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SUMMARY:10th Annual Israeli Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:
 Come join us Sunday, March 22, and Monday, March 
 23, for our annual Israeli Film Festival. 
 Please note this year's new event location in 
 Wells Hall B-122.\n
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 2:30 pm \n
 "Garden of 
 Eden" (2012)\n
 Director:  Ran Tal  \n
 Runtime: 
 73 minutes. Hebrew, with English subtitles. 
      \n
 The documentary "The Garden of Eden" 
 is the story of Sakhne springs, one of the most 
 popular national parks in Israel. The film 
 documents the park's transformations over the 
 course of a year while telling the poignant 
 stories of its denizens. Winner of Best Documentary 
 at the 2012 Jerusalem Film Festival.\n
 Discussion 
 to be led by Dr. Ronen Steinberg.\n
 \n
 4:00 
 pm\n
 "Bethlehem" (2013)\n
 Director:  Yuval 
 Adler \n
 Runtime: 99 minutes. Hebrew and 
 Arabic, with English subtitles. \n
 The drama "Bethlehem" 
 is the story of the bond between Razi, 
 an Israeli "Shin Bet" (secret service) officer, 
 and his Palestinian informant, Sanfur, 
 the younger brother of a Palestinian militant. 
 Israel's nominee for Best Foreign Film at 
 the 2013 Academy Awards. Discussion to be led 
 by Dr. Yael Aronoff.\n
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 6:00-7:00 pm Dinner 
 break \n
 Free meals and drinks for movie patrons. 
 Catered by Woody's Oasis Mediterranean 
 Deli.  \n
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 \n
 7:00 pm	\n
 "Farewell Party" (2014)\n
 Directors: 
  Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit  
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 Runtime: 90 minutes. Hebrew, with English subtitles. 
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 A compassionate, humor-softened 
 handling of a difficult issue that all must 
 someday confront. With a finely honed visual 
 sense and superbly ironic comic timing and 
 dialogue, the movie pits the ethics of assisted 
 suicide against the right to die with dignity. 
 Winner of many Israeli and world film festival 
 prizes in 2014. Discussion to be led 
 by Dr. Steven Weiland.\n
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 IFF 2015 Festival 
 Coordinator: Marc Bernstein\n
 IFF 2015 Film 
 Committee: Ariana Mentzel and Ronen Steinberg\n
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 We 
 would like to thank our co-sponsors for 
 their generous support: Asian Studies Center, 
 College of Arts and Letters, College of Social 
 Science, Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Department 
 of English, Department of History, Department 
 of Linguistics & Languages, Global 
 Studies, Greater Lansing Jewish Welfare Federation, 
 Hadassah Lansing, Hillel Student Center, 
 James Madison College, Kehillat Israel Congregation, 
 Muslim Studies Program, Residential 
 College in the Arts and Humanities, and Elliott 
 A. Spoon.\n
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 Price: All movies are free and open to the public.\n
 Sponsor: Jewish Studies\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://events.msu.edu/jewishstudies/\n
 Contact name: Jewish Studies\n
 Contact phone: (517) 432-3493\n
 Contact email: jewishst@msu.edu\n
LOCATION:Wells Hall B-122
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