Atlanta Jewish Film Festival News

 
This Day, May 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
Cleveland Jewish News (blog)
He compiled the first codification of Jewish law, called Sefer Halachot. It still appears today in every volume of the Talmud. Joseph Caro later used it as a basis for his work. Sefer Halachot was the most important codex until Maimonides' Mishna Torah ...

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Voorhees resident nominated for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society honor
Jewish Community Voice
He is a Silver Community Partner with Federation, and has been active in supporting the Jewish Film Festival and the Festival of Arts, Books and Culture at the Katz JCC. Friedenthal also serves on the Investment Committee of the Jewish Community ...


 
Specialty Box Office: '96 Minutes,' 'Bernie,' 'Elles,' 'Inventing Our Life ...
Deadline.com
Ultimately, the feature debuted as the opener at last June's Los Angeles Film Festival. Payne said they had considered trying for a holiday season release, but decided not to compete with end-of-year Oscar contenders. The film opens this weekend in LA, ...


 
'Real Housewives' genius Cohen leaves 'em swooning; young screenwriter about ...
Kansas City Star
Bravo network's senior veep of original programming, the man behind the "Real Housewives" franchise, was guest speaker April 21 at the Minneapolis Jewish Federation's Young Leadership event. He reportedly had the crowd rolling with laughter, ...

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Spare Times for May 4-10
New York Times
Museum of Jewish Heritage: Literary Discussion and 'Chutzpah Fest' (Sunday and Wednesday) Works by the writer Gregor von Rezzori, noted for his chronicles of the Austro-Hungarian empire, will be discussed by the writers Michael Cunningham (“The Hours”) ...

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Haaretz
Recommendations for 2012 Israel Festival
Haaretz
The festival's musical flagship is without a doubt Verdi's Requiem. The requiem tells the story of the Jewish prisoners at the Terezin concentration camp during the Second World War. The production includes photographs and filmed testimonies of the ...


 
This Day, May 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
Cleveland Jewish News (blog)
Jewish voters heavily supported Truman for this bold act as well as his progressive social views and his strong stance against the emerging Stalinist menace. 1886: Dr. John S. Pemberton sells the first Coca-Cola at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia.

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