Jul 10, 2019 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events
Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series continues July 28 with Conspiracy. Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci star in this compelling drama about the Wannsee Conference. At this gathering on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the...
Jun 6, 2019 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events
The 2019 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series returns June 30 with Remember, a suspenseful and poignant film about a Holocaust survivor struggling with dementia, starring Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau. In this powerful film, a Holocaust...
Mar 5, 2019 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events
The 2019 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will feature “The Ritchie Boys,” a fascinating documentary telling the little-known story of Jewish refugees from Austria, Romania, and Germany who volunteer to fight the Nazis. Realizing their...
Feb 8, 2019 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events
The 2019 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will present the 2014 documentary The Yatzkans, directed by Anna-Celia Kendall, for its February showing. “What to do with all of my mother’s stuff and that beat-up piano?” asks the filmmaker. In this...
Jan 25, 2019 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events
Bais Abraham Congregation and the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center will present a screening of “The Good Nazi,” which tells the story of Major Karl Plagge, a Nazi officer who risked his life to save hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust. The film will be...
Jan 18, 2019 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events
The Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series for 2019 will begin January 27 with “The Last Suit,” the first of nine films, which will include introductions and post-screening discussions on many issues important to the Jewish community. The showings...
Dec 5, 2018 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events
The final film in the 2018 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will be “Schindler’s List,” the 1994 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, starring Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, and Ben Kingsley. It’s the true story of Oskar Schindler, a member of...
Nov 9, 2018 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events
The 2018 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will present the 1998 film Pleasantville, starring Toby McGuire, Reese Witherspoon, Joan Allen, and William H. Macy, for its November showing. Individuality and conformity are some of the central themes...
Sep 28, 2018 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events
The next film in the 2018 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series is the classic East German film “Marriage in the Shadows (Ehe im Schatten).” The Kurt Maetzig-directed film, released in 1947, spans a 10-year period starting in 1933. Hans Wieland, a...
Aug 8, 2018 | Film Screenings, Programs & Events
The next film in the 2018 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series is the powerful but controversial film Amen, based on real-life character Kurt Gurstein, who secretly but unsuccessfully approached the Swedish Consulate, the German Protestant...
