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Join us at the JCC for a strength-building weekly Hatha yoga practice with instructor Caron Robinson. Hatha yoga focuses on balance, strength, alignment, breath, and calm. It incorporates the same poses as a Vinyasa practice, but the movements are slow and deliberate to increase flexibility, joint mobility, core strength, balance, range of motion, and decrease stress.

Modifications for different levels will be made.

Tuesdays, September 20 – December 20 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm | $12 per class
(9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 11/22)

This will be a social mixer for players who are confident in scoring and rules and are ready for some friendly competition. There will be 3 courts for doubles play. A timer is set for 15 minutes. At the end of 15 minutes, the winning teams move up a court and split partners and the losing teams move down a court and split partners. Coach Kathy will monitor play and help coordinate the mixer and answer any questions about rules and strategy.

Join us at the Dairy Arts Center for the Opening Night of the Boulder Jewish Film Festival!

5:30 – 6:30 pm – Gala Reception in the Dairy Lobby

6:30 pm – The Colorado premiere of Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song (2021), with a talkback with festival founding director Kathryn Bernheimer following the screening. 

In this stirring, soulful tribute to Cohen’s lifelong quest for truth and beauty, married directors Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine view the venerated singer-songwriter’s life and legacy through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn. Approved by Leonard Cohen before his 80th birthday in 2015, the film accesses a treasure trove of never-before-seen material from the Cohen Trust. By focusing on the remarkable trajectory of one iconic song – a prayer set to music that was initially rejected by Columbia records – the directors convey the intricacies of the artist, poet, sage, philosopher, spiritual seeker, storyteller, consummate performer, ladies’ man, practicing Buddhist, and deeply committed Jew. VIEW THE TRAILER.

Directed by Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine
115 minutes
In English 
United States and Canada
2022

Thursday, November 3 | Opening Night Gala Reception, Screening, and Talkback | $36

In this shocking cautionary documentary, Hitler’s close ally and chief architect Albert Speer attempts to whitewash his Nazi past through a Hollywood adaptation of his bestselling wartime memoir, “Inside the Third Reich,” with a young English screenwriter as his willing accomplice. How did a man in charge of 12 million slave laborers escape the gallows to become a best-selling author living in luxury? Why would a Hollywood studio consider condoning his actions by telling his version of events? What redeemable qualities did the young screenwriter possibly see in this cultured gentleman with whom he finds such cozy rapport? The only thing more repellant than evil itself may be the person licking evil’s boot, and Israeli director Vanessa Lapa has unearthed an astounding story with not one but two villains. VIEW THE TRAILER.

Directed by Vaness Lapa
97 minutes
In English 
Germany
2021

Friday, November 4 | 12:00 – 2 pm | $16

Programmer Judith Dack returns with a selection of award-winning short subjects depicting the Jewish experience from multiple perspectives. Judith will conduct the post-screening conversations.

Newlywed’s Guide to Physical Intimacy
An explicit sex manual from the Rabbi comes in handy on the wedding night for an Orthodox couple in this sweet and humorous wordless short.

Masel Tov Cocktail
A cheeky Russian-Jewish teen offers a fierce comic take on the complexities and hypocrisy of modern Jewish life in Germany today.

Holy Holocaust
A shocking family secret tests the relationship between an Israeli woman and her German friend in this vividly animated short based on a true story.

The Other Side: Tangled Up in Jews
In this hilarious short, a Zoom conversation between a young man, his mother, and the family rabbi becomes increasingly awkward for all involved.

Long Distance
An aging Israeli woman becomes distraught as her daughter gives birth halfway across the world until the kindness of strangers brings her some comfort.

Larry and Me
Larry King is remembered by his best boyhood buddy of 75 years, renowned negotiator Herbie Cohen, in this touching, nostalgic documentary short.

Friday, November 4 | 2:30 – 4:30 pm | $16

Beloved sportscaster Marty Glickman, a former athlete whose dreams were dashed by prejudice at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, went on to forge a remarkably long and influential career in sports. This illuminating documentary pays affectionate tribute to a groundbreaking sportscaster and former world class athlete who ran alongside Jesse Owens. Produced by Martin Scorsese, it also serves as a fond remembrance of New York from the 1930s through the 1970s. Covering the Nicks and the Giants, Glickman is credited with inventing modern sports broadcasting, serving as the first true voice of the fan. He was admired by players and fans alike for his knowledge and enthusiasm, and this overdue biography reveals his equally admirable personal qualities – integrity, decency, and perseverance in the face of antisemitism. VIEW THE TRAILER.

Directed by James L. Freedman
84 minutes
In English 
United States
2013

Driven by desperation, an ingenious Jewish concentration camp prisoner from Belgium poses as Iranian to avoid death, pretending to speak and teach Farsi to the eccentric Commandant who holds his life in his hands. The winner of multiple film festival awards, this harrowing tale of survival is tinged with black humor. Featuring powerful performances by the actors playing two men locked in a deadly game, this fable from Ukrainian director Vadim Perelman depicts the evil absurdity at the heart of the Holocaust. VIEW THE TRAILER.

Directed by Vadim Perelman
127 minutes
In German, Farsi, French, and Italian with English subtitles
Belarus
2020

Sunday, November 6 | 2:30 – 5 pm | $16

When a German biologist visiting Israel and an Israeli bar owner fall in love and plan to marry, sparks fly as their families struggle to plan an interfaith lesbian wedding. The course of true love never runs smooth, but here Middle East politics and the shadow of the Holocaust make for an especially prickly, and amusing, affair. This lively, spirited romantic comedy is deftly layered with contemporary concerns, including cross-cultural differences and intersectionality. Shirel Peleg, a Venezuela-born, Israeli-raised, German-based director, knows her subject well, and brings a light touch and an open heart to the sharp-witted screwball comedy, a star-crossed-lovers story with surprising depth. VIEW THE TRAILER. 

Directed by 101 minutes
In Hebrew, English, and Arabic with English subtitles
Israel/Germany
2020

Sunday, November 6 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm | $16

The themes of revenge, justice, and morality stoke this suspenseful drama depicting the dangerous secret plan by a group of Jewish resistance fighters and Holocaust survivors known as “The Avengers” to poison Germany’s water system in 1945. Based on the book “Vengeance and Retribution are Mine” by Israeli historian Dina Porat, this English-language drama from Israeli directors Yoav and Doran Paz features August Diehl as a survivor fueled by rage, and Michael Aloni (“Shtisl”) as a vigilante leader plotting the biggest revenge plan in history in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust. VIEW THE TRAILER.

Directed by Doron Paz, Yoav Paz
109 minutes
In English 
Germany/Israel
2021

Monday, November 7 | 3:00 – 5:30 pm | $16

This bitingly witty New York story unfolds during one extraordinary day in the life of a distinguished, complicated, close-knit family whose world is suddenly upended by dramatic personal revelations. This dialogue-rich family drama features Richard Kind (“A Serious Man,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm”) as the long-absent patriarch and Kate Mulgrew (“Orange Is the New Black”) as the wife he abandoned years ago. Together the family contends with a life-altering event that puts their lives in perspective. VIEW THE TRAILER.

Directed by Evan Oppenheimer
88 minutes
In English 
United States
2021

In this disquieting psychological thriller, an assimilated Parisian family sells their basement unit, unwittingly welcoming a Holocaust denier into their life, turning it upside down. The intruder ultimately challenges their assumptions about antisemitism in France and forces them to confront their tenuous Jewish identity. Easily read as a metaphor for contemporary society, this story of manipulation and menace features a chilling performance by Francois Cluzet as the stranger who so easily insinuates himself into a seemingly normal world. VIEW THE TRAILER.

Join us at the JCC for a strength-building weekly Hatha yoga practice with instructor Caron Robinson. Hatha yoga focuses on balance, strength, alignment, breath, and calm. It incorporates the same poses as a Vinyasa practice, but the movements are slow and deliberate to increase flexibility, joint mobility, core strength, balance, range of motion, and decrease stress.

Modifications for different levels will be made.

Tuesdays, September 20 – December 20 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm | $12 per class
(9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 11/22)

No good deed goes unpunished when a liberal gay couple moves into an underprivileged Tel Aviv neighborhood to take advantage of low rent. When they plant a tree on their street, they are confronted by unpleasant social realities and find their values and best intentions put to the test. This provocative dark comic drama about privilege, gentrification, identity, and personal responsibility is ultimately a finely nuanced love story. VIEW THE TRAILER.

Directed by Idan Haguel
82 minutes
In Hebrew with English subtitles
Israel
2022

Tuesday, November 8 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm | $16

New to Boulder? Questions about our community? Looking to meet people? Let’s connect! Join us at the Boulder JCC for this free event to have your questions answered, learn about the thriving Boulder and Jewish Communities, meet new people, and schmooze. Light breakfast will be available. There will be information about local events, community organizations, and other ways to get involved.

This program is geared towards adults.

Wednesday, November 9 | 10 – 11:30 am | FREE

Archaeology is usually portrayed in film as a swashbuckling adventure—classic examples being Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, and The Mummy. Why is archaeology portrayed as a rip-roaring adventure, or as the source of supernatural phenomena? Social psychology plays a part, as does our society’s relationship with the distant past. Are there any films that show archaeology as it really is? Can such a film even be made? Let’s start thinking about a script…

A native of Los Angeles, David llan is the director of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem. He has excavated at Tel Arad, Tel Megiddo, and Tel Dan. He teaches at the Hebrew Union College and has taught at Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University, and at Johns Hopkins University. He specializes in mortuary archaeology, religion, and ritual in the Chalcolithic period, the Middle Bronze Age, and the early Iron Age of the southern Levant. Since 2005, he has directed the excavations at Tel Dan in northern Israel. He is the editor of the journal NGSBA Archaeology.

Please join us for a post-program social with light fare and refreshments from 12:30 – 1:15 pm

Wednesday, November 9 | 11:30 am – 1:15 pm | $15 in advance, $18 at the door

The exploits of a Jewish Ukrainian war hero, the last of the great partisans, are portrayed with incredible force in this haunting WWII drama honoring his legacy and mourning his sacrifices. An interview with Berenshtein, an old man living humbly in Israel, is intertwined with the feature film depicting his valor and the horrors he encountered. Israeli director Roman Shumunov, who grew up in Georgia, wisely eschews war movie cliches as he delves into the inner life of a soldier credited with changing the outcome of WWII.VIEW THE TRAILER.

Directed by Roman Shumunov
110 minutes
In Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, and German with English subtitles
Israel
2021

Wednesday, November 9 | 3 – 5:30 pm | $16

Fred Stein’s images of 1930s Paris and 1940s New York, as well as his portraits of luminaries such as Albert Einstein and Hannah Arendt, are well-known, but the artist himself was all but forgotten when his son Peter, a cinematographer of note, set about to recapture rightful acclaim for his father. This visually stunning documentary tells the remarkable story of Fred Stein’s life, illuminates his brilliant work, and, most touchingly, traces a son’s heroic efforts to connect with a long-lost parent by honoring his legacy. VIEW THE TRAILER.

Directed by Peter Stein and Dawn Freer
90 minutes
In English 
Europe and United States
2021

Wednesday, November 9 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm | $16

The story of the Jewish family that owned and carefully preserved Monticello for far longer than Thomas Jefferson or his descendants was erased from history by prejudice. This enlightening and disquieting documentary tackles a complicated legacy of politics, slavery, and antisemitism in the American South, finally acknowledging the illustrious Levy family as the Jews who saved Monticello. VIEW THE TRAILER. 

A young Kurdish boy living on the Syrian/Turkish border in the 1980s, close friends with his Jewish neighbors, discovers the absurdity of war and the cruelty of hatred in this affectionate autobiographical feature. Encountering the edicts of a dictatorship he cannot fathom, our young hero clings to his humanity in this sly satirical tale of innocence, solidarity, and love. Swiss-Kurdish director Mano Kahlil brings humor, warmth, candor, and charm to a story based on memories from his own turbulent childhood. VIEW THE TRAILER.

Directed by Mano Khalil
124 minutes
Kurdish with English subtitles
Switzerland/France
2021

Thursday, November 10 | 6:30 – 9 pm | $16

Programmer Judith Dack returns with a selection of award-winning short subjects depicting the Jewish experience from multiple perspectives. Judith will conduct the post-screening conversations.

Newlywed’s Guide to Physical Intimacy
An explicit sex manual from the Rabbi comes in handy on the wedding night for an Orthodox couple in this sweet and humorous wordless short.

Masel Tov Cocktail
A cheeky Russian-Jewish teen offers a fierce comic take on the complexities and hypocrisy of modern Jewish life in Germany today.

Holy Holocaust
A shocking family secret tests the relationship between an Israeli woman and her German friend in this vividly animated short based on a true story.

The Other Side: Tangled Up in Jews
In this hilarious short, a Zoom conversation between a young man, his mother, and the family rabbi becomes increasingly awkward for all involved.

Long Distance
An aging Israeli woman becomes distraught as her daughter gives birth halfway across the world until the kindness of strangers brings her some comfort.

Larry and Me
Larry King is remembered by his best boyhood buddy of 75 years, renowned negotiator Herbie Cohen, in this touching, nostalgic documentary short.

Friday, November 11 | 12 – 2 pm | $16

Two thirty-something Israelis go on a blind date and divulge way too much in this bracingly unconventional romantic comedy that deals with the nature of attraction itself. Directed by and starring superstar comic Guri Alfi (“New Jew”), the film focuses on the embarrassing confessions of the ambitious young woman, a self-serving journalist who has been writing a series of articles on romance based on the disasters of her friend. The success of this fresh, funny, and fearless boy-meets-girl film rests on the charisma of its two stars. VIEW THE TRAILER. 

Directed by Guri Alfi
91 minutes
Hebrew with English subtitles
Israel
2022

Friday, November 11 | 3 – 5 pm | $16

In this 1979 comedy classic, Gene Wilder gives the most endearing performance of his career as a hapless but loveable Polish rabbi who gamely traverses the Wild West. The cultures of the Old World and the Old West collide as the intrepid rabbi – on his way to lead a synagogue in San Francisco – and his outlaw cowboy cohort (Harrison Ford) encounters a series of rollicking misadventures. With something to appeal to audiences of all ages, this odd-couple comedy is rife with Jewish humor. Watch for the scene in the monastery, where the loquacious rabbi inadvertently causes the monks to break their vow of silence. Bring the family to enjoy this cinema classic. VIEW THE TRAILER.

Directed by Robert Aldrich
122 minutes
In English 
United States
1979

Sunday, November 13 | 12:00 – 2:30 pm | $16

Denver filmmaker Amanda Kinsey has created a fascinating documentary highlighting the contributions of dynamic Jewish Americans who helped tame the West, including numerous Colorado pioneers. From Wyatt Earp’s Jewish wife to the Denver family that founded Samsonite and the creator of blue jeans whose name lives on when anyone dons a pair of Levis, this revelatory foray into Jewish history covers a wide gamut of accomplishments that will surprise most viewers. Did you know that by the end of the 19th century, nearly every notorious town in the Wild West had a Jewish mayor? By illuminating an unfamiliar chapter in the Jewish immigration story, Kinsey changes our perception of the American West. VIEW THE TRAILER.

Based on the autobiography of the same title, this riveting biodrama recounts the eventful life of mathematician Stam Ulam. A Polish Jewish refugee, Ulam was a key player at Los Alamos, where he helped to develop the hydrogen bomb and create the first computer. Later, he taught at CU Boulder. An intriguing behind-the-scenes look at Los Alamos, where a group of mostly European Jews were locked in a scientific battle with Nazis and later Communists, this warmhearted, well-acted personal drama also serves as a prelude to “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan’s biopic focused on Ulam’s famous boss due out in 2023. VIEW THE TRAILER. 

Directed by Thorsten Klein
In English 
United States
2022

Join us before the screening for a special “Double Feature” Closing Night!

Two Pioneering Films and a Wild West Wrap Party 

Reception, 5:30-6:30 pm, following Jews of the Wild West and prior to Adventures of a Mathematician

Enjoy chili, cornbread, pie, and cider

Western Swing music by Greg Schochet and Little America

See both films and join us for the Wild West Wrap Party for $50

Or join us for one film and the Wild West Wrap Party for $30

Sunday, November 13 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Join us at the JCC for a strength-building weekly Hatha yoga practice with instructor Caron Robinson. Hatha yoga focuses on balance, strength, alignment, breath, and calm. It incorporates the same poses as a Vinyasa practice, but the movements are slow and deliberate to increase flexibility, joint mobility, core strength, balance, range of motion, and decrease stress.

Modifications for different levels will be made.

Tuesdays, September 20 – December 20 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm | $12 per class
(9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 11/22)

Join us at the JCC for a strength-building weekly Hatha yoga practice with instructor Caron Robinson. Hatha yoga focuses on balance, strength, alignment, breath, and calm. It incorporates the same poses as a Vinyasa practice, but the movements are slow and deliberate to increase flexibility, joint mobility, core strength, balance, range of motion, and decrease stress.

Modifications for different levels will be made.

Tuesdays, September 20 – December 20 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm | $12 per class
(9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 11/22)