COMMUNITY PORTRAIT
A population study of Greater Philadelphia
CO MMU NI T Y P O RT RA I T 2019
Jewish life in the Greater Philadelphia region is
changing. Have your voice and opinions heard!
Over the next few months, Community Portrait
will conduct 15 focus group discussions with
residents across the region to better understand
these changes and the needs of the community.

Focus groups will last about 90 minutes and a meal,
child care and $25 will be provided to participants.

Please call 215.832.0863 or visit
communityportrait.org/focusgroups to sign up for a focus group in your community.

By signing up for a focus group, you will ensure
that your opinions are heard and your community
receives needed services.

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CANAVAN Director Wins First Israeli Oscar in Years & CANAVAN
SCREENING wife and fi lm producer, Jaime an important cinematic chapter won an Oscar was the 1979
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offi cials congratulated Israeli
director Guy Nattiv for winning
the Academy Award for Live
Action Short Film on Feb. 24 —
the fi rst Israeli Oscar in 41 years.

Skin, a 20-minute movie,
focuses on hate crimes and
their impact on a skinhead and
two young children, one black
and one white.

Ray Newman. “We hope that
you grow up in a world where
these things don’t happen
because people learn to love
and accept each other.”
Israeli screenwriter Sharon
Maymon also accepted the award,
and told Ynet that “it’s exciting
to realize a childhood dream and
send a message about racism, par-
enthood and education.

Israeli President Reuven
Rivlin congratulated Nattiv
on Twitter.

in the uncompromising strug-
gle against those who choose
racism as their way of life. I
congratulate Guy and all those
who were partners in his fi lm.”
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor
Lieberman said Nattiv was “wav-
ing a red fl ag with his fi lm in
front of the troubling growth of
anti-Semitism in the world. It is
more food for thought for Jews
around the world that only Israel
is their real home.”
Th e last Israeli fi lm which
Madame Rosa, which won Best
Foreign Language Film for its
adaptation of the 1975 novel Th e
Life Before Us by Romain Gary.

Nattiv’s full-length fi lm,
also titled Skin, is based on
an 2012 MSNBC documentary
about Bryon Widner, one of
the FBI’s most wanted white
supremacists, who changed
his ways aft er meeting a single
mother and her three young
daughters. It is expected to be
released later this year. ●
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, in partnership with
ARTolerance, welcomes musicians Shmuel Elbaz, Yoram Azulay and
Moshe Barsheshet from the Jewish Federation’s Partnership2Gether Israel
region of Netivot and Sdot Negev. They will take you on a Sephardic musical
journey, accompanied by members of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Promotional photo of Skin
Facebook My grandparents are Holocaust survivors.

“The bigotry that they experienced ... we see that
everywhere today — in America and in Europe.

This fi lm is about education; it’s about teaching
your kids a better way.”
GUY NATTIV
Th e elated Nattiv ascended
the stage to accept his award,
telling attendees that “I moved
here fi ve years ago from Israel,”
adding “Laila Tov, Yisrael!”
(Goodnight, Israel!).

“My grandparents are
Holocaust survivors,” he said.

“Th e bigotry that they experi-
enced in the Holocaust, we see
that everywhere today — in
America and in Europe. Th is
fi lm is about education; it’s about
teaching your kids a better way.”
“We dedicate this to our
5-month-old baby, who is sit-
ting at home with my parents
watching this,” said Nattiv’s
JEWISHEXPONENT.COM “Congratulations to Guy
Nattiv on winning Best Live
Action Short at tonight’s
Academy Awards. Dear Guy,
all credit for Skin goes to you,
Sharon and Jaime Ray, but the
movie is a gift to our children
and grandchildren and for
the future we wish for them,”
Rivlin wrote. “Proud to be
Israeli! Mazel tov!”
“Th is win is another story
of the success of Israeli cin-
ema,” said Sports and Culture
Minister Miri Regev said.

“Nattiv, the son of Holocaust
survivors. Nattiv’s win, for a
fi lm about hatred and racism, is
Friday, March 15, 2019
5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA 19106
This Kabbalat Shabbat program will
feature only our P2G musicians.

Sunday, March 17, 2019
1:00 p.m.

KleinLife, Philadelphia, PA 19116
Sunday, March 17, 2019
4:30 p.m.

St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Glenside, PA 19038
Monday, March 18, 2019
7:00 p.m.

Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville, PA 19460
For more details, visit:
jewishphily.org/israelinphiladelphia For additional information contact Beth Razin:
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