Join the United Jewish People’s Order at our first in-person Alt Shabbes evening since 2019, with a screening of the documentary, The Jews of India, with Q&A with filmmaker Vanessa Laufer. This colourful film about the Jews of India brings to life a remarkable history dating back two millennia. A microscopic minority living within a vast, varied, and densely populated nation, they co-existed for all those years in an environment of tolerance and pluralism. But a watershed was reached in 1947 with the declaration of Indian independence and in 1948 with the creation of Israel. Many of the Jews of India decided to “leave their home to find their home: their religious loyalty stronger than their national loyalty to India.” The filmmaker, Vanessa Laufer, travels to the cities of the fascinating subcontinent of India where the remaining Jews have made their homes.

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Updated Event details:

NEW VENUE: Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre (MNJCC) , 750 Spadina Road (the southwest corner of Bloor and Spadina)

• Secular Shabbes Blessing and Snacks @ 7:30 p.m. (Indoors at the Miles Nadal JCC Theatre)

• Film Screening @ 8:00 p.m. (Indoors at the Miles Nadal JCC Theatre)

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TO GET TO THERE VIA THE TTC
Take either LINE 2 Bloor/Danforth or LINE 1 Yonge/University/Spadina line to Spadina Station.

 

There are various Green P parking options around the venue.

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We are asking that all community members coming to our
indoor film screening to be diligent about COVID-19 symptoms
and to be masked indoors.

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