NJFP

Soooo here’s a little, shortened down glimpse into my me and my dad’s wacky relationship…
We kind of have a lot in common, including giant late afternoon sunny summer eggs and bagel breakfasts after a nice run on the mountain.
Besides our shared interests we have our shared dumb jokes, cackly laughs, and bubbly personalities. I can’t [...]

“Where is your butt? What happened to it?” my babushka exclaimed when I came home for the first time in months. “Did you leave it in New York?”
“You look like you came out of a death camp,” my mom seconded.
I had just arrived back to San Francisco after settling into adult life on the East [...]

An idea for my final project under the New Jewish Filmmaking Project has arose in my unfortunately-overstuffed brain. I would like to take a look at individual sections of North San Francisco that my family members are continuing to tell me stories about, and that are the areas that I adore. To begin with, [...]

The streets you resided in as a child stick with you for life. Your childhood home, so to speak, is where memories reside. I bet almost all of you reading this can remember the address, or at least the street name of the house where you began your life. For myself, and those around [...]

That’s right NJFPeers, the Project’s favorite corporate prankster/Jewish Filmmaker Andy Bichlbaum—co-founder of the whimsical advocacy group “The Yes Men”—is back in the headlines. Andy and the Yes Men have previously taken on such nefarious adversaries as the Oil Industry, Haliburton, the news media, and even the US Government. Their strategy? Hold press conferences posing as [...]

We’re all familiar with the timeless adage “write what you know,” and it continues to guide writers both young and old. The NJFP has long offered a unique opportunity for young Jewish filmmakers to “film what they know,” taking us on tours of their  homes, histories, streets, and cities—exploring their fears, passions, and dreams. And [...]

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-Note: please forgive any video editing inadequacies, I am unfortunately not in possesion of any strong video software.-

Everywhere, everyday, refections appear in mirrors, water, windows, and so on. It seems though, that these images of ourselves looking back at us from these numerous surfaces, doesn’t seem to have a meaning. So often do people just glance to see if their hair is fixed right or if their tie needs adjusting, and looking [...]

My grandfather has never been the talker of his family. Normally I would ask him a quick question about his day and then his wife, my adorable grandma, whom I affectionately call Grammy, would interject with a comment about such-and-such family member or what she was making for dinner or something akin to that. However, [...]

My maternal grandfather and I never really had a relationship. Since I was child, I always knew him as the soft spoken, and quiet member of the family who cried…a lot.
The first time he really influenced me was in 2004, when I became a Bar Mitzvah. He gave me this blessing:



Notice. He cried.
None the less, [...]

My grandmother’s family and my grandfather’s family were both from the same town of Soulwaki Poland
Nobody realized this until years later.
The Levitch and Beruvich clans.
My grandmother speaks of them fondly. She points to an old cousin standing in the back of a family photo on a wall of such photos in a room of such [...]

While being unfortunately bogged down with a nasty cold, I was unable to contact my grandfather to set up an interview about his childhood in San Francisco. However, I was able to scan the internet for some useful SF footage and photographs. Here are some of what I found.
This lovely little slideshow video shows some [...]

NJFP’s “Four Short Films About Love“, brought tears to my eyes. Why? Because I felt for all the kinds of love presented in that film.
Mostly though, I connected to the love that existed between two different people in love. I’ve always been a romantic young man, and I am not afraid to say that. Loving [...]

Many things come to mind when I hear the term “social justice film.”  Among them: educational, thought provoking, inspiring, and perhaps images of the less erudite members of the audience drifting in and out of consciousness.  Rarely do think of entertaining, let alone laughing-so-hard-that-I-am-getting-a-day’s-worth-of-cardiovascular-exercise funny. Yet “The Yes Men Fix The World” is as diverting [...]

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The NJFP gang took advantage of their VIP status at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival to interview various patrons, filmmakers, and “what-have-yous” about a variety of topics. Here’s some of their footage. Enjoy!










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NJFP cohort Jason interviews NFJP alum Lee, then Lee interviews a demonstrator on the street.


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The NJFP cohorts conduct candid interviews with patrons of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival on Opening Night.



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