Jan

21 2020

Jewish Community Center-Cultural Series

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Jewish Community Center 5342 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70115

Contact Judy Yaillen
5048970143
judy@nojcc.org

The Cathy and Morris Bart Jewish Cultural Arts Series

Tel Aviv on Fire

Tel Aviv on Fire sounds like it could be a disaster film, or perhaps an adventure, or maybe some sort of issue-oriented documentary.  The one thing you don’t expect it to be is a laugh-out-loud comedy.  Arab-Israeli director Sameh Zoabi has found a way to bring a chuckle and sigh to a story about checkpoints, occupation and unhappy neighbors.  Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier.  Tel Aviv on Fire is the name of the pro-Arab soap opera set in the build up to the 1967 war, a TV show that both Israelis and Palestinians watch and anticipate the ending.  The film has been able to show comedy in the lives of regular people living in a bizarre situation.

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