Twelve foreign and American films on Jewish themes, presented at four different locations in Chicago, Skokie, and Park Forest by the Marvin N. Stone Centre for Jewish Arts & Letters. Admission varies, from $3 to $5, depending on the location, for information, call 761-9100.
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THE CAFETERIA Short feature about the transformation of a Jewish cafeteria from exclusive ethnic haven to minority melting pot. The film is based on an Isaac Bashevis Singer short story and was shot at the legendary Dubrow’s cafeteria in New York. Amram Nowak directed. (PG) (Film Center, Art Institute, Columbus Drive at Jackson, Saturday, January 17, 8:00, shown with Isaac in America; Old Orchard, Tuesday, January 20, 9:00; and Freedom Hall, 410 Lakewood, Park Forest, Thursday, January 22, 9:00)
THE GOODBYE PEOPLE An odd lot of New York small timers decide to reopen a long-shuttered Coney Island hot dog stand. Judd Hirsch is featured. (PG) (Old Orchard, Thursday, January 22, 8:30)
PARTISANS OF VILNA A band of Lithuanian Jews resists the Nazis during World War II. It’s the first Chicago-area screening for Josh Waletzky’s critically acclaimed film, which commemorates the struggle of the Vilna partisans–men, women, and children of Vilna’s Jewish ghetto–who refused to submit quietly to the Nazi extermination camps but instead chose to combat the fascists directly. (PG) (Old Orchard, Saturday, January 17, 7:00)
