Beth El Night at JxJ: DC Jewish Film and Music Festival

One of the highlights of the year is almost here!  The Edlavitch DCJCC’s JxJ: DC Jewish Film and Music Festival begins on May 7 and runs through May 17. Once again, Beth El has a special opportunity.

Tickets sales through the Beth El website are now closed. You can still join us by purchasing tickets through the JxJ website @ https://www.edcjcc.org/jxj/show/opening-night-once-upon-my-mother/ before the film sells out.  Use the coupon code: “BETHELMOTHER” to get a discount off the regular ticket price. Make sure to purchase tickets for the May 7 showing at Bethesda Row Theater.

Inspired by Roland Perez’s autobiographical novel, Once Upon My Mother is an emotionally rich and often funny drama set in 1960s France. When Esther Perez, a spirited Moroccan-Jewish mother of six, refuses to accept a bleak prognosis for her newborn son born with a clubfoot, her fierce determination to help him live “normally” shapes his life well into adulthood and creates a bond that is both powerful and complicated. Featuring music by Jewish music legend Sylvie Vartan, who appears as herself, this vibrant cinematic gem became a major crowd-pleaser in France, celebrating the extraordinary, against-all-odds devotion of a mother’s love.

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