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Jewish Book & Arts Fair: Films at the Fair - Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness

Presented by Jewish Communitiy Center of Houston (Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston) at Jewish Community Center of Houston (Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center)

November 11, 2011

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Jewish Book & Arts Fair: Films at the Fair - Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness

The 39th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair presents Films at the Fair.

Friday, November 11 at 1:00 PM
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Director: Joseph Dorman • USA, 2011, 93 min.
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The 39th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair presents Films at the Fair.

Friday, November 11 at 1:00 PM
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Director: Joseph Dorman • USA, 2011, 93 min.
English and Yiddish with English subtitles

A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely new literature.

Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant humor. Sholem Aleichem was not just a witness to the creation of a new modern Jewish identity, but one of the very men who forged it.

A century later, Jews around the world still face the same struggle between tradition and assimilation, and can find solace and laughs in the historic Yiddish writer.

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Jewish Community Center of Houston (Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center)

5601 S. Braeswood
Houston, TX 77096

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Tickets:

Each Film:
Free to Series Pass Holders • $8 ERJCC Member • $10 Public

Times:

1pm

Phone: 713-551-7255

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