Read about Teen Screen:

Jewish Federation’s Teen Screen Connects with Students at SouthSide Works Cinema

Family in Captivity

Director, Tal Goren with David Ainsman, Chair of the Community Relations Council

David introduces Tal before the screening

Q & A after the film

A poetic response to Teen Screen!

Students from the Oakland School created these wonderful concrete poetry collages in response to a screening of Voices Unbound:

 

Family in Captivity

JFilm and the Jewish Federation's
Community Relations Council present

Family in Captivity

Pittsburgh Premiere • Director: Tal Goren
2011, Israel, Hebrew and English with subtitles

This important, heart-wrenching film follows the family of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit as they struggle to cope with his absence and plead for his freedom. This special screening will take place almost five years to the day after Shalit was captured by Hamas on the Israel side of the Gaza border.

Co-sponsored by CMU’s Israel on Campus, Rodef Shalom Congregation and Zionist Organization of America-Pittsburgh District.
Director Tal Goren is invited.

Tuesday, June 28, 7:30 p.m.
SouthSide Works Cinema

Tickets: Online

or call 412-992-5203

JFilm is a program of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

The Golem!

JFilm and the Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival present

The Golem
Director: Paul Wegener 1920, Germany, 86 minutes, Silent film with Live Musical Score
In 16th century Prague, a rabbi animates a clay giant to protect his people, but has he created a hero or a monster? Betty Olivero’s haunting score will be performed live as backdrop to director Paul Wegener’s expressionist images and epic set pieces, screened in gorgeous color-tinted black and white with English intertitles.  Lucy Fischer, Distinguished Professor of English and Director of the Film Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, will introduce the film.

Thursday, June 2, 7:30 p.m.
Jewish Community Center • Katz Auditorium

Tickets:
$20 General Admission, $15 Seniors, $10 Students

Online at www.pjmf.net or call: 412-394-3353

Upcoming event: The Golem, Thursday June 2

 

 

The Golem

with Marissa Byers, clarinet
Nurit Pacht and Rachel Stegeman, violins
Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola
Aron Zelkowicz, cello
Stephen Burns, conductor

BEFORE FRANKENSTEIN…

In 16th century Prague, a rabbi animates a clay giant to protect his people, but has he created a hero or a monster? In a unique collaboration with JFilm: The Pittsburgh Jewish Film Forum, the Jewish Music Festival will screen the classic silent film “The Golem: How He Came Into the World” (Germany, 1920, 86 minutes). Betty Olivero’s haunting score will be performed live as backdrop to director Paul Wegener’s expressionist images and epic set pieces, screened in gorgeous color-tinted black and white with English intertitles. Lucy Fischer, Distinguished Professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s Film Studies Department will introduce the film.

Thursday, June 2 at 7:30pm

Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh
Agnes and Joseph Katz Performing Arts Center

Support JFilm tomorrow through Pittsburgh is Art Day of Giving

Wednesday, May 11th is the Pittsburgh is Art Day of Giving for area arts and cultural organizations.  Any donation over $15 made at http://www.pittsburghgives.org/ will be partially matched, thanks to a $475,000 matching fund, from The Heinz Endowments, The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Hillman Foundation, The Benedum Foundation, The Buhl Foundation and The Grable Foundation. Last October, JFilm was able to raise an extra $2,000 from The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Day of Giving open to all area non-profits.

 Donate to JFilm: the Pittsburgh Jewish Film Forum tomorrow, Wednesday May 11 through the secure Pittsburgh Gives web site and help support year round programming for teens and young adults. 

You can help support the following programs:

Teen Screen offers free film screenings for area schools. Over 15,000 students have participated in this program since it started in 2005.

Reel-to-Real: Generation to Generation brings teens and older adults together to watch and discuss films at senior-living facilities.

The Red String Film Series presents film programs for 21 to 35-year-olds.

Donations in any amount are appreciated!

· $250 helps to pay for a reception for young adults following a “Red String Film Series” event

· $500 supports one “Reel to Real: Generation to Generation” program where teens and seniors watch a film together at an assisted living facility

· $750 covers one screening for school groups at our “Teen Screen” program

· $1000 pays the film rental fee to show a film in the suburbs during the year

· $1500 buys one round-trip ticket for a visiting filmmaker from Israel

How to Give:
 

1.) Visit http://www.elabs10.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbd3,hwsp,3vff,hyrc,f8ez,cc9o,jbx2

2.) Click on “Day of Giving”

3.) Click on the blue “Donate Now” button

4.) Enter your name, email, and phone number in the appropriate boxes. From the drop-down box, select JFilm: The Pittsburgh Jewish Film Forum. Enter in your donation amount (minimum donation of $15).

5.) Enter in your credit card information on their secure server and click “submit.” You will receive confirmation that your donation has been received and an email will be sent to you for tax purposes.

6.) JFilm will receive a list of all donors within one week.

Thank you for your support!