Fascinating Sephardim: A Film Series: The Levys of Monticello
January 29, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Wednesdays at The Sandler Center
“Fascinating Sephardim: A Film Series” at 1:00pm In-Person with Rose Pappo Allen
$8/$10 Members/Guests Prepaid $40/$45 Members/Guests for all 5 films. Tickets 561-558-2520
This film series examines places in the world where wandering communities of Sephardic Jewry took root, expanding the diversity of world Jewish history and heritage. This season the film selection will feature Sephardim in America; their roots and immigrant experience. Each film viewing will be followed by in-depth discussion providing historic and cultural context to the subject as well as Q&R.
~ Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 1PM
The Levys of Monticello
When Thomas Jefferson died in 1826, he left behind a mountain of personal debt, which forced his heirs to sell his beloved Monticello home and all of its possessions. The Levys of Monticello is a documentary film that tells the little-known story of the Levy family, which owned and carefully preserved Monticello for nearly a century – far longer than Jefferson or his descendants. The remarkable story of the Levy family also intersects with the rise of antisemitism that runs throughout the course of American history.
2022, 71 mins, English, Steven Pressman
