Matchmaker – Israeli Film – Jewish Film Festival – 2/19/2011
The Moadon Seret First Meeting
The Moadon Seret (Israeli Film group) met for the first time at the Jewish Film Festival on 2/19/2011 and we watched the Israeli Film Matchmaker together.
Dinner before was at the Coffee House Eatery…soups and wraps… perfect match for the rain. But the movie was great – thank you to the Jewish Film Festival for bringing in Israeli films to San Diego…
Link to Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmrW2LeCnw
Description of the Film
It is 1968. Sixteen-year-old Arik (Tuval Shafir) journeys from middle-class Haifa to work for Yankele Bride (Adir Miller), a melancholic Holocaust survivor and petty criminal who is also a matchmaker for “difficult cases.” Yankele exposes Arik to a world of Fellini-esque characters – streetwalkers, black marketeers, grifters, and even dwarves running a love-story-only movie house. Yankele’s example of redemption through kindness teaches Arik to be a mensch, while the promiscuous teen, Tamara (Neta Portal), sparks his sexual awakening. In this story of dignity and love, director Avi Nesher (The Secrets, Turn Left at the End of the World) creates a coming-of-age valentine that sparks our optimism for a gentler, more tolerant, and loving world.
Tal Brody – Israeli Basketball Player – Meet Him at the JCC Wednesday 2/16 at 4:00 pm
Info on Tal Brody:
Tal Brody is an American-raised legendary Israeli basketball player and the recipient of the highest Israeli award for his contribution to sports. Macabbi Tel Aviv, the team he helped build, is the only foreign team to have been inducted into the USA Basketball Hall of Fame. You can read more on his background here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_Brody
He has also been inducted in the International Jewish Hall of Fame: http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/TalBrody.htm
In July of last year, Israel’s minister of foreign affairs appointed Brody as Worldwide Goodwill Ambassador, which he has been doing diligently using sports as his connecting point: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3924064,00.html
Hebrew Play – Boston Based – Web Site To Gather Communities Interested in Playgroups in Hebrew
The owner of this site contacted me this week, and I thought it was great idea. http://hebrewplay.net/
The notion is to provide a space for people who are interested in play for little ones (seems to be centered on infant to age 3) and to share resources and ideas around playgroups, classes, Hebrew Immersion and books, CDs, etc.
I am thrilled to see this. The more that is built world wide around helping people connect through Hebrew Language, to Israel and to each other the better.
They’ve done a good job of using social networking tools to make sure when you connect you can blog, post videos, pictures, etc. and add to a collective set of resources they are building. While right now at its infancy it seems to be primarily people located in the Boston area that may change over time.
San Diego Israel and Jewish 