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By Lee Chottiner Community Editor For the first time in 18 years, the Louisville Jewish Film Festival (LJFF) is about to change hands. Marsha Bornstein, director of the LJFF since 2005, has announced her retirement in November, but will assist … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Pandemic or no pandemic, the 23rd Louisville Jewish Film Festival (LJFF) will happen in February as scheduled. But it won’t take place in a theater. Blame COVID-19. Because of the disease that has killed more … Read More
By Lisa Hornung For Community Jewish Louisville, hungry for some kind social gathering amid a coronavirus surge, got what they wanted Sunday, July 26, in a retro sort of way: a drive-in movie. About 100 people from the Jewish Community … Read More
Marsha Bornstein wants you to know two things about the 2020 lineup for the Louisville Jewish Film Festival: It has lots of English and lots of laughs. Those are two things, her audience always asks for, she said. At least … Read More
“Jews! Write everything down!” — Shimon Dubnov, Jewish historian, shouted before his execution in the Riga ghetto, December 1941 During the Holocaust, Eastern European Jews did write everything down. They wrote on anything from journals to toilet paper. They also … Read More
Yes, the 2019 Louisville Jewish Film Festival will screen a lot of Holocaust-themed pictures. Like most Jewish film festivals around the country, the selection committee for Louisville’s festival has plenty of movies, documentaries and short-subject films that deal with the … Read More
Annette Simon Sagerman’s Jewish Louisville legacy became firmly established on Sunday when two inaugural awards bearing her name were presented during the gala Generation to Generation celebration at the Louisville Marriott East. With more than 390 people watching, most wearing … Read More
A Palestinian imprisoned for attacking Israelis with a knife watches Schindler’s List while behind bars and is moved to tears. An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier directing a bomb strike on Gaza says he didn’t consider the collateral damage while … Read More
For the first time, the Jewish Film Festival will show one of its films at the Speed Art Museum – a move that Festival Director Marsha Bornstein hopes will expand the audience for the annual program. The festival will screen … Read More
The J’s annual Jewish Film Festival is right around the corner, and the hard-working Festival Committee, chaired by Keiley Caster, has put together a stellar lineup of films and events that will run from Saturday, February 4, through Sunday, February … Read More