The Columbia
Jewish Film Festival
February 9 - 14, 2013

All Films will be shown at 
Nickelodeon Theater
1607 Main Street
Columbia, SC  29201
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  Note from the Festival Chairs

       WOW, what a week!  We opened with a sold out crowd for Hava Nagila and an extraordinary party complete with Deli and amazing live music.  The performers from "SOUL AVIV" were a wonderful attraction to get the crowd in the spirit of celebration.  The week continued with great crowds of movie goers viewing films ranging from comedy to drama and some provocative scenes in between.  The Young Adult division happy hour was a wonderful addition and viewing the film on relationships and love was a perfect choice.  Having scholars from USC, Columbia College and the Educational Director at the Tree of Life added depth and insight to two of the movies during the week with engaging discussion.  


The community is still buzzing about the Jewish Film Festival this year and the committee is already committed to planning for next year......stay tuned! 


   Heidi and David Lovit

Our Mission

The mission of the Columbia Jewish Film Festival is to offer outstanding world cinema that promotes awareness, appreciation and pride in the diversity of the Jewish experience. Reaching out to the entire greater Columbia area, the Festival’s aim is to educate, illuminate and entertain through film; including history, language, people, the State of Israel and the history of the Jewish people. 

2013 Columbia Jewish Film Festival Committees:

 

Film Selection:  Melanie Baker, Linda Schoen Giddings, Lyssa Harvey, Heidi Lovit, Pat Lovit, Justin Peterson, Arline Polinsky

 

Opening Party:  Debbie Cohn, Lyssa Harvey, Walton Selig

 

Sponsorship:  Heidi and David Lovit


Publicity:  Debbie Cohn


Budget:  Andy Zalkin

 

Grants:  Naomi Farber, Heidi Lovit


Education:  Frank Baker, Risa Strauss, Katja Vehlow

 

Web Page Manager:  Heidi Lovit, Laurie Slack


Katie & Irwin Kahn CJCC Staff:  Laurie Slack


Founder:  Arline Polinsky

Thank you to our 2013 corporate / film sponsors:


Cohn Construction


Lewis, Babcock, and Griffin, LLP


Pat Lovit and Helene Kligman


Arline and Gerald Polinksy


The University of South Carolina's Jewish Studies Program
Watch for the Upcoming
schedule of Movies for 2014



Saturday, February 9, 2013
      *SOLD OUT*
7:00pm - B'nai Mitzvah Party
Come toast our 13 years of successful Film Festivals

8:00pm - Special Documentary

Hava Nagila - The Movie


Sunday, February 10, 2013

2:30pm - Special Movie about tolerance and diversity for  
teenagers up to 120 years

Freedom Writers

moderated by Risa Strauss, Education Director at Tree of Life and Allan Nail, Asst. Professor at Columbia College


Tuesday, February 12, 2013

6:00pm - Powerful movie on Jewish/Palestinian relationships

Kaddish for a Friend

moderated by Katja Vehlow, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies at USC and Agnes C. Mueller, Associate Professor, Dept of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at USC
 

Wed., February 13, 2013

5:15pm - Happy Hour at the Nick

6:00pm - provocative adult funny film about love and relationships

Colombian Love

This project is funded by the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which recieves support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC