Celia Gurevitch Jewish Community Library

The first night of our filmclub was a semi-success. Let me share some lessons I learned from this night:

• Check the TV listing. Apparently The Hebrew Hammer was shown a few weeks ago. This might be one of the reasons that only five of us watched the movie. But it was juts the beginning.
• I should open the windows way in advance in the multi-purpose room if that’s where we have the show. The air was a bit stuffy at the beginning.
• When making pop-corn in the microwave one has to stand by it and monitor the process. I managed to burn the first bag, because I was dashing back and forth between the chapel (where the microwave was) and the multipurpose room. The second batch worked out better, because my wife was watching it.
• When previewing and recommending a movie for our showing I need pay more attention to what kind of rating it might have and why. Case in point: I described The Hebrew Hammer as hilarious. I still think that is true, but as Bob Raful put it, it was corny, too. As the host of the evening I was a bit embarrassed by its vulgar language and the anti-gentile jokes. In my defense I saw the movie about 4 years ago and did not recall it being as harsh as I found it now. In future recommendations I will make sure it is clear what to expect.

All in all, I believe, the audience had a good time. Hope to see you at future viewings.