News & Events

30 October - 05 November, 2016
October 30
  • 12:00pm  The People vs. Fritz Bauer    ::  The 17th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

    Germany, 2015, 105 Minutes German, English, and Yiddish with English subtitles Directed by Lars Kraume In 1957, German Attorney General Fritz Bauer receives crucial evidence on the whereabouts of Adolf Eichmann. The lieutenant ... read more about  The People vs. Fritz Bauer

  • 12:30pm  In Search of Israeli Cusine    ::  The 17th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

    USA, 2016, 97 Minutes English Directed by Roger M. Sherman James Beard award-winning chef Michael Solomonov, takes us on a journey to Israel through food. He enters peoples’ lives and their kitchens as ... read more about  In Search of Israeli Cusine

  • 03:00pm  Fire Birds    ::  The 17th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

    Israel, 2015, 105 Minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Directed by Amir I. Wolf Three windows and a handsome srtanger cross paths in this Israeli murder mystery. Speaker: TBA read more about  Fire Birds

  • 03:15pm  Germans and Jews    ::  The 17th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

    USA, 2016, 76 Minutes English and German with English Subtitles Directed by Janina Quint This documentary examines the history of Germany's postwar Jewish population and the fraught and fragile relationships between Jews and ... read more about  Germans and Jews

  • 07:00pm  One Week and a Day    ::  The 17th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

    Israel, 2016, Drama, 97 Minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Directed by Asaph Polonsky When shiva for their son ends and his wife tries to return to her routine, a grieving father sets out ... read more about  One Week and a Day

November 01
  • 12:30pm  In Search of Israeli Cusine    ::  The 17th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

    USA, 2016, 97 Minutes English Directed by Roger M. Sherman James Beard award-winning chef Michael Solomonov, takes us on a journey to Israel through food. He enters peoples’ lives and their kitchens as ... read more about  In Search of Israeli Cusine

  • 03:30pm  The Women's Balcony    ::  The 17th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

    Israel, 2016, 96 Minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Directed by Emil Ben Shimon An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in ... read more about  The Women's Balcony

  • 07:30pm  On the Map    ::  The 17th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

    Israel, 2016, 78 Minutes English and Hebrew with English subtitles Directed by Dnai Menkin This documentary recounts the story of the 1977 Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team's victory int he European cup, which ... read more about  On the Map

November 02
November 03
  • 01:15pm  Germans and Jews    ::  The 17th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

    USA, 2016, 76 Minutes English and German with English Subtitles Directed by Janina Quint This documentary examines the history of Germany's postwar Jewish population and the fraught and fragile relationships between Jews and ... read more about  Germans and Jews

  • 03:30pm  The Kind Words    ::  The 17th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

    Israel and Canada, 2016, 118 Minutes French and Hebrew with English subtitles Directed by Shemi Zarhin This quirky and wry dramedy follows three siblings—Dorona and brothers Netanel and Shai—who, in the wake of ... read more about  The Kind Words

  • 07:30pm  A Tale of Love and Darkness    ::  The 17th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

    Israel and USA, 2015, 98 Minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Directed by Natalie Portman Based on Amos Oz's international best-seller, and starring Natalie Portman, in her directorial debut, A Tale of Love and ... read more about  A Tale of Love and Darkness

  • 08:00pm - 10:00pm  Jauja    ::  Center for Latin American Studies Jueves De Cine Fall 2016

    Dir. by Lisandro Alonso Aregentina/Denmark/France/Mexico, 2014 1h 48min An astonishingly beautiful and gripping Western starring Viggo Mortensen, Jauja begins in remote outpost in Patagonia during the late 1800s. Captain Gunnar Dinesen has come ... read more about  Jauja

November 04
November 05
  • 07:15pm  Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You    ::  The 17th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

    USA, 2016, 91 Minutes English Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady Arguably the most influential creator, writer, and producer in the history of television, Norman Lear brought primetime into step with the ... read more about  Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

  • 09:30pm  A La Vie    ::  The 17th annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

    France, 2014, 106 Minutes French with English subtitles Directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann Fifteen years after surviving Auschwitz, Helene, Lili and Rose are reunited on holiday in the North of France. Savoring ice cream ... read more about  A La Vie