Sunday, January 12 • 2:00pm • Springhill Avenue Temple
Gad, living in the US, returns to France hiding his conversion to Catholicism from family. When parents find out, they try to revert him to Judaism. Gad convinces them his Catholic faith doesn't negate his identity or love for them.
Light Reception Following Film.
Thursday January 16 • 2:00pm • Mobile Museum of Art
Reita Franco Memorial Film: The Catskills
Sunday January 19th • 6:00pm • Springhill Avenue Temple
The Survivor
Thursday January 23rd • 7:00pm • Fairhope: USA Campus
Guest Speaker: Alan Haft, the Fairhope-based author of "Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano" and son of Harry Haft.
Dessert Reception to Follow
The Survivor
Sunday, January 26 • 2:00pm • Ahavas Chesed Synagogue
Guest Speaker: Alan Haft, son of Harry Haft and Fairhope-based author of the book, Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano.
Dessert Reception to Follow
Ain't No Back to the Merry Go Round
Tuesday January 28 • 7pm • USA Laidlaw
In June of 1960, three shocking, unprecedented events happened at “idyllic” Glen Echo Amusement Park: Howard University students arrived up at the Park, and sat down on the carousel. Two, white, middle-aged neighbors, largely Jewish, joined the protests. Three, the American Nazi Party showed up. AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND is the forgotten story of how those three events shook metropolitan Washington, forced sides, changed lives, and ignited sparks that flew out across the Civil Rights Movement for years to come.
Post film comments by Dr Donald Shaffer, Director of African American Studies, Miss State University
The Goldman Case
Wednesday, January 29th • 7:00pm • USA Campus: Laidlaw
“The Goldman Case,” a French courtroom drama that homes in on Goldman’s 1976 retrial for murder, has thrust him back into the spotlight. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 and became a hit in France, where Jewish actor Arieh Worthalter won a César Award — the French equivalent of the Oscar — for his portrayal of Goldman.
Guest Speaker: David Meola
Running on Sand
Thurday, January 30th • 7:00pm • USA Campus: Laidlaw
Aumari, a young Eritrean refugee living in Israel, is about to be deported back to his home country. After a spontaneous escape attempt at the airport, he is mistaken for a Nigerian striker, who is supposed to arrive at the same time.
Closing night reception to follow film