Movie Discussion – “Crossing Delancey”
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When:
February 21, 2021 @ 9:30 am
2021-02-21T09:30:00-05:00
2021-02-21T09:45:00-05:00
Where:
Zoom/OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Contact:
Jessica Wolf
Join us to view the film “Crossing Delancey,” (1988), a Jewish American Love Story directed by the late Joan Micklin Silver, who broke Hollywood barriers spotlighting women’s stories and exploring American Jewish life.
This event is open to the public. Nonmembers can request Zoom link at adulted@humanisticjews.org.
Zoom link will be sent the week of February 15. Zoom room will open at 9:30; film showing will begin promptly at 9:40.
Run time is 1 hr. 37 min. Discussion will follow.
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