Two cultural events on Ethiopian-Israelis. February 2 at the DCJCC and February 3 at the Library of Congress(LC):
LC EVENT: WHAT: An Ethiopian-Israeli Cultural Experience Featuring Filmmaker Shmuel Beru and Singer Meskie Shibru-Sivan WHEN: February 3, 2009 (Tuesday) at 12:00 Noon WHERE: Library of Congress, Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor Madison Building Shmuel Beru will speak about his film "Zrubavel" & show film CLIPS Musical performance by Meskie LC Program is free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by the Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division and The Hebrew Language Table of the Library of Congress in cooperation with the Embassy of Israel. For more information contact: Gail Shirazi 202-707-9897, g...@loc.gov DCJCC EVENT: WHAT: Changing Cultures: An Ethiopian/Israeli Experience An Evening of Spices, Songs and Cinema! Featuring the DC Premiere of award-winning film Zrubavel with filmmaker Shmuel Beru. Music fusing Ethiopian, Israeli and western sounds with actor/singer Meskie Shibru-Sivan Reception with demonstration of the Ethiopian coffee service WHEN: February 2, 6:30 pm WHERE: Washington DCJCC, 1529 Sixteenth Street NW at Q Street 6:30 pm-Reception with Ethiopian & Israeli food -7:30 pm-Program $15, $12 members of sponsoring organizations/seniors/students Advance tickets recommended. Purchase tickets at: washingtondcjcc/film Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel, Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington DCJCC, American Sephardi Federation/Sephardic House, B'nai B'rith International's Center for Jewish Culture Zrubavel is the first feature film created by a team of Ethiopian-Israeli filmmakers. In this poignant story of one Ethiopian family's struggle to become, Israeli, Yitzhak wants to be the next Spike Lee, but a chain of events ignites a clash of generations and reveals a universal story of family conflicts, assimilation and personal identity. First Prize, Drama - Haifa International Film Festival 2008. Israel, 2008, 72 minutes, Hebrew and Amharic with English subtitles Meskie made aliyah from Ethiopia in 1985 and is a graduate of the famous Nissan Nativ drama school in Tel Aviv. In addition to acting (Live and Become) she has created one-woman shows and musical programs based on a fusion between Ethiopian, Israeli and western music. --- 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: hasaf...@osu.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
