Thursday, November 8

Noon at AMC Loews New Brunswick

The Dybbuk (Poland, 1937, drama – New Restoration – 123 minutes)
Yiddish with English subtitles • Director: Michał Waszyński

A rich, ethnographic tapestry of Jewish legend, The Dybbuk is a Yiddish-language drama based on S. Ansky’s seminal play about a bride possessed by a dybbuk, or disconnected soul. The film weaves a mystical tale from the Hasidic shtetls of the late nineteenth century with the story of two close friends, Sender and Nisn, who vow that their first-born children will marry one another. The Dybbuk presented here is a new restoration of the 1937 classic, which was originally filmed just before the outbreak of World War II.

Speaker: Dr. Agi Legutko, Columbia University

3:30 p.m. at AMC Loews New Brunswick

An Israeli Love Story (Israel, 2017, drama, 93 minutes)
Hebrew with English subtitles • Director: Dan Wolman

Based on the true story of theater director and actress Pnina Gary, An Israeli Love Story tells a passionate story of love and independence. Set in the turbulent years of 1947-1948, Eli and Margalit are torn between their love for one another and where they see their own futures in the Jewish state. Margalit seeks the spotlight in the budding theater world of Tel Aviv, while Eli’s allegiance is to the struggle for Jewish independence from the British. As their commitment to each other grows, the harsh reality of life in Israel intervenes.

7:30 p.m. at AMC Loews New Brunswick

The Last Suit (Argentina/Spain, 2017, drama 86 minutes)
Spanish, German, Polish, and Yiddish with English subtitles • Director: Pablo Solarz

Abraham Bursztein has built a successful life in Argentina, but at 88, finds his place in the world diminished. When his daughters arrange his move into a retirement home, he plots a secret, one-way road trip, refusing to fade quietly away. This charming film accompanies Abraham on his bittersweet journey back in time and halfway around the world, where he plans to keep a promise to the Christian friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II.

Preceded by

116 Cameras (USA, 2017, 16 minutes)
English • Director: Davina Pardo

A Holocaust survivor's story is preserved so that she will be able to tell it forever - through an interactive hologram.

Speaker: Natasha Zaretzky, Rutgers-Newark and NYU

GENERAL INFO: Tickets cost $13, with discounts for seniors and students. For the schedule, ticket information, and speaker updates, visit BildnerCenter.Rutgers.edu/film or contact 848-932-4166 or rujff@sas.rutgers.edu. The AMC Loews New Brunswick theater is located at 17 US Highway 1 South, New Brunswick, NJ 08901