TIMELY TOPICS & TASTY TREATS: LENS ON ISRAEL: A SOCIETY THROUGH ITS CINEMA

Tuesday May, 7, 2019 at 1:30 pm. Please note start time of 1:30 pm for this event only
Senior Source (second floor) at the Riverside Square Mall in Hackensack

We are delighted to welcome back Eric A. Goldman, adjunct professor of cinema at Yeshiva University. Dr. Goldman will illustrate how Israeli movies provide an intimate insight into Israel’s birth, growth and development as a country. In Dr. Goldman’s words:  “The cinema provides an ideal ‘lens’ by which we gain a greater understanding of Israel’s history, culture and the challenges to its existence. We will examine the changing nature of Israeli society as reflected through its cinema.”

Eric Goldman is a founder of Ergo Media, a distributor of Jewish, Yiddish and Israeli cinema. He holds a Ph.D. in cinema studies from New York University, graduate degrees in Theater Arts and Contemporary Jewish Studies from Brandeis and was a fellow at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at Penn and Schusterman Institute for Israel Studies at Brandeis. Dr. Goldman curated and co-hosted a twenty film series on “The Jewish Experience on Film” on the Turner Classic Movies television network and contributed introductions to over fifteen Jewish-oriented and Israeli movies for the FilmStruck streaming service. In addition to his teaching, he currently hosts “Jewish Cinematheque” on the Jewish Broadcasting Service. His most recent book is “The American Jewish Story through Cinema,” and he is currently writing a book on Israeli society through the lens of film.

There will be a $5.00 charge for members and a $10.00 charge for nonmembers.

For further information contact Carole Benson, cbenson@ncjwbcs.org.

Driving directions to parking for Senior Source:
From Maggiano’s, turn right by PF Chang’s.
Follow signs for Upper Level Parking and drive towards ‘Elevator’ sign on 2nd level.
Entrance to mall is BEHIND Elevator sign.
Senior Source is 1st store on right.

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