Join us at the Audubon Library, 350 John James Audubon Pkwy, Amherst, NY 14228 This event is perfect for babies and toddlers ages 3 months through 4 years-old and the grown-ups who love them! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
(Drama/Comedy) Hungary 2024 85 min. Hungarian PG Director: Adam Breier Tamás, an aging boxing coach, gets along well with everyone but his own son. Estranged since Iván became religious and moved to Israel, there had been no reason to mend their severed relationship. Tamás has lived happily in Budapest with his beloved wife, Zsuzsa, but when she dies unexpectedly, Iván resurfaces and insists on a proper Shiva. Reluctant to accept, Tamás realizes it may be his only opportunity to meet his grandson Ariel. Over the course of the week of mourning, past conflicts resurface and they embark on an unexpected journey of self reflection and reconciliation. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS
(Drama) Israel 2022 108 min. PG Hebrew Director: Erez Tadmor Inspired by a true story, Children of Nobody gives voice to those on the periphery, often unnoticed and uncared for. In the heart of Tel Aviv's Neve Tzedek neighborhood, a deteriorated house serves as a refuge for youth from troubled backgrounds. Jackie, a young man thrust into the role of running the shelter, house’s at-risk youth, launches a relentless campaign against the municipality’s representatives to save the house, which, for the youth it shelters, is their last refuge. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Open to Children Grades 1-7. $180 per child includes all books and materials. Sessions are on Thursdays from 4 PM-5:30 PM at the Broder Center, 700 Sweet Home Road
(Drama/Comedy) Israel 2023 104 min. Hebrew PG Director: Adar Shafran Nominated for the Israeli Academy Award for Best Film, Running on Sand is a feel-good tale of mistaken identity. Aumari, a young Eritrean refugee in the process of being deported, is mistaken for a professional soccer player being brought to Israel to help save the struggling Maccabi Netanya team. Despite having no soccer experience, he plays along and somehow manages to reinvigorate the floundering squad. Thank you to our sponsor: Judy Halpern CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS
Ari Gold is a filmmaker and winner of the Student Oscar. His films have been selected at Sundance four times, and his upcoming movies Helicopter and Brother Verses Brother are companions to this book. Title: Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poem Description: A lushly illustrated “correspondence in poems,” ranges across the life, family, and death of a remarkable father. The father and his sons write tenderly of their hunger for connection, about the woman that all three men have lost (a mother, a wife), and about the passion that all three seek. Ultimately, these poems tell a singular story of men bumbling their way towards love.
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A weekly study of the moral, psychological and spiritual teachings of the Talmud. Hot, golden chicken soup is served. at Jewish Discovery Center - 831 Maple Rd. www.jewishdiscovery.org
Create your own Afikoman Masterpiece Learn about passover, Create your own Afikoman Masterpiece and Enjoy refreshments and freinds Thursday, April 3rd 2025 7:30 - 8:30pm Center for Jewish Life 757 Hopkins Rd. in Williamsville Williamsville, NY 14221 Reserve now! click here
(Comedy/Drama/Romance) Israel 2023 121 min. PG Director: Avi Nesher Set in the 1980s, this epic tale with hints of Almodóvar melodrama revolves around Amitay, a struggling writer living near a monkey park from which the movie gets its name. Envious of his more celebrated colleagues and yearning for Tamar, his childhood love now widowed, Amitay conceives a plan to revive his literary reputation. Based on a true event, this is the 8th Avi Nesher film to grace this festival, and like all the others, it is moving, amusing, and beautifully filmed. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS
