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Community Briefs

Jewish Journal November 19, 1998

Even for an international film producer and inveterate traveler, Arthur Cohn has covered a lot of territory recently.

\”He was a satyr, a black marketeer, a drunk and a savior.\”\nThe pithy description by author Thomas Keneally refers, of course, to Oskar Schindler, the flawed but ultimately heroic German businessman who saved his 1,200 Jewish employees during the Holocaust.

Multiple

Shlomit Levy February 26, 1998

Ella Lewenz, pictured with one of her children,is the subject of her granddaughter\’s documentary.

A Cinematic Salute to Israel

William Yelles February 26, 1998

For the next five Tuesdays, Sephardic TempleTifereth Israel will commemorate Israel\’s 50 years of independence,with free screenings of films produced in the nation or celebratingmoments in its history.

Spectator

Diane Arieff June 26, 1997

In July 1947, a Chesapeake Bay steamer loaded with 4,500 Holocaust survivors was attacked by the British navy on its way to Palestine. The ship was called Exodus 1947, and its aborted voyage galvanized world opinion in support of the struggle to create a Jewish state.