{"id":87450,"date":"2025-11-06T08:35:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=87450"},"modified":"2025-11-06T08:40:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:40:41","slug":"long-beach-jewish-film-festival-kicks-off-with-free-family-movie-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/long-beach-jewish-film-festival-kicks-off-with-free-family-movie-this-saturday","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Jewish Film Festival kicks off with free family movie this Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year\u2019s Long Beach Jewish Film Festival is kicking off with a free showing of Disney\u2019s \u201cUp\u201d on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Alpert Jewish Community Center (AJCC), 3801 E. Willow St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The movie, which the Festival selected for exemplifying \u201cuniversal Jewish values\u201d according to sponsor Jewish Long Beach<\/a>, starts at 5:30 p.m., but families of all kinds can arrive at 4 p.m. to enjoy the center\u2019s playground, crafts and pizza-for-purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official film-selection screenings then begin Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 6 p.m. with a red-carpet premiere \u2014 featuring gourmet popcorn, live music, drinks and dessert \u2014 before two film showings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first is \u201cMatchmaking 2,\u201d a comedy in Hebrew with English subtitles about a matchmaker\u2019s assistant pursuing her own marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAfter breaking box-office records with their first film, the characters from \u2018Matchmaking\u2019 return with this endearing romantic comedy set against Ashkenazi and Sephardic cultural tensions,\u201d the Festival says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A screening of dramatic comedy \u201cThe Ring\u201d follows at 7 p.m., also in Hebrew with English subtitles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArnon Noble is a religious man with a strong bond to his mother, a Holocaust survivor,\u201d the Festival describes. \u201cWhen the mother\u2019s health deteriorates, he travels to her old hometown, Budapest, to search for the mythical ring that saved her life in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The festival continues the following weekend with a cocktail reception on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m., followed by a screening of \u201cThe Stronghold\u201d at 7 p.m., a film set during the 1973 Yom Kippur War as Israeli soldiers trapped in the Sinai face annihilation while a lieutenant and doctor weigh a risky gambit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two movies then round out the festival on Sunday, Nov. 16, beginning with \u201cYaniv\u201d at 1 p.m., a dramatic comedy (in English) about a teacher trying to raise funds for the school\u2019s drama department by cheating at an underground card game run by the Hasidic community called yaniv<\/i> \u2014 \u201cthe blackjack of the Jewish people,\u201d according to the Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A reception afterward at 3 p.m. with cocktails and light refreshments will be followed by the festival\u2019s final movie, \u201cHome,\u201d at 4 p.m. \u2014 a crime drama based on a true story (in Hebrew with English subtitles) of a modern electronics shop challenged by a committee enforcing the neighborhood\u2019s religious character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sponsor Jewish Long Beach was formed from a combination of three historic groups: the Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach, the Barbara & Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center and the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Long Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTogether, we make up a dynamic organization focused on enriching the community,\u201d Jewish Long Beach says. \u201cThe Long Beach Jewish Film Festival provides a window to the Jewish experience and allows us to explore contemporary and historical themes in many different global settings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets for the Long Beach Jewish Film Festival at the AJCC on the Weinberg Jewish Long Beach Campus, 3801 E. Willow St., are $20 for each film or $25 for the premiere, discounted for AJCC members and free for students. A festival pass for $100 (or $86 for AJCC members) grants admission to all six films with priority access and drinks and refreshments at the premiere and receptions. For tickets and information, visit <\/i>JewishLongBeach.org<\/i><\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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