Philadelphia Jewish Film And Media

Programs: The gershman y is an urban community center whose mission is to present diverse arts, culture, and educational programs for audiences of all ages informed by jewish values. Committed to sharing the universality and breadth of the jewish experience with the larger community, the gershman y welcomes persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religious affiliations to explore, participate, and contribute to its community-building initiatives. The gershman y can trace its origins back to the young men's hebrew association (ymha) that was originally formed in 1875 to serve as a cultural, educational and social meeting place for the jewish community. Today the gershman y has transformed to meet the cultural arts interests of the broader community. Arts and culture play a unique role in conveying jewish values and traditions from generation to generation through film, classes, activities, lectures, author events, community-wide celebrations, theater and performing arts. The gershman y brings first accomplishment speakers and artists of the highest caliber to the local community, while making our programs affordable and accessible to a wide range of people. The season's programs are topped off with special events including latkepalooza and exciting live performances from renown troupes. The gershman y continues a long tradition of artistic excellence. Starting in the 1950's it brought exciting art from innovators such as christo and warhol and performers like merce cunningham and alvin ailey to philadelphia audiences for the first time. The gershmans y's philadelphia jewish film festival (pjff) seeks to educate and engage the philadelphia cultural community, jewish and non-jewish alike, by focusing on films and programs that explore jewish issues, history and values. The pjff is the second longest running, critically acclaimed series of its kind in the united states. The festival proudly serves the greater philadelphia region by highlighting and exploring the diversity of the jewish experience as portrayed in independent feature films and documentaries from around the globe. Programs are enhanced by dialogues and discourses led by notable guest speakers and distinguished filmmakers.

the gershman y is an urban community center whose mission is to present diverse arts, culture, and educational programs for audiences of all ages informed by jewish values. Committed to sharing the universality and breadth of the jewish experience with the larger community, the gershman y welcomes persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religious affiliations to explore, participate, and contribute to its community-building initiatives. The gershman y can trace its origins back to the young men's hebrew association (ymha) that was originally formed in 1875 to serve as a cultural, educational and social meeting place for the jewish community. Today the gershman y has transformed to meet the cultural arts interests of the broader community. Arts and culture play a unique role in conveying jewish values and traditions from generation to generation through film, classes, activities, lectures, author events, community-wide celebrations, theater and performing arts. The gershman y brings first accomplishment speakers and artists of the highest caliber to the local community, while making our programs affordable and accessible to a wide range of people. The season's programs are topped off with special events including latkepalooza and exciting live performances from renown troupes. The gershman y continues a long tradition of artistic excellence. Starting in the 1950's it brought exciting art from innovators such as christo and warhol and performers like merce cunningham and alvin ailey to philadelphia audiences for the first time. The gershmans y's philadelphia jewish film festival (pjff) seeks to educate and engage the philadelphia cultural community, jewish and non-jewish alike, by focusing on films and programs that explore jewish issues, history and values. The pjff is the second longest running, critically acclaimed series of its kind in the united states. The festival proudly serves the greater philadelphia region by highlighting and exploring the diversity of the jewish experience as portrayed in independent feature films and documentaries from around the globe. Programs are enhanced by dialogues and discourses led by notable guest speakers and distinguished filmmakers.