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PUNK JEWS: Los Angeles Premiere 2/8

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January 31, 2014

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PUNK JEWS is finally ” target=”_blank”>PUNK JEWS (Dir. Jesse Zook Mann) is a film that fits this vibe.

The ” target=”_blank”>Evan Kleinman at ROI in 2011.  Secondly, I am looking forward to seeing how my past ” target=”_blank”>Fair Share Taxation in 2012 really made me see into his soul on a different level than most other people, and because of this, I'm very interested to see more about this very deep, passionate individual on screen. (Little known fact: It was Y-Love who came up with the tour name that our group decided to go with for the campaign. He joined us about halfway into the experience and I tell ya, he was a link that was needed.)  Lastly, I am a “>PUNK JEWSPlease join the Los Angeles Moishe House for the Los Angeles Premier of the new documentary Punk Jews. Evan Kleinman, Punk Jews producer will be joining us to have a post show talkback.

Punk Jews profiles Hassidic punk rockers, Yiddish street performers, African-American Jewish activists and more, Punk Jews explores an emerging movement of provocateurs and committed Jews who are asking, each in his or her own way, what it means to be Jewish in the 21st century. Jewish artists, activists and musicians from diverse backgrounds and communities are defying norms and expressing their Jewish identities in unconventional ways. In the process, they are challenging stereotypes and breaking down barriers. Meet Yishai, lead singer of Moshiach Oi; Radical performance group, the Sukkos Mob; the renegade Orthodox participants of Cholent; the Amazing Amy Yoga Yenta; Kal Holczler, founder of Voices of Dignity; and African American Jewish hip hop sensation Y-Love.

watch the trailer at: There will be champagne and Hors d'oeuvres served.

Please Location: Moishe House LA
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Moishe House Los Angeles is generously sponsored by The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, and the Kallick Family.

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