Cherry Hill Volvo Jewish Film Festival
Event and Ticket Information
Group Ticket Sales
Discounts available for groups of 10 or more. Group tickets must be purchased by March 21 in person or by phone. Please call 856-424-4444 x1226 for details.
Patron Preview Party • Feature Short Film • Del. Val. Premiere
Based on the memoirs of Cherry Hill resident and best-selling novelist Jack Engelhard (Indecent Proposal), My Father, Joe takes a heartfelt look at a family that escapes the Nazis in Paris and arrives penniless in Montreal. As Noah struggles to provide for his family, 10-year-old Jacov has the shock of his life when he discovers his father is not the superhero he thought him to be.
Guest Speakers: Director Nikila Cole & International Best-Selling Author Jack Engelhard
Includes: Wine, hors d'oeuvres, and private screening.

Film Details
Director: Nikila Cole
Language: English, French, and Yiddish w/ English subtitles
Produced: Canada; 2010
Running Time: 10 minutes
Date: Thursday, March 24
Showtime: 7:30pm
Location: HI-FI Sales, 1732 Route 70 East, Cherry Hill
Tickets: For patron ticket holders only.
Brunch and Private Screening • Documentary
We all know making resolutions is easy; sticking to them is the hard part. When their doctors inform them they can't beat their heart disease and diabetes, Charles, John, and Garnet tell the doctors to think again! With investigative zeal, piercing expert interviews, clever animation, and a feisty attitude, Chow Down is the moving story of the success you can achieve when you rewrite the recipe for a healthy life.
Guest Speakers: Co-Directors Julia Grayer and Gage Johnston
Film Details
Co-Directors: Julia Grayer and Gage Johnston
Language: English
Produced: United States; 2010
Running Time: 73 minutes
Date: Sunday, April 3
Showtime: 11:00am
Tickets: For patron ticket holders only.
Documentary • Ages 13+
This gripping work probes a Nazi-produced silent film about the Warsaw Ghetto that served historians as a resource for decades. Half a century after the Holocaust, a missing film reel revealed even greater cruelty, exposing the "authentic" as contrived. Discover the truth through victims' diaries and interviews with survivors and one of the Nazi filmmakers.
Guest Speakers: Barney Kaplan, nephew of Warsaw Ghetto diarist Chaim Kaplan, and Teresa Pollin, US Holocaust Memorial Museum Curator of Research and Archives
Presented in conjunction with the Jewish Community Relations Council's Goodwin Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Film Details
Director: Yael Hersonski
Language: English, German, Hebrew, Polish, and Yiddish w/ English subtitles
Produced: Germany/Israel; 2010
Running Time: 90 minutes
Date: Sunday, March 27
Showtime: 4:30pm
Location: Rave Motion Pictures Ritz Center
Tickets: $9 Members / $11 Non-members
The Yankles
Feature Comedy • Delaware Valley Premiere
An All-Star ex-con seeks redemption by coaching the only people who give him another chance: a group of yeshiva students desperate to start their own baseball team. As the Yankles learn the game, their manager learns to mend fences. A feel-good comedy about overcoming bigotry and self-doubt, co-starring Bart Johnson (High School Musical series).
Film Details
Director: David Brooks
Language: English
Produced: United States; 2009
Running Time: 115 minutes
Yiush Shelo M'Daat
Feature Short Film
We've all heard of "finders keepers," but is there Jewish legal support for this idea? Created as a class project by Politz Day School students, Yiush Shelo M'Daat carefully considers both sides of the issue with humor, wit, and a good amount of Jewish wisdom.

Film Details
Director: Rabbi Eliezer Abrahamson
Language: English
Produced: United States; 2010
Running Time: 6 minutes
Date: Sunday, March 27
Showtime: 7:30pm
Location: Rave Motion Pictures Ritz Center
Tickets: $9 Members / $11 Non-members
Feature Drama • Ages 13+
When his explosive belt fuse malfunctions, Tarek, a Palestinian forced on a suicide mission in Tel Aviv, must spend 48 hours in the city waiting for a new fuse. He is caught between remote detonators, the Israeli police, and new companions, including Keren, whose family has disowned her. As love blooms between these two isolated individuals, Tarek must make the decision of his life.
Includes: Post-film discussion led by Sahar Oz, Festival Director
Film Details
Director: Dror Zahavi
Language: Hebrew and Arabic w/ English subtitles
Produced: Germany/Israel; 2008
Running Time: 100 minutes
Date: Monday, March 28
Showtime: 1:00pm
Location: Katz JCC Lahn Social Hall
Tickets: $6 Members / $8 Non-members
Cohen On The Bridge: The Entebbe Rescue
The Matchmaker
Feature Drama • New Jersey Premiere
In The Matchmaker, Avi Nesher (The Secrets) weaves the tale of Haifa teenager Arik, who works for matchmaker Yankele Bride. A mysterious Holocaust survivor, Yankele's office is in a cinema that shows only love stories. As Yankele teaches Arik the secrets of the heart, the boy experiences first love and his life takes unexpected, funny, and moving turns.
Film Details
Director: Avi Nesher
Language: Hebrew w/ English subtitles
Produced: Israel; 2010
Running Time: 112 minutes
Cohen On The Bridge: The Entebbe Rescue
Feature Short Film • New Jersey Premiere
A thrilling blend of cutting edge 2-D and 3-D imagery, Cohen on the Bridge breathtakingly animates the Israel Defense Forces' daring rescue of over 100 passengers and crew held hostage by terrorists in Uganda. Oded Fehr (Resident Evil, The Mummy) narrates the story from the perspective of the first Israeli commando who opened fire.

Film Details
Director: Andrew Wainrib
Language: English
Produced: France / Israel / United Kingdom / United States; 2010
Running Time: 22 minutes
Date: Monday, March 28
Showtime: 7:30pm
Location: Rave Motion Pictures Ritz Center
Tickets: $9 Members / $11 Non-members
Documentary
On the eve of World War II, over 6,000 Jews lived in Sokal, a small Polish town. By the war's end, only 30 had survived, 16 of them rescued by Francisca Halamajowa. Witness the amazing story of a Catholic woman who risked her life to hide three Jewish families in her home for two years, even as German troops camped on her property.
Guest Speaker: Fay Malkin, who was hidden by Francisca Halamajowa
Film Details
Co-Directors: Barbara Bird, Judy Maltz, and Richie Sherman
Language: English
Produced: United States; 2009
Running Time: 90 minutes
Date: Tuesday, March 29
Showtime: 1:00pm
Location: Katz JCC Lahn Social Hall
Tickets: $6 Members / $8 Non-members
Documentary • Delaware Valley Premiere
Convicted gunrunner for the Haganah, Las Vegas visionary, crusading newspaper publisher, target of the Watergate burglars... just a few highlights of Hank Greenspun's remarkable life! From his work for Bugsy Siegel to his public battles with Joseph McCarthy, bigoted casino owners and the IRS, Greenspun was fearless. Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins narrates the untold story of this Jewish American hero.
Guest Speaker: Director Scott Goldstein, Golden Globe and Emmy Award Winner
Film Details
Director: Scott Goldstein
Language: English
Produced: United States; 2009
Running Time: 100 minutes
Date: Tuesday, March 29
Showtime: 7:30pm
Location: Rave Motion Pictures Ritz Center
Tickets: $9 Members / $11 Non-members
Documentary • Delaware Valley Premiere
A battered suitcase labeled "Hana Brady" is delivered to Fumiko Ishioka at the Tokyo Holocaust Museum. Thus begins the mystery that inspired the best-selling book, Hana's Suitcase. Follow Fumiko's search for the details of Hana's life. Interwoven voices of Japanese, Canadian, and Czech children create a film filled with power and hope.
Film Details
Director: Larry Weinstein
Language: English
Produced: Canada/Czech Republic; 2009
Running Time: 92 minutes
Date: Wednesday, March 30
Showtime: 1:00pm
Location: Katz JCC Lahn Social Hall
Tickets: $6 Members / $8 Non-members
Feature Drama • Delaware Valley Premiere • Ages 13+
July 16, 1942: The darkest day in modern French history. From the Vel' d'Hiv stadium, where French police cram 13,000 Jews, to the Beaune-la-Rolande concentration camp, La Rafle dares to recreate the terror of that summer. This stunning feature follows the real destinies of victims and executioners, the courageous and the collaborators. Starring Jean Reno (The Da Vinci Code, Ronin) and Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds).
Guest Speaker: Charles Middleberg, French Holocaust survivor
Presented in conjunction with the Jewish Community Relations Council's Goodwin Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Film Details
Director: Rose Bosch
Language: French, German, and Yiddish w/ English subtitles
Produced: France/Germany/Hungary; 2010
Running Time: 120 minutes
Date: Wednesday, March 30
Showtime: 7:30pm
Location: Rave Motion Pictures Ritz Center
Tickets: $9 Members / $11 Non-members
Feature Comedy • Ages 13+ • Advance Sales Only!
On her 14th attempt, Nora commits suicide. Nora devised a plan for her ex-husband José to handle the funeral, but the rabbi explains that between Passover, Shabbat, and other factors, Nora's burial may be delayed five days. Yet, Nora missed something: a mysterious photograph which prompts José to reconsider their life together.
Winner of 7 Mexican Academy Awards!
Includes: Mexican lunch and post-film discussion led by Sahar Oz, Festival Director
Film Details
Director: Mariana Chenillo
Language: Spanish and Hebrew w/ English subtitles
Produced: Mexico; 2009
Running Time: 92 minutes
Date: Thursday, March 31
Showtime: 12:00pm
Location: Katz JCC Lahn Social Hall
Tickets: $15 Patron / $18 Series Subscriber / $20 General Admission
The Human Resources Manager
Feature Drama • Ages 13+ • New Jersey Premiere
When a female foreign worker at a Jerusalem bakery dies in a terrorist attack, the bakery's owner sends her HR manager with the body to Romania for a dignified funeral. This heartwarming, witty drama follows the manager's shadowy journey with a ragtag convoy, as he learns about the woman's life, bureaucracy, and his own "human resources."
Film Details
Director: Eran Riklis
Language: English, Hebrew, and Romanian w/ English subtitles
Produced: France/Germany/Israel/Romania; 2010
Running Time: 103 minutes
My Father, Joe
Feature Short Film
Based on the memoirs of Cherry Hill resident and best-selling novelist Jack Engelhard (Indecent Proposal), My Father, Joe takes a heartfelt look at a family that escapes the Nazis in Paris and arrives penniless in Montreal. As Noah struggles to provide for his family, 10-year-old Jacov has the shock of his life when he discovers his father is not the superhero he thought him to be.

Film Details
Director: Nikila Cole
Language: English, French, and Yiddish w/ English subtitles
Produced: Canada; 2010
Running Time: 10 minutes
Date: Thursday, March 31
Showtime: 7:30pm
Location: Rave Motion Pictures Ritz Center
Tickets: $9 Members / $11 Non-members
Documentary • New Jersey Premiere
John Milius (Apocalypse Now, The Hunt for Red October) narrates the first full-length chronicle of the 10,000 Jewish Americans who served on both sides in the Civil War. Photographs, letters, rare artifacts, and interviews with descendants reveal the sacrifices that Jews made for their beliefs.
Guest Speaker: Harold Waitsman, Commander - Jewish War Veterans Post 126
Film Details
Director: Jonathan Gruber
Language: English
Produced: United States; 2010
Running Time: 86 minutes
Date: Friday, April 1
Showtime: 1:00pm
Location: Katz JCC Lahn Social Hall
Tickets: $6 Members / $8 Non-members
Feature Drama • Ages 13+
From 1943 to 1945, German farmers in Münsterland hid Marga Spiegel and her family, saving them from Nazi extermination. Westphalian humor peppers this story of righteous gentiles who risked their own families' lives to save Jews, guided by instinct and ethics.
Presented in conjunction with the Jewish Community Relations Council's Goodwin Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Film Details
Director: Ludi Boeken
Language: English, French, and German w/ English subtitles
Produced: France/Germany; 2009
Running Time: 95 minutes
Date: Sunday, April 3
Showtime: 4:30pm
Location: Rave Motion Pictures Ritz Center
Tickets: $9 Members / $11 Non-members
Curse of the Tootsie Roll Monster
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Documentary
Jews and Baseball is about immigration, assimilation, bigotry, heroism, traditions... and sports! Dustin Hoffman narrates vivid stories intercut with rare film clips and recent interviews with passionate fans, executives, and players, including Al Rosen, Shawn Green, Yogi Berra, Kevin Youkilis, and Sandy Koufax.
Film Details
Director: Peter Miller
Language: English
Produced: Canada/United States; 2010
Running Time: 91 minutes
The Curse of the Tootsie Roll Monster
Feature Short Film • World Premiere
Teen participants of the Katz JCC's ACHaD Video Production Workshop conceived the story of a giant Tootsie Roll on the loose at the JCC, poisoning candies so kids will stop eating his friends. Darth Vader, sentenced with community service for his troubled past, must defeat Tootsie Roll before it's too late!

Film Details
Co-Directors: Patrick Flaherty, Kevin Hillegas, Will Hoheisel, and Jonathan Kratchman
Language: English
Produced: United States; 2011
Running Time: 6 minutes
Date: Sunday, April 3
Showtime: 7:30pm
Location: Rave Motion Pictures Ritz Center
Tickets: $9 Members / $11 Non-members
All programs are subject to change or cancellation without notification due to schedules and commitments of our speakers and film distributors. Every effort will be made to provide appropriate replacements.




