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Highland Park Conservative Temple – Congregation Anshe Emeth

Music & Film

Shiranu Music Festival

The annual Shiranu Music Concert is dedicated to the memory of Norman Shiffman z”l.

Mark your calendars now to save Dec. 3, 2023 (3 PM) and bring the family to enjoy the klezmer sounds of the Strauss/Warschauer Duo.  For more than 25 years, Deborah Strauss and Cantor Jeff Warschauer have been at the forefront of the international klezmer and Yiddish music scene. 

Tickets are available for purchase at the door. 

Many of our educational programs, film “Talk-backs,” and classes are recorded and archived on our YouTube Channel: TheHPCTCAE.

Virtual Jewish Film Series Open to All

The 21st annual Jewish Film Series of Highland Park Conservative Temple – Congregation Anshe Emeth is operating virtually this year. Viewers stream the film at their convenience, then gather via Zoom to discuss it with a featured speaker. January – March, 2023 Films and Talkbacks
  • Apples & Oranges, a documentary about the impact of European volunteers on kibbutzim in the 60s and 70s. Discuss it with the film’s director on January 11 at 8 p.m.
  • Sublet, about a New York Times travel writer who visits Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man bring him back to life. Discuss it with a leading Israeli LGTBQ activist on January 25th.
  • Promised Lands, a documentary about an Israeli director who returns from Berlin to catch up on her Gen-X friends from primary school days. Discuss it with the film’s director on February 8th.
  • Shalom Taiwan, an Argentinian comedy about a debt-burdened rabbi who seeks donations for his synagogue in Taiwan. Discuss it on March 1st with the communications director of the Jewish Taiwan Cultural Association.

Jewish Film Series 2022-23

We thank our 21st annual Jewish Film Series sponsors!

STARS  $360

Bonnie & Sheldon Freidenreich Pam Dorman & Jerry Langer Sally Klinger-Rogers & Skip Rogers

PRODUCERS  $180

Fran Adar Susan Baron Judy Petsonk & Stephen Eisdorfer Renée Gross & Stuart Feinblatt Christine Joseph Leslie Fishbein & Zoltan Kemeny Donna & Stanley Messer Carolyn & Robert Metz Ora Gourarie & Udi Shorr Brenda & Roy Tanzman Debra Goldstein & Barton Weinstein HPCT-CAE Men’s Club HPCT-CAE Sisterhood

DIRECTORS $54

Linda Choplick Elissa Rozov & David Copperman Elinore Ehrlich Lisa Geller Rachel Modiano & Jonathan Ehrlich Ruth & Lawrence Fineberg Gittel Footerman Susan & Mark Green Diane & Barney Hoffman Lisa Kaplan Sue Kheel Ivy Spears & Ira Kizner Helene & Robert Knee Evelyn & George Lander Judy & Stephen Lerner Susanna Levin Phyllis & Bill Pollak Linda & Phil Schmidt Amy & Steve Schonfeld Marcia Shiffman Judith Swan Stephanie Dickstein & Marc Weinstein

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