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This year\u2019s Long Beach Jewish Film Festival is kicking off with a free showing of Disney\u2019s \u201cUp\u201d on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Alpert Jewish Community Center (AJCC), 3801 E. Willow St.<\/p>\n
The movie, which the Festival selected for exemplifying \u201cuniversal Jewish values\u201d according to sponsor Jewish Long Beach<\/a>, starts at 5:30 p.m., but families of all kinds can arrive at 4 p.m. to enjoy the center\u2019s playground, crafts and pizza-for-purchase.<\/p>\n Official film-selection screenings then begin Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 6 p.m. with a red-carpet premiere \u2014 featuring gourmet popcorn, live music, drinks and dessert \u2014 before two film showings.<\/p>\n The first is \u201cMatchmaking 2,\u201d a comedy in Hebrew with English subtitles about a matchmaker\u2019s assistant pursuing her own marriage.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter breaking box-office records with their first film, the characters from \u2018Matchmaking\u2019 return with this endearing romantic comedy set against Ashkenazi and Sephardic cultural tensions,\u201d the Festival says.<\/p>\n A screening of dramatic comedy \u201cThe Ring\u201d follows at 7 p.m., also in Hebrew with English subtitles.<\/p>\n \u201cArnon Noble is a religious man with a strong bond to his mother, a Holocaust survivor,\u201d the Festival describes. \u201cWhen the mother\u2019s health deteriorates, he travels to her old hometown, Budapest, to search for the mythical ring that saved her life in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n The festival continues the following weekend with a cocktail reception on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m., followed by a screening of \u201cThe Stronghold\u201d at 7 p.m., a film set during the 1973 Yom Kippur War as Israeli soldiers trapped in the Sinai face annihilation while a lieutenant and doctor weigh a risky gambit.<\/p>\n Two movies then round out the festival on Sunday, Nov. 16, beginning with \u201cYaniv\u201d at 1 p.m., a dramatic comedy (in English) about a teacher trying to raise funds for the school\u2019s drama department by cheating at an underground card game run by the Hasidic community called yaniv \u2014 \u201cthe blackjack of the Jewish people,\u201d according to the Festival.<\/p>\n A reception afterward at 3 p.m. with cocktails and light refreshments will be followed by the festival\u2019s final movie, \u201cHome,\u201d at 4 p.m. \u2014 a crime drama based on a true story (in Hebrew with English subtitles) of a modern electronics shop challenged by a committee enforcing the neighborhood\u2019s religious character.<\/p>\n Sponsor Jewish Long Beach was formed from a combination of three historic groups: the Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach, the Barbara & Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center and the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Long Beach.<\/p>\n Link<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cTogether, we make up a dynamic organization focused on enriching the community,\u201d Jewish Long Beach says. \u201cThe Long Beach Jewish Film Festival provides a window to the Jewish experience and allows us to explore contemporary and historical themes in many different global settings.\u201d<\/p>\n Tickets for the Long Beach Jewish Film Festival at the AJCC on the Weinberg Jewish Long Beach Campus, 3801 E. Willow St., are $20 for each film or $25 for the premiere, discounted for AJCC members and free for students. A festival pass for $100 (or $86 for AJCC members) grants admission to all six films with priority access and drinks and refreshments at the premiere and receptions. 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