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Rescue Bus 300 – This intense to each other is put to the ultimate test. fore. How do they do it? Some of the main breadwinner for their three chil-
docudrama is based on the 1984 hi- The Passengers – In Ethiopia, world’s most prominent thinkers tackle dren. When her world is finally shat-
tion in her adult life. The feature film is jacking of a bus in which 41 passen- there is a community of more than a mystery shrouded in ignorance and tered, she must pull herself together to
the directorial debut of Isaac Cherem, gers and a bus driver were attacked and 9,000 Jews. They speak Hebrew, keep prejudice. They tear back the curtain fight, in her own way, for her job and a
who also co-wrote the film with Naian eventually held captive by terrorists. kosher and have relatives in Israel, yet on a taboo, and draw a startling link sense of self-worth.
González Norvind. The film elucidates the crazy story of Israel continues to deny their appeals between a people’s achievements and Festival tickets will go on sale at
Love in Suspenders – Tami is a the hijacking and aftermath from a pas- for Aliyah. The film follows the amaz- the darkest hours in its history. the end of January and all informa-
widow in her 60s and Beno is a wid- senger’s perspective, highlighting the ing journey of two young men, De- Working Woman – Life at work tion can be found online at jfedsrq.org/
ower in his 70s. Tami is optimistic, remarkable acts of heroism that took moz and Gezi, on a fateful mission in becomes unbearable for Orna. Her jff20. To become a sponsor or for more
always smiling and still talking to her place and the relatable, emotional im- America. When only one of the pair of boss appreciates and promotes her, information about the 2020 Jewish
husband who has been dead for a few pact engraved in the memories of those best friends is unexpectedly approved while making inappropriate advances. Film Festival, contact me at jlisitza@
years. Beno is tougher on the outside, involved. to immigrate to Israel, they must Her husband struggles to keep his new jfedsrq.org or 941.343.2113.
but also still suffering from the loss of The Accountant of Auschwitz – In reconcile the decision and their hopes restaurant afloat, and Orna becomes the
his wife. Notwithstanding their differ- 2015, 94-year-old former German SS and dreams while facing an uncertain
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their interfering offspring and neigh- his home country, charged with com- The Spy Behind Home Plate –
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Murer: Anatomy of a Trial – This at Auschwitz in 1944. The film is a cuses on a little-known Jewish hero. section in this issue..
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transfixing courtroom drama depicts gripping look at the race against time From the streets of Newark to five
one of history’s most shameful mis- to prosecute the last living Nazi war Major League teams during baseball’s
carriages of justice. The prestigious criminals before it’s too late. From Golden Age, to his secret life spying for
politician and large-scale farmer Franz Nuremberg to the new alt-right, this the OSS during WWII, Berg’s improb-
Murer, responsible for the Ghetto of film constructs a stark reminder that able story is told with rare historical
Vilnius as SS leader and Nazi Party
functionary from 1941-1943, stands
trial in Graz, Austria. Survivors arrive
to testify and obtain justice, to no avail.
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Prosecuting Evil – This is the sto-traordinary love story between a young Unkept Secrets – Two Jewish Or-
ry of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving English woman and a German POW thodox women refuse to participate
Nuremberg prosecutor. After witness-who, together, overcome prejudice, in the cover-up of pedophilia in their Steven W. Fineman, M.D.
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