The Alpert JCC is proud to host the Long Beach Jewish Cultural Arts Festival, highlighting the finest in film, books and the visual arts. Please plan on joining us!
For more information about the Festival, please contact AJCC Program Director, Susan Paletz at (562) 426-7601 ext. 1012 or
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Films
My So-Called Enemy Thur. Nov. 17, 7:30PM
In July 2002, Jewish Israeli and Palestinian Israeli teenagers came to the United States to participate in a program called Building Bridges for Peace. The filmmakers follow some of them after the program is over and reality collides with the friendships they made and their dreams for peace.
Language: English/89 min./Documentary/2010 (USA)
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The Human Resources Manager Sat. Nov. 19, 7:30PM
When an anonymous immigrant bakery worker is killed in a suicide bombing, the company's human resource manager embarks on an odyssey that retraces the woman's journey from a culture vastly different from the one in which she was murdered.
Language: Hebrew & Romanian (English Subtitles)/103 min./Drama/2011 (Israel)
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My Architect Sun. Nov. 20, 10:30AM
Louis Kahn's towering achievements in architecture won the admiration of such giants as Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei, who appear in this film. But his life, loves and death were as grotesque as his buildings were inspiring.
Language:English/116 min./Documentary/2003 (USA)
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La Rafle Sun. Nov. 20, 2:30PM
After years of silence, the French are beginning to dramatize some of the horror of the German occupation. Like another recent film, this drama portrays the lives of some of those snared by the infamous round up of Jews by the Vicy government.
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The Matchmaker Sun. Nov. 20, 7:00PM
Yankele Bride is part of the seedy but colorful underbelly of Haifa, finding life partners for clients from an office in the back of a movie theater run by dwarves that only shows love stories. A young teenager who comes to work for him stirs up the secrets that have held a secret world together.
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Jewish Book Fair at the Alpert JCC Mon-Sun, Nov. 14-20
In celebration of November being Jewish the AJCC is host to Book Events. In cooperation with Apostrophe Books of Long Beach, we will feature a vast selection of books including children's books, adult fiction, non-fiction, biographies, Judaic and Holocaust literature and Jewish themed cookbooks.
Book Events
Book Events
Visual Arts
Frances Dinkelspiel Tue. Nov 15, 7:30PM
Frances Dinkelspiel, the author of Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California will speak and be available for book signing.
Event is FREE & open to the public
Aimee Bender Wed. Nov 16, 7:30PM
Aimee Bender is the author of The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, An Invisible Sign of My Own, Willful Creatures and The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake. Aimee will give an author talk and book signing.
Event is FREE & open to the public.
The Pauline & Zena Gatov Gallery at the AJCC Presents Amram Ebgi: On Dove's Wings Oct. 27 - Dec. 9
Master Printmaker Amram Ebgi has been creating beautiful art for decades, bringing the deeply symbolic and beloved images of his rich Jewish Heritage to a growing legion of adoring fans worldwide. His intricately detailed masterpieces are bursting with color and imbued with a joyous passion that radiates out from every image.
This year's Festival is dedicated to the memory of Jean Blakey, a former film festival committee member, patron of the arts and giving and generous supporter of the Long Beach Jewish community. Jean's memory will live on with her family and within the Jewish Community that she so loved.
The Alpert JCC is proud to host the Long Beach Jewish Cultural Arts Festival, highlighting the finest in film, books and the visual arts. Please plan on joining us!
