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COMMUNITY FEATURE
Israeli cinema comes to Columbus
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By Bobbie Shkolnik %
Beginning Oct. 16, and continuing the following three
weeks, Israeli cinema will
bring to Columbus' theaters
four films. "Israeli-directed,
in Hebrew and English subtitles, the films provide insights
into Israel's history, its society, its joys and sorrows, and
the challenges to the country's
existence," stated Lee Tavill,
Film Festival co-chair.
"Each of these • carefully
chosen films provides a window into Israeli society and
triggers many questions," continued Raleigh Hahn, Film
Festival co-chair.
Three of the four films will
be shown on Sundays at 7:30
p.m. at the Drexel Theater,
2254 E. Main St., while the
fourth will be shown at the
Wexner Center on The Ohio
State University Campus at
15th and High Streets.
The first film to be shown,
Oct. 16, is The Summer of
Aviya. It is the story of one
summer in the life of a ten-
year-old girl, the daughter of a
Holocaust survivor,- during
the first years of Israel's independence. The story is a personal one based on the life of
Gila Almagor, one of Israel's
best known actors, who is also
writer, producer and star of
the film. Aviya's mother had
been a partisan fighter during
the war, with a number ta-
tooed on her arm; she walked
the thin line between sanity
and madness. Aviya had lived
in orphanages most of her life;
this was the summer she
would return home. A discussion on coping with Holocaust
memories will follow in the
adjacent Bexley City  Hall
chambers.
On Oct. 22i Amazing Grace,
an award-winning film portraying the reality of AIDS in
Israeli society will be shown.
This dramatic feature set in
modern Israel, offers a
glimpse into the world of two .
men, Jonathan and Thomas,
as they confront the power of
love that appears meager in
the face of Thomas' overwhelming fear of death. The
film was an International Film
Festival prize winner and also
won the Wolgin Prize for Best
Israeli Feature Film at the Jerusalem International Film
Festival.
Following the movie there
will be a discussion led by visiting lecturer Rabbi Marc Blu-
menthal of Los Angeles, who
writes and teaches on Judaism's approach to AIDS/HIV/
bi-sexual issues. In addition,
there will be a display on
AIDS in Israel and ways to
contact the AIDS Society.
Fictitious Marriage, the story of a Jerusalemite high
school teacher going through a
mid-life crisis, will be the final
film shown at the Drexel on
Oct. 30. Eldad Ilan leaves his
family, ostensibly for a trip to
New York, but never boards
the plane. Instead, he travels
to Tel Aviv where he takes a
hotel room in order to ponder
his life. In a nearby park, he is
mistaken for an Arab laborer
and is asked to join an Arab
work force on a construction
job. This film, which is both
piercing and humorous, is a
powerful study of contemporary Israel. A discussion on
fiction and reality in Israel society will follow.
Black to the Promised Land
is the final film in the series
and swill be shown at the
Wexner Center on Ohio State's
campus at 15th Avenue and
High Street, on Thursday,
Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. It is the
story of 11 black American
teenagers, who, with their
Jewish teacher, travel from
their homes in one of New
York's toughest neighborhoods
to Israel where they spend several months living and working on a kibbutz. This film
portrays the unfolding of.their
Israeli experience.
A special presentation by
black students from Wilber-
force University, who traveled
as volunteers to work on a
project in Israel, will be given
after the move. The program
will be moderated by Dr. Marshall Stevenson, assistant professor of history at O.S.U.,
specializing in Black Jewish
relations in America.
Cost for the "Second Israel
Film Festival" series is: $18
for the entire series,'$15 for
students; $15 for three tickets
(Drexel films only); individual
tickets are $5.75 at the door,
student tickets are $4 at the
door. The entire series only
(four tickets each or three tickets each) may be ordered in
advance by sending a check
made payable to the Columbus Jewish Federation, 1175
College Ave., Columbus, Ohio
43209. Tickets should be ordered early as seating is limited. Teenagers are invited and
encouraged to attend the first
and last films. For more information, contact the Columbus
Jewish Federation at 237-
7686.
Serving on the Film Festival
Committee, along with Hahn
and Tavill, are Marc Bornstein, Helene Cweren, Barbara
Davis, Cindy Ebner, Meredith
Greenberg, Miriam Kahn; Roger Kaplan, Eric Kisch and Karen Moss. Staff members include Randi Abrams, Smadar
Draiman, Sam Horowitz and
Helena Schlam.
The Israeli Film Festival
was initiated by the Community Relations Council and the
Israel Departments ofthe Federation in cooperation with
the Melton Center for Jewish
Studies at O.S.U. arid O.S.U.
Hillel. It is implemented with
the help of the Young Jewish
Professionals Group of the
Federation.
Bobbie Shkolnik is a Columbus Jewish Federation
staff member.
Dividing water resources
obstacle to reaching  '
agreement with Jordan
ALLENBY BRIDGE, West
Bank (AP) —- How to divvy up
scarce water resources is the
main obstacle to reaching an
overall peace treaty with Jordan, not territorial disputes,
an Israeli government official
said last week.
King Hussein has not yet
approved a draft peace agreement proposed, by Israel for
resolving conflicts over water
and territory and continues to
demand seven percent of Israel's current water use, the newspaper Haaretz said Sept. 28.
An Israeli government official, who spoke on condition
of anonymity, confirmed that
water was the main obstacle to
signing a peace treaty, not territorial issues.
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