November 30 - December 10, 2000
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USA, 2000, Video, 47 minutes
English
Director: Michelle Brafman-Helf

Three intimate narratives focus on the challenges and joys of being Jewish in America. The film opens in a scenic Jewish summer camp in Wisconsin. Three teens contrast their diverse Jewish home-lives with this "unique community in the woods." Next is a twenty-three year old Boston woman's personal account of tension between her solid Jewish upbringing and her love for a Catholic man. Finally, a Baltimore mother recounts her journey back to Judaism. She talks frankly about her quest to integrate her secular and spiritual lives. American Lives: Jewish Stories offers a compelling glimpse into the universal search for renewal, spirituality and joy.

Discussion
"Transitions In Traditions"

Panelists
Michelle Brafman-Helf, Director, American Lives: Jewish Stories
Miriam Chaya, Co-Producer and Director, Timbrels And Torahs: Celebrating Women's Wisdom

Moderator
Rabbi Tamara Miller, Director, Jewish Living and Learning, DCJCC

Co-sponsored by the Washington Jewish Women's Project
and the Canadian Embassy

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