TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 A SYNAGOGUE ON BROOME STREET
5:45 pm, Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater, Washington DCJCC www.wjff.org or 1-800-494-TIXS Director: Ed Askinazi will be present A personal exploration of the filmmaker's heritage doubles as a fascinating glimpse into the little known community of Greek Jews, also known as Romaniotes, with 2,000 years of history and their own language. Neither Sephardic nor Ashkenazi, Romaniotes are descendants of Jewish slaves bound for Rome after the destruction of the Second Temple who were diverted by a storm to Greece, where they settled and developed their own culture. The Kehila Kedosha Janina on Broome Street is the only remaining Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. Local filmmaker Ed Askinazi journeys there to learn more about his past and discovers a community determined not to disappear. Washington Jewish Film Festival An Exhibition of International Cinema 16th Festival -- December 1-11, 2005 www.wjff.org tel: 1-202-777-3249 fax: 1-202-518-9420 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
