poland, Italy, France, • The Festival Cinebash Patron event will feature the
Germany, and Australia, and will play host to Florida Premiere of Last Man Standing: The Chronicles
filmmakers, producers and actors to represent of Myron Sugerman, a film about a Jewish gangster, on
and discuss their films at Cinemark Palace 20, Tuesday, January 30th at 7 p.m. at the Wick Theater. Myron
Movies of Delray and Lake Worth and the Sugarman, the subject of the film, and the film’s Director,
Wick Theater. Jonny Caplan, will be in attendance. Patron dinner will be
“Cinema, as a universal language, at 5 p.m., film at 7 p.m.
transcends cultural divides and speaks to • The Billi and Bernie Marcus Year-Round Film
the common threads of the human experience,” said Wendy and singer Shaina Silver-Baird. When self-proclaimed bad Program will offer films throughout the year to the
Honig, co-founder. “While this festival celebrates Israeli Jew Viv lands ass-backwards into a job as a Cantor at her community, and is included as a benefit to the Patrons and
and Jewish culture, the art of film becomes a powerful force, family’s synagogue, she’s thrown into a wild ride of illicit Passholders.
reminding us that, irrespective of our backgrounds, we are affairs, drug trips, tense family drama, self-discovery and • The Marilyn and Jay Weinberg Holocaust Film Series
all storytellers sharing the same narrative of humanity.” some serious Jewish boy. will present eight films during the Festival and films
Opening Day kicks off with two Palm Beach County • Rabbi on the Block – In-person appearance with Tamar throughout the year, and is included as a benefit to the
Premieres, Bombers & Masterpieces: Recovering the Life, Manasseh, the charismatic rabbi and community activist Patrons and Passholders.
Art and Diary of Rene Gimpel with a talk by a curator from from the south side of Chicago, wants African Americans and Screenings of this year’s films will be held at Cinemark
the Boca Museum of Art; and the evening opening film event Jews to become closer allies. Tamar Manasseh is a big star Palace 20 in Boca Raton from February 25th – March 2nd,
Remembering Gene Wilder - Honoring the Festival Grand and has a show in development with Oprah Winfrey. Oprah and the Movies of Delray from March 3rd – 17th.
Benefactors – Billi & Bernie Marcus and Marilyn & Jay sees Tamar as the successor to what Oprah has been able to Passes for both in-theater and virtual films before,
Weinberg. There will be a patron get together at 5 p.m. at achieve. during and after the festival are on sale now for all films
the theater followed by the film at 7 p.m. The film will have The festival will close with the South Palm Beach County excluding the Cinebash opening and the Closing films.
an introduction by Mel Brooks. Premiere of the 2024 documentary, The Catskills, directed 20-Film Passes are available for $199, and includes a
Bombers & Masterpieces is a documentary mosaic by Lex Gillespie. The Catskills is a humorous and nostalgic free one-year membership to ChaiFlicks to watch films at
recounting the life, times, and diary of Rene Gimpel, an tribute to what became affectionately known as the Borscht home; (10-Film Passes are $108; 5-Film Passes are $59).
important Jewish art dealer, friend of almost all major French Belt. Stand-up comedians share their best shtick while former All Virtual Film Passes are $199 and include all films
artists of the first half of the 20th Century, and resistance waiters, entertainers, and dance instructors recount tales of offered virtually during the Festival, as well as a free one-
fighter who died in the Neuengamme concentration camp. the family-run resorts and bungalows that inspired such films year membership to ChaiFlicks to watch films at home.
Remembering Gene Wilder tells the story of the beloved as Dirty Dancing. Director Lex Gillespie (The Mamboniks) Individual tickets are also available starting at $12.
comedic genius. Gene Wilder was born Jerome Silberman to maps the development of the vacation destination, from a For tickets, sponsorship opportunities and more
an assimilated Milwaukee Jewish family, and his childhood refuge for working-class Jews seeking a respite from poverty information, visit www.JFilmBoca.org.
buddies called him Jerry. The world would come to know in overcrowded New York City tenements to a lavish summer About the Boca International Jewish Film Festival:
him as Gene Wilder (1933–2016), an endearing comic genius playground for the affluent. Closing Day Catskill festivities The Boca International Jewish Film Festival is a non-
through an extraordinary string of film roles that seem to grow will take place at the Movies of Delray on Sunday, March profit all volunteer organization celebrating Jewish culture
deeper, funnier and more humane with time: from the timid 17th at 1:30 p.m. through the medium of film. Founded by Wendy Honig,
Leo Bloom in Mel Brooks’ The Producers to the strange and Additional Boca International Jewish Film Festival Lesley Rich and Arleen Roberts, the festival aims to bring
magical title role in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, highlights include: together diverse audiences to explore and appreciate the
from his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in • Support Israel and Israeli film on Tuesday, December rich tapestry of Jewish spirit, culture, traditions and humor.
movies like Silver Streak to the comedy classics of Blazing 12th at 2 p.m. at the Movies of Delray with a free screening With a thoughtfully curated selection of films, year ‘round
Saddles, The Frisco Kid and Young Frankenstein. Opening of the film, On the Map, presented in-person by acclaimed programming, discussions and special events, the Boca
Night festivities will take place on Sunday, February 25th at filmmaker Dani Menkin, who will also present his “work in International Jewish Film Festival promises to be a cultural
Cinemark Palace 20. progress” antisemitism film, Colleyville. Donations will be highlight for the Boca Raton community and beyond.
Other special premiere films include: accepted for Israel.
• Seven Blessings – Winner of Best Picture – 10 Israeli
Academy Awards and Israel’s Submission to the Oscars -
Marie was just two years old when her mother gifted her to Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center
her infertile sister, a common Moroccan custom at the time.
Forty years later, Marie travels from France to Israel, where
her family now lives, to marry her one true love.
• Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara – In
1858, the Pope’s soldiers burst into the Jewish home of the
Mortara family to take Edgardo, their seven-year-old son who
had been secretly baptized by his nurse as a baby. The papal
law is unquestionable: he must receive a Catholic education.
• Less Than Kosher – In-person appearance with film star

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