Jewish Film Series

Great Neck Synagogue JEWISH Film Series
in cooperation with the Great Neck Arts Center

The Jewish Film Series will present a sophisticated cross-section of powerful and thought-provoking films with Jewish themes and/or featuring Jewish artists and filmmakers.

$65/per series subscription (Special price for GNS members!)

$15/individual films | $20 at the door

Limited Seating

Films DO sell out. Make your reservations today!

To order tickets or for more information Contact GNAC - 516.829.2570, online @ www.greatneckarts.org/jewishfilm.htm

FINAL SPRING 2012 FILM ~ Monday, June 4, 7:30pm

The Matchmaker
followed by discussion with Isaac Zablocki, Director of Film Programs and Israel Film Center,
JCC in Manhattan

From one of Israel’s most popular directors, and nominated for 5 Israeli Academy Awards! In this coming-of-age tale set in 1968 Haifa, restless 16-year-old Arik lands an exciting summer job for the mysterious marriage broker, Yankele Bride, a Romanian Holocaust survivor. Working from an office in back of a seedy movie theater that only shows love stories, Arik encounters a host of diverse colorful characters, misfits, and shattered Holocaust survivors. Arik opens his eyes to a changing Israel and experiences his first love as he falls in love with Tamara, who has just returned from America and is full of talk of women’s rights, free love and rock and roll, in this poignant and humorous.  Avi Nesher’s latest film mixes comedy with drama as it tells a coming-of-age story unlike any you’ve ever seen before.