Boston’s Jewish Young Professionals have a new summer hobby – the smash-hit Israeli TV series Srugim! The kickoff of AZM’s summer movie night series sold out Tuesday night, July 6, with the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA brimming with enthusiastic Jewish twenty-to-thirty-somethings.
Named Best Drama (2009) by the Israeli Film and Television Academy, Srugim explores the world of young professional singles in the Modern Orthodox community of Jerusalem. Screening the series is a project of the American Zionist Movement (AZM), which seeks to bring a taste of Israel to the Boston community. “My friends have seen and loved the show, but it was especially cool to watch in a theater with people who share my interest in Israel” said Rachel Silverman, who was at Tuesday’s screening.
Literally meaning “knitted” for the knitted skullcaps worn by its characters, Srugim is a light drama that displays the unique circumstances of single men and women in their thirties. They live in rented apartments in the “Jerusalem Swamp”, some have prestigious jobs, but they are all seeking love and an escape from the situation in which they have been entrapped – a temporary waiting period “until marriage” which has turned into a seemingly permanent situation. The show follows them in their attempts to live normal lives within the tight constraints that religion and tradition place upon them and in their quest to find what everyone seeks – warmth and love.
The program is supported in part by a Young Adult Community Grant from Combined Jewish Philanthropies and is sponsored also by GesherCity, the Consulate General of Israel to New England, and Yavneh Olami.
For more information about the screening series or to purchase tickets visit: http://www.azm.org/srugim
Weekly Israeli Movie Night for Young Professionals in Boston
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$20 series pass / $5 per week
Tuesday Nights at 7:00PM:
July 6 – Episodes 1 &2
July 13 – Episodes 3 & 4
July 27 – Episodes 5 & 6
Aug 3 – Episodes 7, 8 & 9
Aug 10 – Episodes 10 & 11
Aug 17 – Episodes 12 & 13
Aug 24 – Episodes 14 & 15
Named Best Drama (2009) by the Israeli Film and Television Academy
The smash-hit Israeli TV series Srugim explores the world of young professional singles in the Modern Orthodox community of Jerusalem. Come fall in love with the show that has made Israelis laugh and cry, and has sparked spirited discussion and debate in the Israeli media and around the Zionist world.
Literally meaning “knitted” for the knitted skullcaps worn by its characters, Srugim is a light drama that displays the unique circumstances of a new social class of single men and women in their thirties. They live in rented apartments in the “Jerusalem Swamp”, some have prestigious jobs, but they are all seeking love and an escape from the situation in which they have been entrapped – a temporary waiting period “until marriage” which has turned into a permanent situation. Follow them in their attempts to live normal lives within the tight constraints that religion and tradition place upon them and in their quest to find what everyone seeks – warmth and love. Get to know the artist, the doctor, the newly-divorced guy and the good girl…plus all the rest of their friends who never expected to still be living the singles life.
Directed by: Eliezer Shapira
Starring: Yael Sharoni, Tali Sharon, Sharon Fauster, Ohad Knoler, Amos Tamam
Hebrew with English Subtitles
Sponsored by:
American Zionist Movement
This program is supported in part by a Young Adult Community Grant from
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
In cooperation with:
Consulate General of Israel to New England
For more information email azm@azm.org
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