Congregation Beth Sholom to Host Author Shulem Deen
On Sunday, November 20, Congregation Beth Sholom will host Shulem Deen, author of All Who Go Do Not Return, a memoir about growing up in and then leaving one of the most insular Hasidic sects in the US. The program will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person in advance for synagogue members, $18 per person in advance for non-members, $20 at the door and $36 to attend the 7 p.m. meet-and-greet dessert reception with the author followed by the program.
Congregation Beth Sholom is located at 354 Maitland Avenue in Teaneck. For more information, please contact 201-833-2620. Please make check payable to “Congregation Beth Sholom” or visit www.CBSTeaneck.org to pay online.
‘Carvalho’s Journey’ to Show in Teaneck
The 2016 Teaneck International Film Festival will include the documentary ‘Carvalho’s Journey,’ which had its world premiere at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival in 2015. A real-life 19th-century American Western adventure story, ‘Carvalho’s Journey,’ directed by award-winning filmmaker Steve Rivo, introduces us to Solomon Nunes Carvalho (1815-1897), an observant Sephardic Jew born in Charleston, South Carolina, and his life as a groundbreaking explorer and artist.
Teaneck resident Arlene Hirschfelder, author of more than 25 non-fiction books and curricula dealing with American history and contemporary social issues, was thrilled when her book “Photo Odyssey: Solomon Carvalho’s Remarkable Western Adventure, 1853-54” (for Grades 4-12) inspired this feature-length documentary film. She will be present when the film is shown on Sunday, November 6, as will director Rivo, who will participate in a talkback following the screening.
Check the TIFF website, www.teaneckfilmfestival.org, for updates about this film, and details about the entire program for TIFF 2016, which will be held November 3-6 at Teaneck Cinemas, Puffin Cultural Forum and Temple Emeth.
