Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation
present
(Film 93 minutes, French and Arabic with English subtitles)
Launched last year at the 1st Magrebi Film Festival in Ashdod, Israel
If all the Jews of Bejjad leave town, and the local council succeeds in its programme of Islamification, poor
Mustapha will lose his bar licence. Luckily, the old watchmaker and musician Shlomo can't make up his mind to go,
and he soon finds himself courted by the devout and the drinkers alike. This is a rare chance to see a feature film
made by a Moroccan non-Jew dealing sympathetically with the exodus of the country’s 300,000 Jews.
Hassan Benjelloun portrays Moroccan Jews and Muslims living side by side. "I wanted to remove the confusion of
Jew and Zionist," says the filmmaker. "Today, if you say Jewish [in the Arab world], you mean Zionist.... They were
our friends and our neighbours."
Sunday, 17th June 7.30pm
Harif
Ohr Yisrael Synagogue, 31/33 Theobold Street, Borehamwood WD6 4RN
Advance Tickets: £9 pp or £15 per couple. (£10pp at the door, no further reductions).
An association of Jews
from the Middle East
& North Africa
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Cheques made payable to Rambam Sephradi Synagogue and sent to Ralph & Juliet Levy, 68 Theobald Street, Borehamwood, Herts WD6 4SU