Here is a calendar of upcoming events, up and down the country. Some are organized by us, others by like-minded organizations and groups.
We are having another sausage sizzle at Shirley Bunnings on Marshland Road.
Each sausage sizzle has been a wonderful opportunity to meet the public, raise awareness of Israel, the Middle East and Jewish culture.
The funds will go toward furthering Holocaust Education and fighting prejudice.
Either way, if you have a moment, drop in and make yourself known. We always appreciate a friendly face.
If you can help out for a morning or afternoon, then feel free to email us on contact@nzfoi.org or call (027) 433 9745
JIFF is the home of the most comprehensive range of Israeli and Jewish-themed films in Australia and New Zealand. The films premiere in our annual three-week film festival in November or our newly established Holocaust Film Series in March. JIFF is building on the long and proud 24-year history of Jewish film festivals in Australia.
Censored Voices (2015)
The 1967 ‘Six-Day’ war ended with Israel’s decisive victory; conquering Jerusalem, Gaza, Sinai and the West Bank. It is a war portrayed, to this day, as a righteous undertaking – a radiant emblem of Jewish pride. One week after the war, a group of young kibbutzniks, led by renowned author Amos Oz, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The recording revealed an honest look at the moment Israel turned from David to Goliath. The Israeli army censored the recordings, allowing the kibbutzniks to publish only a fragment of the conversations. ‘Censored Voices’ reveals the original recordings for the first time.
84 minutes.
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy 2015
| Won Award of the Israeli Film Academy |
Best Documentary |
DocAviv Film Festival 2015
| Won Israeli Competition |
Yafo Award for Best Debut Film Mor Loushy “It’s rare to see a film from a young filmmaker that treats a complex subject with such depth, … More |
| Research Award Mor Loushy “Bringing together a wealth of previously unseen and unheard archive materials and combining them … More |
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| Nominated Israeli Competition |
Best Israeli Film Mor Loushy |
London Film Festival 2015
| Nominated Grierson Award |
Documentary Film Mor Loushy |
Sundance Film Festival 2015
| Nominated Grand Jury Prize |
World Cinema – Documentary Mor Loushy |
JIFF is the home of the most comprehensive range of Israeli and Jewish-themed films in Australia and New Zealand. The films premiere in our annual three-week film festival in November or our newly established Holocaust Film Series in March. JIFF is building on the long and proud 24-year history of Jewish film festivals in Australia.
Felix and Meira (2015)
Making the most of the family home while her parents are away, Nicole, 22 years old, is enjoying a peaceful summer with her best friend Véronique. When Nicole’s older brother shows up with his band to record an album, the girls’ friendship is put to the test. Their vacation takes an unexpected turn, punctuated by a heatwave, Nicole’s growing insomnia and the persistent courtship of a 10-year-old boy.
105 minutes.
Chicago International Film Festival 2014
| Nominated Audience Choice Award |
Audience Choice Award Maxime Giroux |
Haifa International Film Festival 2014
| Won Tobias Spencer Award |
Maxime Giroux |
RiverRun International Film Festival 2015
| Won Honorable Mention |
Best Cinematography Sara Mishara |
| Best Actress Hadas Yaron |
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2014
| Nominated Golden Seashell |
Best Film Maxime Giroux |
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2014
| Nominated Best North American Independent Film |
Maxime Giroux |
Toronto International Film Festival 2014
| Won Best Canadian Feature Film |
Maxime Giroux |
Warsaw International Film Festival 2014
| Nominated Grand Prix |
Maxime Giroux |
Whistler Film Festival 2014
| Won Best Actor in Borsos Film |
Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature Hadas Yaron |
| Won Best Director of a Borsos Film |
Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature Maxime Giroux (Director) |
| Won Best Screenplay for a Borsos Film |
Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature Maxime Giroux Alexandre Laferrière |
| Won Borsos Award of Best Canadian Feature |
Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature Maxime Giroux |
JIFF is the home of the most comprehensive range of Israeli and Jewish-themed films in Australia and New Zealand. The films premiere in our annual three-week film festival in November or our newly established Holocaust Film Series in March. JIFF is building on the long and proud 24-year history of Jewish film festivals in Australia.
To Life! (2015)
Fate has taken its toll on the aging cabaret singer Ruth and the young but terminally ill Jonas. Yet despite their great age difference and their entirely opposite experiences in life, they form an intense bond and give each other a reason and purpose to live.
90 minutes.
JIFF is the home of the most comprehensive range of Israeli and Jewish-themed films in Australia and New Zealand. The films premiere in our annual three-week film festival in November or our newly established Holocaust Film Series in March. JIFF is building on the long and proud 24-year history of Jewish film festivals in Australia.
Sabena Hijacking (2015)
Sabena Hijacking My Version is a powerful, suspenseful docu-drama based on previously undiscovered audio recordings of the former pilot, Captain Reginald Levy. Captain Levy (now deceased) was in command of the Sabena Flight 571 from Brussels, Belgium to Tel Aviv, Israel on 8 May 1972, when it was hijacked by four members from the “Black September”, the armed wing of Fatah or Palestine Liberalization Organisation.
The film finally shares the untold story of what exactly took place on the flight throughout 30 hours of nerve-wrecking captivity. It channels the English pilots impartial view of the events and elaborates on them with exclusive access to three revered Israeli political leaders who were in charge of the rescue effort, as well as the only surviving hijacker, who tell their own story.
Current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu featured, alongside the other key political decision makers at the time, former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former Prime Minister, President and Nobel Prize winner Shimon Peres.
Therese Halsa, one of the four hijackers who was a girl of just 18 at the time, gives her version of events, following release from a 220 year prison sentence of which she served 13 years. Sabena Hijacking My Version fuses candid interviews with archive material and dramatic reenactments of the tense scenes inside the aircraft and the control tower as Captain Levy was held at gunpoint.
It takes viewers into the aircraft to witness the events first-hand as the hijackers threatened to explode hand grenades unless 300 prisoners were released. It also gives insight to the tense negotiations which eventually led to a heroic rescue operation during which a special unit of soldiers (disguised as technicians) stormed the plane.
The result is a captivating, fast-paced film full of suspense, which poses significant political and historical questions that are not only still important, but have shaped the Israel of today.
104 minutes.
2015 marks the first year that Jews from the Western World dominated Israeli Immigration statistics. Is this the beginning of a major change?
What drives a person to uproot themselves from a comfortable existence in Britain and make a new life in the unknown in Israel? What do they find? How well do they get on in Israel?
Come & Meet Stuart and Hasja Palmer
Thursday 14 JAN 2016 @7.30PM
LIFEPOINT CHURCH WELLINGTON
Stuart Palmer is a retired Engineer who made aliya from the UK in 1981. He worked for some years as an International Marketing Manager in the North of Israel.
Since retiring, he has become the Director of ICAN (International Citizens Action Network) and is Chairman of CoHaV (Coalition of Hasbara Volunteers) www.cohav.org an umbrella organization of over 100 various advocacy groups around the world.
He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Communications at Bar Ilan University and a member of the advisory committee for the Haifa University program, “Ambassadors Online”. Stuart has appeared as a commentator on TV and lectures to visiting groups of tourists, army volunteer, officials and others in Israel and offshore.
He is with his wife on holiday in NZ and is the guest of NZ Friends of Israel (NZFOI).
Lifepoint Church
61 Hopper St
Mt Cook
Wellington
Koha Admission
RSVP Joanna Moss (NZFOI) by 12 Jan
E: joannamoss12@clear.net.nz
T: (04) 802-5956
M: (022) 154-7865
Thursday 21 JAN 2016 @7.30PM
Stuart Palmer
Northwood Villa clubrooms
O’Neill Ave
Northwood
Christchurch
2015 marks the first year that Jews from the Western World dominated Israeli Immigration statistics. Is this the beginning of a major change?
What drives a person to uproot themselves from a comfortable existence in Britain and make a new life in the unknown in Israel? What do they find? How well do they get on in Israel?
About the Speaker
Stuart Palmer is a retired Engineer who made aliya from the UK in 1981. He worked for some years as an International Marketing Manager in the North of Israel.
Since retiring, he has become the Director of ICAN (International Citizens Action Network) and is Chairman of CoHaV (Coalition of Hasbara Volunteers) www.cohav.org an umbrella organization of over 100 various advocacy groups around the world.
He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Communications at Bar Ilan University and a member of the advisory committee for the Haifa University program, “Ambassadors Online”. Stuart has appeared as a commentator on TV and lectures to visiting groups of tourists, army volunteer, officials and others in Israel and offshore.
He is with his wife on holiday in NZ and is the guest of NZ Friends of Israel (NZFOI).
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January, is an international memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust, the genocide that resulted in the annihilation of 6 million Jews, 2 million Gypsies (Roma and Sinti), 15,000 homosexual people and millions of others by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005 during the 42nd plenary session.
We are having another sausage sizzle at Shirley Bunnings on Marshland Road.
Each sausage sizzle has been a wonderful opportunity to meet the public, raise awareness of Israel, the Middle East and Jewish culture.
The funds will go toward furthering Holocaust Education and fighting racial intolerance.
If you can help out for a morning or afternoon, then feel free to email us on contact@nzfoi.org or call (027) 433 9745
BEHOLD THE MAN
Dwight Pryor
Sunday 2 pm, 14 February 2016
Northwood Villa Clubrooms, O’Neill Avenue, Northwood, Christchurch.
Reconnecting Christianity with its Hebrew roots has become a significant activity for NZFOI as it fights Christian Anti-Semitism.
As part of that activity, NZFOI has purchased several sets of the highly regarded introductory bible study course, Behold the Man.
There has been significant interest in the study with many requests for us to screen the first session so that members can gauge its quality for themselves.
You need wait no longer, as we will be screening it at our February meeting in Christchurch.
Please bring a plate of finger food