Join Boston Jewish Film and the JCC of Greater Boston on October 15th for a special event with celebrated novelist and cultural critic Sayed Kashua, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, featuring an in-person conversation with Sayed and a screening of three episodes of his latest hit Israeli TV series, Madrasa.
A comedy-drama, Madrasa is set in a private, bilingual Jewish-Arab middle/high school in Israel. This setting allows Kashua to explore the challenges and contradictions, cross-cultural friendships and love-affairs, that the students, teachers and parents experience throughout the series. With razor sharp wit, brilliant writing and much heart, Madrasa offers a nuanced view of Israeli society, unafraid to tackle big issues head on. Written and created by Kashua (Arab Labor BJFF 2008, The Writer BJFF 2016, Let It Be Morning BIFF 2022), a visiting professor at Emerson College - and directed by Israeli actor-comedian Guri Alfi (The Chef 2021 BJFF, One More Story 2022 BIFF), the series brings us emotionally engaging performances by its multi-cultural and multi-generational cast.
A coming-of-age story written with humor, complexity and tenderness, Madrasa is suitable for students ages 11+.
Our screening of three episodes of Madrasa will be followed by an in-person conversation with Sayed Kashua, including a Q&A moderated by Shayna Weiss, PhD, the Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University.
This event is sponsored by the Miriam Goldman Author’s Fund at JCC Greater Boston.
*MADRASA IS NOT PART OF THE FALL FESTIVAL. PASSES CANNOT BE USED FOR THIS PROGRAM.
Group pricing is available for groups of 10 or more. Please contact info@bostonjfilm.org for more information.
After October 15th, a link, to stream individual episodes or the full Madrasa series at $2/episode, will be sent to each Oct. 15 ticket holder.
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Sayed Kashua is a prominent author and journalist, a Palestinian citizen of Israel. Kashua is known for his novels and Israeli TV series Arab Labor and The Writer. His humorous columns in the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz were collated into a book titled Native: Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life. In a humorous, tongue-in-cheek style, Kashua addresses the problems faced by Arabs in Israel, caught between two worlds. His novels are: Second Person Singular, winner of the prestigious Berstein Prize; Let It Be Morning, Shortlisted for the international IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; and Dancing Arabs, which was adapted into the film "A Borrowed Identity". Kashua's work has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, and the Guardian, among other publications.
Shayna Weiss, PhD is the Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University. Previously, she was the inaugural Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Israel Studies at the United States Naval Academy. Her research interests include Israeli Haredim as well as Israeli popular culture. Currently, she is completing a book on gender segregation in the Israeli public sphere.