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URL:https://www.tbala.org/events/yiddish-theater-a-love-story/
SUMMARY:"Yiddish Theater: A Love Story" Screening
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the first event of our Yiddish Arts &amp\; C
 ulture series this year with a screening of Yiddish Theater: A Love Story\
 , followed by Q&amp\;A with Pressman Parents Dan Katzir (writer/director)
   and Ravit Markus (writer/producer) joined by TBA Film Group's Michael B
 erlin. The film follows Holocaust survivor Zypora Spaisman who maintains t
 he oldest Yiddish Theater in America and devotes her life to maintaining t
 raditional Yiddish art. Movie refreshments will be provided!\n\nRSVP Here\
 n\nCheck out the trailer here\n\nFor those rusty with their Yiddish\, the 
 film is in English!\n\nDan Katzir’s films have won dozens of internation
 al awards in the US\, Europe and Asia as well as being nominated for an Is
 raeli Academy Award. His films have played in hundreds of film festivals a
 nd have been shown on multiple networks around the world including HBO in 
 the US\, channel 4 in the UK and France 2\, to name a few. Before becoming
  a filmmaker\, Katzir served as a drill sergeant in the Israeli commandos 
 and he was also both a combat soldier and an officer in the Israeli paratr
 oopers. He graduated from Tel Aviv University’s Film and TV Department m
 agna cum laude and received his MFA from the American Film Institute in Ho
 llywood.  A WGAW member\, Katzir currently lives in Los Angeles with his 
 wife\, filmmaker Ravit Markus and their son.\n\nRavit Markus is an award-w
 inning filmmaker and two-time Slamdance Film Festival alum. Her documentar
 y American Pot Story: Oaksterdam won the 2023 Slamdance Audience Award as 
 well as dozens additional awards\, and her 2024 film Nina Is an Athlete re
 ceived wonderful reviews and the LA Jewish Film Festival Audience Award. H
 er films have screened internationally\, including the critically acclaime
 d Yiddish Theater: A Love Story which played at the LA Laemmle Theaters fo
 r 18 straight weeks. She holds a dual BFA in Screenwriting and Directing f
 rom Tel Aviv University.  For more information follow her @RavitMarkusor 
 go to: NewLoveFilms.com\n\n\n\nRSVP Here
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