Saturday, March 2
Opening Night

Fill the Void (2012)
90 minutes | Hebrew with English subtitles
Director: Rama Burstein
Fill the Void is about the youngest daughter, Shira, from an Orthodox Hassidic family in Tel Aviv. She is about to be married off to a promising young man when her sister, Esther, dies. The pain and grief overwhelms the family and postpones Shira’s promised match. When Shira’s mother learns that her son-in-law plans to re-marry and move to Belgium with her only grandchild, she proposes a match between Shira and the widower. Shira will have to choose between her heart’s desire and her family duty.
Shortlisted for Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Winner of seven Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Film.
AMC Loews Ridgefield Park 12
8:00 pm
Admission: $8
Discussion following the film with Gil Lainer,
Consul for Public Affairs, Consulate General
of Israel in New York.

Sunday, March 3
Art Exhibit 
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades
6:30 pm
Partnership2Gether Community Task Force cordially invites you to a traveling international art exhibit
People: A Common Thread
This is a culmination of a partnership between artists in northern New Jersey and Nahariya, Israel. Come view the exhibits and meet the artists.
Admission: Free and open to the public.
Kosher wine and cheese will be served.

Sunday, March 3
Ballad of the Weeping Spring (2012)
105 minutes | Hebrew with English subtitles
Director: Chaim Sharir
Amram, the son of Avraham Mufredi, turns up at the house of the legendary Persian Sitar player, Yosef Tawilla. Amram gives him the score of a work his father, a member of Tawilla’s ensemble and his partner, wants to see performed before his impending death. Tawilla and Amram set out on a journey of discovery, joined by groups of wonderful musicians.
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades,
Eric Brown Theater • 7:30 pm
Admission: $10 JCC members
 $12 general admission
Limited seating – please call Aya, 201.408.1427 for advance sales.
Discussion following the film with Rabbi Ely Allen, Director of Hillel of Northern New Jersey, Rabbi Emeritus – Shaarei Orah-Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck.

Tuesday, March 5
Ameer Got His Gun (2011)
58 minutes | Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
Director: Naomi Levari
Ameer Abu Ria is about to enlist in the army. As opposed to the majority of 18 year-old boys in Israel, for whom army service is mandatory, Ameer is exempt from military service under the assumption that his enlistment may endanger Israel’s security. That is because Ameer, an Israeli citizen, is a Muslim Arab. All alone, Ameer sets out on a journey to civic and self-definition, while carefully navigating the thin line between Jewish and Arab societies. Ameer, an eternal optimist, wishes to be both a proud Arab and an enthusiastic Israeli. His only enemy is reality.
Congregation Beth Sholom | 7:30 pm
Admission: $8
Discussion following the film with Isaac Zablocki, Director of Film Programs & Israel Film Center, JCC of Manhattan.

Thursday, March 7
Ballad of the Weeping Spring (2012)
(See Sunday, March 3 for synopsis)
Bergen County Y, a JCC • 7:30 pm
Admission: $8
Discussion following the film with Avinoam Segal-Elad, Community Shaliach, Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.

Saturday, March 9
Ameer Got His Gun (2011)
(See Tuesday, March 5 for synopsis)
Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
Barnert Temple
7 pm dinner • 8 pm film
Admission: $30 dinner and film
Please call Jeff Himeles 201.403.4537
 for reservations.
Admission: $8 film only 
Discussion following the film with
George Robinson, The Jewish Week film critic and  Washington Heights Film Society artistic director.

Sunday, March 10
Teen Movie
The Last Chance High (2010)
50 minutes | Hebrew with English subtitles
Director: Ben Shani
The Last Chance High is an inspirational documentary about an authentic journey. A team of teachers refuses to give up on their students, even though the students have already given up on themselves. This film reflects upon the purest meaning of education.
Discussion following the film with Israeli Shlichot, Keren Glick and Roni Mishpati.
Jewish Federation of Northern
New Jersey • 4:30 pm
Admission:  free for teens
 $8 general admission

Sunday, March 10
The Flat (2011)
97 minutes
Hebrew and German with English subtitles
Director: Arnon Goldfinger
“The flat, on the third floor of a Bauhaus building in Tel Aviv, was where my grandparents lived from the time they immigrated to Palestine. Were it not for the view from the windows, one might have thought the flat was in Berlin. At age 98, my grandmother died and we were called to the flat to empty its contents.”
The film develops into a riveting adventure, involving unexpected international interests, a friendship that crosses enemy lines, and deeply repressed family emotions.
JCC of Paramus • 7:30 pm
Admission: $8 general admission film only
Prior to film, special dinner reception for
Circle of Partners begins at 6 pm.
Admission: $20 dinner and film
By invitation only. For more information
call Len Fisher 201.820.3971.
Discussion following the film with George Robinson, The Jewish Week film critic and  Washington Heights Film Society artistic director.

Tuesday, March 12
The Flat (2011)
(See Sunday, March 10 for synopsis)
Admission: $8 general admission film only
Prior to film, Outreach Event at the YJCC: Dinner for those who belong or are interested in Federation Women’s Philanthropy/Business & Professional Women. 
Bergen County Y, a JCC
6:30 pm dinner • 7:30 pm film
Admission: $30 dinner and film
Please call Barbara Joyce 201.820.3953
for reservations.
Discussion following the film with Gil Lainer, Consul for Public Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York.

Thursday, March 14
Ballad of the Weeping Spring (2012)
(See Sunday, March 3 for synopsis)
The Wayne Y • 7:30 pm
Admission: $8
Discussion following the film with Eric Goldman, professor of Cinema at Yeshiva University and the Jewish Standard film critic.

Saturday, March 16
Arab Labor – Third Season (2012)
24 minutes each (three episodes)
Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
Director: Shai Capon
This wickedly funny Israeli sitcom is known for taking adroit equal-opportunity jabs at Israeli and Arab stereotypes alike. Writer Sayed Kashua, with Arab Labor, launches the first-ever Israeli sitcom centered on a Arab-Israeli family. Now in Season Three, he challenges us to embrace heartier laughs and more painful truths.
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades,
Eric Brown Theater • 8:30 pm
Admission: $10 JCC members
 $12 general admission
Limited seating – please call Aya,
201.408.1427 for advance sales.
Discussion following the film with
Sayed Kashua, series writer.
DON’T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE CREATOR OF THE SERIES!

Sunday, March 17
Numbered (2012)
60 minutes | Hebrew with English subtitles
Directors: Dana Doron, Uriel Sinai
An estimated 400,000 prisoners in Auschwitz and its sub-camps were tattooed with serial numbers, first on their chests and then their left arms. Of those, only several thousand survivors are alive today. Numbered is an explosive, highly visual, and emotionally cinematic journey, guided by testimonies and portraits of these survivors. The film’s protagonist is the number itself, as it evolves and becomes both a personal and collective symbol of a journey.
Jewish Home at Rockleigh • 2 pm
Admission: $8
Discussion to follow film.

Sunday, March 17
Art Exhibit
Opening night art exhibit and reception
Belskie Museum of Art & Science
4-7 pm
Partnership2Gether Community Task Force
cordially invites you to a traveling international art exhibit
People: A Common Thread
This is a culmination of a partnership between artists in northern New Jersey and Nahariya, Israel. Come view the exhibit, meet the artists and view an international art collaboration.
Admission: Free and open to the public.
Kosher wine and cheese will be served.

Sunday, March 17
Footnote (2011)
103 minutes | Hebrew with English subtitles
Director: Joseph Cedar
Talmudic scholar, Eliezer Shkolnik, devoted his career to an exhaustive study of varying versions of Jewish texts to ascertain the exact form of the original works. Dismissed by fellow academics, Eliezer resents the popularity and success of his son, Uriel, whose less rigorous studies have won him wide recognition. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2012.
Congregation Rinat Yisrael • 7:30 pm
Admission: $8
Discussion following the film with Eric Goldman, professor of Cinema at Yeshiva University and the Jewish Standard film critic.