Contact

Nancy Greenberg
Worcester JCC
ngreenberg@worcesterjcc.org
508-756-7109 x 232

When & Where

Saturday, January 17, 7:30 PM at St.John's High School, Ryken Center, 378 Main Street, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Saturday, January 24, 7:30 PM at St. John's High School, Ryken Center, 378 Main Street, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Sunday, January 25, 9:30 AM at The Willows at Worcester, 101 Barry Road, Worcester, MA
Sunday, January 25, 3:30 PM at St. John's High School, Ryken Center, 378 Main Street, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Tuesday, January 27, 7:15 PM at The Willows at Worcester

IDA

Sunday, January 25 at 3:30 PM at St. John's High School

TICKETS AT THE DOOR

Eighteen year old Anna, a sheltered orphan raised in a convent, in 1960s Poland, is on the brink of taking her vows when the Mother Superior insists that she first visit her only living relative. Naive, innocent Anna soon finds herself in the presence of her Aunt Wanda, a worldly and cynical Communist Party insider, who shocks her with the declaration that her name is Ida and her Jewish parents were murdered during the Nazi occupation. This revelation triggers a heart-wrenching journey into the Polish countryide, to the family house, and into the secrets of the repressed past, evoking the haunting legacy of the Holocaust and the realities of postwar Communism.

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski. Poland 2013, 80 minutes. Polish with English subtitles.

Fee: $12 per person

Mr. Kaplan

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Tuesday, January 27, 7:15 PM at The Willows at Worcester

Jacob Kaplan lives an ordinary life in Uruguay. Like many of his Jewish friends, he fled Europe for South America during World War II. But now, turning 76 and taking stock, he is fed up with his humdrum life, ailing health, and family's lack of interest in its own heritage. An unexpected opportunity for salvation comes along in the form of a quiet, elderly German beach bar owner, whom Mr. Kaplan believes to be a Nazi war criminal. Determined to capture this Nazi, as Eichmann was captured before him, Mr. Kaplan surprises everyone when he takes up this challenge. A wry, black comedy.

Director: Alvaro Brechner. Uruguay 2014, 98 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.

Fee: $8

Central Mass Jewish Film Festival 2015

Celebrating the Jewish Experience Through Film!

The Green Prince - TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR!

Saturday, January 17 2015, 7:30 PM at St. John's High School

The Green Prince is such an extraordinary story that one is tempted to think it is fiction, if only somebody had the audacity to invent it. The Green Prince recounts the true story of Mosab Hasan Yousef - son of a Hamas leader, who emerged as one of Israel's prized informants - and the Shin Bet agent who risked his career to protect him. What started as a cautious alliance between spy and handler, grew into an enduring friendship that no one could have predicted. Spying on the Hamas elite for over a decade, Yousef constantly risked certain death. Based on his bestselling memoir, Son of Hamas, The Green Prince exposes a tangled web of terror, betrayal, and impossible choices. Opening night film, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, 2014.

Director: Nadav Schirman. Israel 2014, 99 minutes. Hebrew with English subtitles.

Fee: $12

Deli Man: The Movie -TICKETS AT THE DOOR

Saturday, January 24 at 7:30 PM at St. John's High School

For some, delicatessen food is close to a religious experience - corned beef, kreplach, kishke, and matzah ball soup! Deli Man: The Movie, examines 160 years of culinary tradition, from New York, to Chicago, to San Francisco and the obsessed proprietors and fanatics who are keeping hot patrami hot! Your tour guide is third generation Houston deli owner, Ziggy Gruber, the maven of deli mavens!

Director: Erik Greenberg Anjou. USA 2014, 92 minutes. In English.

Fee: $12 per person

Above and Beyond: The Birth of the Israeli Air Force

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Sunday, January 25 - *9:30 AM Light Breakfast/10 AM Film at The Willows at Worcester

In 1948, a group of mostlyAmerican Jewish World War II pilots volunteered to fight for Israel in its War of Independence. Called "Machal" - "volunteers from abroad" - they helped turn the tide of the war that threatened to annihilate Israel at the very moment of its birth. Produced by Nancy Spielberg, younger sister to Steven, this film celebrates the pilots who laid the foundation for the Israeli Air Force. This little known tale is filled with heart, heroism, and high-flying chutzpah. Includes interviews and archival footage.

Director: Roberta Grossman. USA 2013, 89 minutes. In English.

Fee: $8

*Please reserve breakfast in advance with Nancy Greenberg, 508-756-7109 x 232 or ngreenberg@worcesterjcc.org