Classic and complex film features leading Israeli actors

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“The Schwartz Dynasty,” a classic film featuring some of Israel’s leading actors, will be screened at the Dwares Jewish Community Center in Providence on Feb. 15, at 6:30 p.m. The movie focuses on two women, with loved ones to bury, who join forces in a struggle against Jewish cemetery politics. The story revolves around Miryam, who goes against tradition by demanding to be buried next to her disgraced husband. Ana, a Russian immigrant, feels she must honor her deceased father’s wishes by proving that he was Jewish. In achieving these goals, these women examine their individual history and background, revealing the layers of complexity to one’s Jewish identity.

 

Their struggle is set in a small Israeli town seething with conflict, pitting its residents against each other and threatening to divide it: religious versus secular, immigrants versus the local population and dead against the living. This is also a love story involving two of the protagonists, the new immigrant and a 24-year-old Orthodox Jew, descendant of a distinguished dynasty of Rabbis.

The movie includes some of the leading actors in Israeli culture such as Tal Friedman, Ania Bukstien (who recently appeared in “Game of Thrones”), Yehuda Levi and Dov Navon.  At Israel’s Oscars, the movie was nominated for best actor and best supporting actor.

For information, contact Tslil Reichman at treichman@jewishallianceri.org or 401-421-4111, ext. 121.