Page 6 - Mort Skirboll Jewish Film Festival 2021 BROCHURE

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

MARCH MARCH
9 10

FILM AVAILABLE FILM AVAILABLE
MARCH 9, 8AM, MARCH 10 8AM,
FILM FOR 48 HOURS FILM FOR 48 HOURS

80 minutes 70 minutes
English Hebrew with English subtitles

Sponsored by:
SAUL & RUBY, TO LIFE AFTER MUNICH DEBBY & JERRY HAMBURG

Saul (94, drummer) and Ruby (90, accordion), are both Holocaust After Munich is about the aftermath of the Munich Olympic massacre
survivors and musicians with an insatiable lust for life. They formed of eleven Israeli athletes in 1972. The world watched live on television
The Holocaust Survivor Band, the first of its kind. Their dream was to as the Palestinian terrorist group Black September stormed the
one day perform their music in Poland, their homeland where they Israeli athletes’ quarters at the 1972 Munich Olympics, taking eleven
endured unimaginable trauma. Their mission then, and now, is to hostages that they would later kill. Four women: an athlete, a widow,
spread a message of world peace at a time when antisemitism and and two undercover agents, bore sight to the tragedy, changing
prejudice are growing throughout the world. their lives forever.

For tickets, visit JFEDSRQ.org/JFF

SATURDAY SUNDAY

MARCH MARCH

13 14

FILM AVAILABLE FILM AVAILABLE
MARCH 13, 8AM, MARCH 14, 8AM,
FILM FOR 48 HOURS FILM FOR 48 HOURS

101 minutes 52 minutes
Hebrew with English subtitles English

KISS ME KOSHER THE ONE AND ONLY JEWISH MISS AMERICA

A subversive love story between clashing cultures and families, Kiss The One and Only Jewish Miss America is the surprising story of Bess
Me Kosher is a romantic misadventure crossing all borders. What hap- Myerson, the talented beauty queen from the Bronx, and how she
pens with lovers who don’t fit but do belong together? When Maria won the world’s most famous beauty pageant in 1945. The film follows
lands in Tel Aviv from Germany and arrives at her lover Shira’s apart- Bess, daughter of poor Russian immigrants, from her childhood in a
ment, one small mis-step starts a romantic journey of mythic pro- Jewish housing project through the pain of antisemitism when Miss
portions as Shira accepts a non-proposal of marriage. Upon meeting, America sponsors withdrew their support and race-restricted tour
their two families immediately collide over a shared historical past stops closed their doors.
and the prospect of a combined future, while the second pair of lovers
unexpectedly reflect yet another wide gap romance must bridge.

FILM DISCUSSION k MARCH 15 AT 3PM WITH
DIRECTOR DAVID AROND