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Arik, a teenage boy growing up in Haifa in 1968, gets a job working for Yankele Bride, a matchmaker. Yankele, a mysterious Holocaust survivor, has an office in ...

Register in advance. A primer on Israel and the Israeli-Pales­tin­ian conflict.

​“Can’t you just explain the Israel sit­u­a­tion to me? In, like, 10 min­utes or less?” This is the ...

As part of the Beckerman Jewish Cultural Arts Series, Rabbi Wainhaus leads a discussion on what communty means, why it is important and the crisis we are finding ourselves in as American Jews. He w...

Register in advance. Join us for a virtual tour with the Illinois Holocaust Museum see exlore Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust. This exhbit sheds light on a lesser-known moment in Holoca...

Join us for the shopping frenzy you've been waiting for, connect with local artists and handmade markets from all over Connecticut whether your shopping for something special for Thanksgiving, Ha...

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Aharon has devoted his life to raising his son Uri. They live together in a gentle routine, away from the real world. But Uri is autistic, and now as a young adult, it might ...

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Anita is the story of a young woman with Down syndrome (Alejandra Manzo) who lives a happy, routine life in Buenos Aires, being meticulously cared for by her mother Dora (Ac...

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In 1958, amongst the chil­dren born with spina bifi­da is Riva Lehrer. Her par­ents and doc­tors are deter­mined to ​“fix” her, send­ing the mes­sage over and ov...

Register in advance. Lisa Good founded GSG Computers, Inc. together with her husband in 1997. She’s a Technology expert and Marketing Specialist.

Her passion is to help families navigate the vi...

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"Shoelaces" tells the story of a complicated relationship between an aging father and his special-needs son, whom he abandoned while he was still a young boy. Reuben's (60) ki...

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A remark­able mem­oir by a moth­er and her autis­tic daugh­ter, who’d long been unable to com­mu­ni­cate, until a mirac­u­lous break­through revealed a young...

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Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr was known as the world's most beautiful woman - Snow White and cat Woman were both based on her iconic look.  However, her arresting looks and glam...

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The Unex­pect­ed Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Tak­ing Down Some of the World’s Most Noto­ri­ous Terrorists Tra­cy Walder, a Jew­ish Amer­i­can woman...

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The Genius of Women: From Over­looked to Chang­ing The World We tell girls that they can be any­thing, so why do 90 per­cent of Amer­i­cans believe that genius­es are a...

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A Film by Shlomit Nehama and Emil Ben-Shimon Israel, 2016 Language: Hebrew Genre: Comedy, Drama 96 minutes New York Times & Los Angeles Times CRITICS PICK! Israel's #1 Film of...

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Directed by Pierre-Henry Salfati Germany, Switzerland, France Released: 2016 English German, Yiddish, Hebrew, Hungarian 93 minutes Having spent a lifetime concealing his herit...