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    My Mexican Shivah - Sunday Film Series

    Presented by Peninsula Jewish Community Center at Peninsula Jewish Community Center

    June 6, 2010

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    In this sly and charming drama, a family becomes unraveled and secrets are revealed during the week of mourning for their exuberant patriarch. Set in Polanco, a Jewish quarter of Mexico City, and spoken in Spanish, Yiddish and Hebrew, My Mexican Shivah is a dramatic comedy about how the death of a man results in the celebration of his life.

    According to Jewish belief, from the moment a Jew is born, he or she is accompanied...

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    In this sly and charming drama, a family becomes unraveled and secrets are revealed during the week of mourning for their exuberant patriarch. Set in Polanco, a Jewish quarter of Mexico City, and spoken in Spanish, Yiddish and Hebrew, My Mexican Shivah is a dramatic comedy about how the death of a man results in the celebration of his life.

    According to Jewish belief, from the moment a Jew is born, he or she is accompanied by two angels: the angel of light and the angel of darkness. With the passing of Moishe (75), his family and friends gather to sit shivah, the seven-day Jewish mourning ritual. The spirit angels Aleph and Bet, divine accountants, watch over the mourners actions and what´s been said about the deceased to calculate which angel will accompany Moishe´s soul to the afterlife.

    The odds are against Moishe from the beginning. Family dysfunction aside, Moishe´s friends are attending for their own motives. And to make matters worse, while performing his duties, a Chevreman, who is a member of the Chevra Kadisha (sacred funeral society) is milking the family for all they're worth, charging for kosher food, slippers and other shivah goods.

    Hebrew, Spanish, Yiddish with English subtitles. 102 min. This program is made possible by the Koret-Taube Initiative on Jewish Peoplehood.


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    Peninsula Jewish Community Center

    800 Foster City Boulevard
    Foster City, CA 94404

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    $5-$6


    Times:

    2pm-4pm


    Phone: 650-212-7522

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    Parking lot and street parking available


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