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Episodes 1 & 2 from the Israeli TV Series Shtisel
Episodes 1 & 2 from the Israeli TV Series Shtisel
Screening and Discussion
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Part of a series of Yiddish-related programs, see the Israeli smash hit TV show Shtisel, winner of 11 Israeli Film Academy awards including Best Television Drama.
Soars with pathos and humor—The Forward
Tickets $10.
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TAKES PLACE AT
Mayer Kaplan JCC
5050 Church Street
Skokie, IL 60077
Presented with
as part of JCC's Arts & Ideas Programming
Shtisel is an Israeli television phenomenon, both critically acclaimed and incredibly popular, with each episode anxiously awaited by viewers from every stream of Israeli society.
The storyline follows an ultra-Orthodox family and their friends in the crowded Haredi neighborhood of Geula in present-day Jerusalem. Will recently widowed patriarch Shulem Shtisel see his son Akiva married soon? Or is Akiva more interested in his artistic endeavors? What about the cracks in older sister Giti’s relationship with her husband? Or the secrets being kept by their teenage daughter Ruchama?
Join us to get introduced to this smash hit!
A post-show discussion will be led by Dr. Malka Simkovitch, Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies and director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies program at Catholic Theological Union.
