Being Jewish in France May 23, 2010

Yves Jeuland's sweeping new documentary explores the rich and complex history of Jews in France, beginning with revolutionary cries of "Vive la France" in Yiddish, and continuing through the Dreyfus Affair, the Vichy government's collaboration with the Nazis, and the absorption of Sephardic Jews from Arab countries after WWII. Narrated by Mathieu Almaric, the star of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Being Jewish in France won the Jewish Experience Award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf, based on the French book and community art project Notre Combat.

Film provided by The National Center for Jewish Film.

Sunday, May 23, 2010
1-5 PM

Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission Street
(between Third and Fourth streets)
San Francisco, CA 94103

For more information please visit thecjm.org, email [email protected], or call 415.655.7800.

FREE with regular admission as follows:
$10 General
$8 Students (with ID) and Seniors
Youth 18 and under and Museum Members are FREE.

Official Website: http://thecjm.org