"a cinematic masterwork about a painted masterpiece" ... Huffington Post "Portrait of Wally”, Egon Schiele’s tender picture of his mistress, Walburga (“Wally”) Neuzil, is the pride of the Leopold Museum in Vienna. But for 13 years the painting was locked up in New York, caught in a legal battle between the Austrian museum and the Jewish family from whom the Nazis seized the painting in 1939. more

Film Sponsored by Bernie and Carol Toobin

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2012 "Best of Fest" ... Israel Film Festival Brothers dramatizes the conflict between the secular and religious in Israel over the issue of whether the ultra-Orthodox should serve in the Israeli military, one of the most divisive issues facing Israelis today. "Official Selection" of the Israel Film Festival, Washington DC Jewish Film Festival and others.  more
Film Sponsored by Nurit and Yehuda Patt    
Program Sponsored by Jewish Federation New Mexico

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"gripping" ... The New York Times At age 98, director Arnon Goldfinger's grandmother passed away, leaving him the task of clearing out the Tel Aviv flat that she and her husband shared for decades since immigrating from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. "Official Selection" of the Israel Jerusalem Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and others. more
Film Sponsored by Bonnie Ellinger and Paul Golding    

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