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Walk for Israel and Mothers Day Brunch
 

CAMP TAMARACK INFORMATION SESSION

Monday May 6, 6pm Flint Insitute of Arts

Interested in learning about Jewish camping and in particular about Camp Tamarack? Do you know someone who would like to be a camper or staff person at Camp Tamarack this summer or next. Come to the auditorium at the Flint Institute of Arts on May 6 at 6 pm and see a film and meet Lee Trepack and Steven Engel, Camp Director. Get all your questions answered. Then make it a double feature and stick around for the second film in the Karen Schneider Jewish Film Festival: The Other Son which starts at 7 pm. For more information call Ashley at (810) 767-5922 or email at [email protected]

 

WALK FOR ISRAEL and MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH 

Sunday May 12, 10:15 am Temple Beth El and Congregation Beth Israel

Come join us for a walk celebrating Israel's 65th Anniversary. Meet at Temple Beth El at 10:15 and depart at 10:30 on a group walk that stops at 10 stations featuring inspirational posters that describe Israel's accomplishments, programs and institutions. Wear your Israel@65

commemorative T-shirt ($5--cheap!). Afterwards (about 11:30 am) treat Mom to a delicious Mother's Day brunch at Congregation Beth Israel--for your donation cheerfully

accepted. Everyone is invited--both the Jewish and non-Jewish community to celebrate Israel and honor Mom. RSVP to Ashley at 767-5922 or

  

Jewish Federations Support Education in Central America

 

Programs supported by Jewish Federations offer learning opportunities for students in Panama. The Jewish Federation-funded World ORT recently affiliated with its first Jewish school in Panama: the Isaac Rabin School. The partnership, which aims to improve student proficiency in science, technology and math, provides new educational technology for students, and enables staff to access World ORT's international professional development seminars, programs and peer networks.  

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mail your donation to

619 Wallenberg St.,

Flint Michigan, 48502

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IT'S FINALLY HERE:
9th ANNUAL KAREN SCHNEIDER JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL!

 

May 5--9, 7 pm, Flint Institute of Arts

What do early rock 'n' roll, Israeli-Palestinian relations, Operation Entebbe, and the party song "Hava Nagila" have in common? They're cinematic subjects in Flint's ninth annual showcase of Jewish-oriented movies.

 

Sponsored by the Flint Jewish Federation and the Flint Institute of Arts, the 2013 Karen Schneider Jewish Film Festival of Flint will offer five movies, focusing on Jewish life and cultural issues.

 

The festival will open Sunday, May 5, with a screening of "Hava Nagila: The Movie," a documentary about the famous song's fascinating, infectious journey from the villages of Eastern Europe to the cul-de-sacs of America. The Los Angeles Times has praised the film as a "fun, nostalgic, informative journey."

 

The event continues Monday, May 6, with "The Other Son," a French-produced drama in which two young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth. The New York Times calls the film "a graceful and touching story."

 

"Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story," to be shown Tuesday, May 7, chronicles the life of the Israeli commando leader who became a national icon following the hostage-rescue mission Operation Entebbe. The Boston Globe reviewed the movie as "a searing portrait of [a] short but meaningful life."

 

The festival offering for Wednesday, May 8, is "A Bottle in the Gaza Sea," a drama from France based on the acclaimed novel about the long-distance relationship between French-Israeli and Palestinian youths. Acclaimed actress Hiam Abbass ("Munich") heads the cast.

 

Closing the festival on Thursday, May 9, will be the documentary "AKA Doc Pomus," about the polio survivor who reinvented himself as a blues singer and then as the composer of such pop hits as "Save the Last Dance for Me," "This Magic Moment," and "Can't Get Used to Losing You." Music historian and collector Marty Natchez, a former Flint Journal columnist, will speak at the screening.

 

Tickets for each film are $5 at the door; ticket packages are available in advance through the Flint Jewish Federation, (810) 767-5922.

 

The festival is named in memory of Karen Schneider, its first chairperson, who died in 2009. It is affiliated with the Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival, which presents movies in multiple southeastern Michigan locales each spring.

 

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SHIRT

 (in honor of Israel's 65th Anniversary)

Walk for Israel Shirt 
This shirt commemorating Israel's 65th anniversary could be yours for the low, low, price of $5! You can see one up close at the Federation office, CBI or TBE. Available at the Federation office or at registration for our Walk with Israel stroll scheduled for May 12th at 10:15 am. The walk will visit 10 stations featuring posters that tell about Israel's accomplishments over the past 65 years.  After the walk, treat Mom to a delicious Mother's Day Brunch at CBI--donations welcome. Please RSVP to Ashley at (810) 767-5922 or [email protected] by May 8th. 
  
Riegle Interfaith Mission 
  
Riegle Interfaith Mission 2 
  
22 Participants in the 2013 Riegle Interfaith Mission returned home on May 1.  We made great friends and learned so much.  Thank you to Diane Lindholm for a great trip.