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TABLE OF CONTENTS

From the Chair, Phyllis Fischer 1

PJFF36 Sponsors 2

PJFF36 Supporters and Donors 3

Calendar-at-a-Glance 4

Film Guide 6

Tickets and Passes 34

Seating Information 35

Film Venues and Receptions 38

Who We Are 39

PJFF36 Sponsor and Community Ads 42

PJFF36 Supporter Levels and Benefits 65

PJFF36 Supporter Form 66

Where To Find Us 67

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THE 36th PHILADELPHIAJEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

NOVEMBER 519, 2016

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Dear Friends,

Welcome to the 36th Double Chai Anniversary Season of The Gershman Ys Philadelphia

Jewish Film Festival!

This fall, we are thrilled to bring you 33 films from 12 countries around the world. Over the

course of the Festival, you will have an opportunity to see 16 feature documentaries, nine

narrative feature films, and eight short films, all selected after a year-long search by our

extraordinary Screening Committee. These films may delight, horrify, enrich, frustrate,

sadden, edify, intrigue, calm, or excite you. . .but whatever they do, they are certain to fulfill

our mission of celebrating Jewish identity, culture, history and community through the

medium of film. We are so happy to be able to share them with you this fall!

This year, well take you on quite a ride you will join our film subjects as they engage in

many aspects of the human experience: they will fight for human rights, tell edgy jokes,

celebrate their Bar Mitzvah, sit shiva, fear deportation, solve murders, deny the Holocaust,

hang their art in museums, direct movies, break with tradition, lift weights, discover their

fathers identity, prove they are Jewish, and much more. Thank you for coming along on

this film adventure with us.

As you may know, the PJFF is one of the largest Jewish Film Festivals in the United States;

it is among over 100 of its kind in the nation. Philadelphia is so fortunate to have Olivia

Antsis as PJFF Director; under her leadership, the Festival has grown by leaps and bounds

and has transformed simple film screenings into true community events. Working hand-

in-hand with Olivia is the indefatigable Artistic Chair of the PJFF, Iris Drechsler. Together,

they work to assure that our fabulous Screening Committee reviews the finest films from

throughout the world and selects the ones that best suit our Philadelphia audience.

Many thanks to the wonderful supportive staff of The Gershman Y, led by our dedicated

Executive Director Maxine Gaiber, and Associate Director Kristen Evans, and our many

volunteers, including our committed PJFF Committee, who make this Festival possible.

A special thanks to all of our Sponsors, Supporters, Advertisers, and Donors who

contribute the funds to lease the movies and theaters; to bring incredible actors, directors,

producers, and experts to accompany the films; and to allow students to see the films free

of charge.

Last but not least, I can never forget to acknowledge and thank our PJFF Co-Founders,

Judy Golden and the late Archie Perlmutter, for creating this Festival for all of us to enjoy.

See you at the movies,

Phyllis

FROM THE CHAIR | Phyllis Fischer

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FESTIVAL SPONSORS

Leonard and Madlyn Abramson

Phyllis and Howard Fischer

The Lindy Family

Nadine Liez-Weiner and Bart Weiner

LEAD SPONSORS

National Museum of American

Jewish History

Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer

and Joseph Neubauer

Seed The Dream Foundation

Constance Smukler

PREMIER SPONSORS

Djerassi Foundation in loving

memory of Izi

Steve and Betsy Filton

Jane and Joe Goldblum

Friends of Dick Kanter

Margaret Barry and Jeff Abrams

Michael and Ellen Singer Coleman

Christine V. Kanter

Mary and Justin Klein

Cindi and Bob Olsman

Ellyn C. Phillips

Melanie and Lewis Sharps

Betsy and Richard Sheerr

Kristin and Michael Karp

Carole Landis Foundation

for Social Action

Amy and Richard Oller

Harriet and Larry Weiss / CRW Graphics

PJFF36 SPONSORS FILM SPONSORS

Susannah Lachs Adler

and Dean Adler

Harold Berger

Barbara and Mickey Black

Louis D. Brandeis Law

Society Foundation

Center City Film & Video

Nancy and David Colman

Harris and Debra Devor

Lee Ducat

Glenmede

Lynne and Harold Honickman

Seth and Ellyn Lehr

Dr. Marcia Sachs Littell

Judy and Bud Newman

Howard and Janet Pack

Ruth Perlmutter in memory of

Archie Perlmutter

David and Helen Pudlin

Pam and Tony Schneider

Ed and Rebecca Schulman

Jan Felman and Harvey Schwartz

Sterling Trustees LLC (Principals:

Stanley and Antony Joffe)

Debra Felman, David, Max, and

Eliana Warshal

Nancy and Stuart Weiss

Joseph and Renee Zuritsky /

Parkway Corporation

OFFICIAL AIRLINE SPONSOR

EL AL Israel Airlines

OFFICIAL HOTEL SPONSOR

DoubleTree by Hilton

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PRODUCERSAnonymousLibby Harwitz and Burton BlenderFriends of Caf Nagler Concha Alborg Selma Bernstein Susan Nagler Perloff and Ed Blumstein Cheryl Cutrona Jim and Linda Rosenstein Elaine and Marcy Smith Margaret WillardDebbie and Bob FleischmanSarita and Morris GocialMarjorie and Jeffrey HonickmanSusan and Leonard KlehrMary Lee MatzkinRosalind and Roy NeffSharon Schutte-Rodin and Neal RodinMarcia and Ronald RubinThe Sherrie R. Savett FoundationEllen Schwartz and Jeremy SiegelNancy and Benjamin SheinBettyruth Walter, PhD

DIRECTORSMarvin Black Fran Freedman BlumIra Brind and Stacey SpectorArlene Goldman and Michael BroderBrownstein GroupJacob Cohen and Sarah WaxmanDr. Marilyn DeutschShlomo and Iris DrechslerSally and Stewart EisenbergArlene FicklerJudith S. Finkel, PhDJudy and Joel GoldenAdele GreenspunEdward and Susan HoffmanJulie and Richard JaffeJan and Alan KanoffStuart and Mary KahnBebe and Jay KivitzBarbara LewisJon and Caryn LissFran Martin Beth ProbinskyRenee H. RollinEric Salmansohn and Marcia BronsteinCathy Seiler, Partner c/o Brinker Simpson & Co., LLCRobert L. and Rita Davis SiegleLarry and Ann Rosen SpectorScott and Liz Vernick

ACTORSMaureen Abrams Lynda BarnessDr. Louis and Harriet BernemanPenni and Mark BlaskeyJulie CursonDonnie and Joanne DavidowArt Ellis Francyn Sacks and Gerry Escovitz Albert and Rosa Esquenazi

Jane and Allan GreenspanJane and Howard JacobsAndrea JelinSandra KubyRobin LebowRuthie LevikoffSeymour Levin Sheldon and Margelle LissDebra MalinicsLynn and Joe MankoGlenda MarshallSusan and Jim MeyerToby MeyerMichael and Debbie PollackRachel and Moshe PoratEva RayLynn and Bruce RobinsDianne F. RosenthalSue and Hal RosenthalBernard RothmanMimi SchneirovSusie and Mark SchultzAndrew Scott and Bryna Silver ScottLeslye SilverSharon and Kenneth SpinradFrancine TabasRabbi Lynnda and Larry TarganJoan Tishgart

MAJOR DONORS TO THE GERSHMAN Y AND PJFF36The Joseph and Marie Field FundHorace W. Goldsmith FoundationElaine LevittPennsylvania Council on the ArtsThe Philadelphia Cultural Fund

PJFF36 EDUCATION FUND DONORSFarber Family FoundationHoward and Janet PackLaurie Wagman in memory of Irvin BorowskyBettyruth Walter, PhD

PJFF36 DONORS Jack Adler and Adelaide Beacham William and Nina AlbertJay CaplanFlyers CharitiesLisa Kasser and Robert W. FreedmanArlene J. HalpernHar Zion TempleRobyn and Michael HirschJerry LipkinCozen OConnorRoss Family FundMina SmithSaraKay and Stanton SmullensAndrea Gail Snyder Abbie and Fred SteinLee Tabas University of Pennsylvania Cinema Studies ProgramPeggy and Ellis Wachs Family FoundationJan L. Weinstock

PJFF36 SUPPORTERS & DONORS

Donor list as of August 31, 2016

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