An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation
of Greater Charlotte
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Vol. 37, No. 8
Elul- Tishrei 5775/6
September 2015
See You at the Movies This Fall
The Charlotte Jewish Film Fes
tival eontinues its mission of
bringing you films that make you
laugh, ery, think, and feel with
their exeiting 2015 FallFlieks’
lineup:
Sunday, October 11-1 PM
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
is the rags to riehes story about
one of old time showbiz’s biggest
stars. Nieknamed “The Last of the
Red Hot Mammas,” Sophie’s
bawdy, brash, risque attitude and
songs paved the way for perform
ers sueh as Mae West, Marilyn
Monroe, Bette Midler, Cher,
Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Bey-
onee. Off stage/eamera, this larger
than life personality was equally
as faseinating. “Sophie was like
the Forrest Gump of the first half
of the 1900s,” says film eo-pro-
dueer Susan Eeker. “She was
elose friends with seven U.S.
presidents. King George VI,
young Queen Elizabeth, Charlie
Chaplin, J. Edgar Hoover (who
onee asked to borrow one of her
dresses), A1 Capone, Judy Gar
land, Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra,
and every other notable of her
era.”
Produeers Susan and Lloyd
Eeker are seheduled to appear.
Sunday, October 18-1 PM
The Farewell Party taekles an
extremely sensitive issue in a vi
brant and unique way as five
friends at a Jerusalem retirement
home struggle with their deeision
to help terminally ill patients take
eontrol of their own fates. In the
press release for the film, eo-di-
reetors Sharon Maymon and Tal
Granit noted, “In our movies, we
try to deal with eontemporary so-
eial issues whieh are often eontro-
versial. We try to break the
emotional drama with absurd and
eomie elements. We feel this
makes these diffieult and impor
tant topies more aeeessible to our
audienee, and hopefully, as in life,
they will laugh as they wipe away
their tears.”
Sunday, November 1-1 PM
Look at Us Now, Mother! is a
deeply personal film from direetor
Gayle Kirsehenbaum as she ex
plores and tries to repair the ex
tremely damaged relationship that
she has with her mom Mildred.
What emerges is a uniquely eine-
matie family study with humor
and pathos in the midst of eon-
diets and affeetions that bind fam
ily members together. “This is the
most eomplieated and emotion
ally eharged film I have ever done
and the most important,” eom-
mented Gayle. “This is my story
but it also eould be your story;
laugh a little, ery a little and dis-
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Gayle and Mildred Kirsehen
baum are seheduled to appear.
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visit eharlottejewishfilm.eom for
additional details and to purehase
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Tiekets will also be sold in the
lobby of the Levine JCC on Sun
day, September 27, from 10 AM-
2 PM. «
Hadassah’s Annual Celebrate the Tatas
Announces the “little” Reveal
With sparkles, paint, laughter,
and mammography. Celebrate the
TaTas will again be saving lives.
The Breast Caneer Fundraiser will
be sharing its message this year at
a more intimate venue in Oetober.
The eonversation remains the
same: raise funds for researeh so
that one day our daughters don’t
have to worry about this terrible
disease.
Celebrate the TaTas is a unique
Hadassah breast eaneer initiative
designed to empower, edueate and
raise funds for breast eaneer re
seareh.
In its fourth year, Charlotte’s
Celebrate the TaTas invites
women (21 years and older) to
partieipate. We offer a few impor
tant things: an opportunity to have
your Tatas turned into a beautiful
tapestry, and perhaps even more
importantly, an opportunity to re-
eeive a mammogram. Due to a
generous grant by The Jewish
Federation of Greater Charlotte,
uninsured women ean reeeive a
life-saving mammogram. A huge
thank you to Charlotte Radiology,
Meeklenburg Radiology Assoei-
ates, and Novant Health for mak
ing the mammograms a reality and
for saving at least two lives last
year. Insuranee aeeepted. Appoint
ments reeommended. To make an
appointment, please eontaet Lorrie
Klemons at 704-944-6880 or jee-
nurse@charlottej ee .org.
New this year:
On Thursday, Oetober 8, Cele
brate the TaTas is hosting the “lit
tle” Reveal at Dressier’s from
12:30-3 PM. Don’t let the name
fool you, the “little” reveal is any
thing but small. This year, Cele-
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the artists and photographers that
bring paint, sparkles, and mueh
joy to the program.
Some of the highlights of the
luneheon inelude: The TaTas tap-
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THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE.
THE POWER OF COMMUNITY.
Turn to page 9 for the Jewish
Federation’s annual
listing of donors.