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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: Adio Kerida: A film by Ruth Behar Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Bard College invites the entire Jewish community to see this compelling film about the Sephardic Jewish community in Cuba!Learn more about the film at http://www.ruthbehar.com/AKAboutEnglish.htm The Cuban Sephardic community, both on and off the island, offers so rare a mix of cultural traditions--Spanish, Turkish, African, Jewish, Cuban, and American--that it remains a mystery and has not yet been portrayed in any depth in literature, art, or film.Ruth Behar’s film gives voice to the Afro-Cuban children who affirm their Sephardic heritage, adult men and women who were hidden Jews and have returned to their faith through conversion, and elderly Jews who explore the fine line between forgetting and remembering. The cinematography and the narrative are juxtaposed with Afro-Cuban drumming, Jewish liturgical music, Sephardic love songs, tangos, Cuban salsa, and American jazz. Song, music, and dance emerge as a vital necessity in the lives of the Sephardic Jews of Cuba. Location: Hegemen 102 Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program Contact: Cecile Kuznitz. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 845-758-7543 If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://inside.bard.edu/campus/calendar/