Sephardi Federation of Palm Beach County

Fascinating Sephardim: A Film Series
2025-11-12 13:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | LEVIS JCC SANDLER CENTER, 21050 95th Avenue S., Boca Raton, FL, 33428, United States
Wednesdays at The Sandler
“Fascinating Sephardim: A Film Series” at 1:00pm
In-Person with Rose Pappo Allen
$10 per film/Prepaid $40 for all 5 films. FREE to PAID Members of our Sephardi Federation!!
This season the film selection will feature Sephardim in Surprising Places; Jews of many sorts. Hidden in North Africa, Uzbekistan, China, India, Cairo and Italy we find largely unknown ancient communities that thrived for centuries and were forced to transform. These stories reveal our shared experiences of survival. Each film viewing will be followed by in-depth discussion providing historic and cultural context to the subject as well as Q&R.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
“Shanghai Ghetto”
Though a small minority, Chinese Jews have always lived openly since first arriving to Kaifeng as 8th century merchants from Persia. In the 1800’s Jewish merchants from around the world began to trade in other ports like Shanghai. Sephardim from Iraq and India like the Sassoons and Kadouris became wealthy. But Shanghai became famous as a haven for Jews trapped in Europe following Kristallnacht. Narrated by Martin Landau, this film chronicles their story and lives in the Shanghai Ghetto.
2002, 96 minutes, English, German and Mandarin with English subtitles, Dana Mann
