This oil painting by an unknown artist is one ol dozens of pieces tliat will go on sale Dec. 16.
Bid on Chagall and Dali
Art auction to aid Lubavitch B.C. outreacii programs.
Works by artists such as Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali and Rembrandt van Rijn will be on the auction block at a fundraiser for Lubavitch B.C. this month. In addition to these artists, other featured works are by Michael Abraham, Yaakov Agam, Alexander Caldcr, William Cropper, Armin han-deck, Norman Rockwell and Heinz Seelig, among many others.
A wide range of modem to impressionistic art with values ranging from $20 to $16,000 will be available. There will be no reserve bids, so this fund-raising event is billed as a rare opportunity to buy Jewish and other fine art at tremendous savings. All the art in
the auction was generously donated as part of Lubavitch B.C.'s ongoing Art Into Heritage Endowment Program. Proceeds will go towards supporting local educational and outreach programming.
Lubavitch B.C. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening Judaism and to helping people in need both materially and spiritually.
Viewing and registration will begin at 3:30 p.m. sharp on Sunday, Dec. 16. The event takes place at the new Lubavitch Centre, 5750 Oak St. (comer of 41st Ave) in Vancouver. Light refreshments, wine and cheese will be served. The live auction, led by a professional auctioneer, will begin shortly after 4 p.m. Forms of payment accepted will bo cash, cheque. Visa or Mastercard. A door prize will be given away to one lucky participant. Admission is free.
For additional information on the auction or the Art Into Heritage Program, call Zevi Wineberg at 604-779-5394. □
Gitai films screen here
Amty or retrospective of the work of Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai will screen during the month of December at Pacific Cinematheque.
Gitai, considered Israel's most prominent and provocative film director, studied architecture and served in the army during the Yom Kippur War. His helicopter was shot dovm by a Syrian missile, an incident that Gitai credits as being pivotal in his decision to become a filmmaker.
There was a lot of anger in me; coming out of that war," Gitai has said in the past. "And it was also political. People of that generation were really furious with our political leadeiship's lack of responsibility, I distilled tliat anger into cinema."
Gitai's early films were essays that probed the conflicted social realities of life in Israel. So contentious was liis work that he felt forced to go into a self-imposed exile in France for a decade.
Among the films being screened in Vancouver are his stories of the rise of neo-Nazism in Europe, a personal meditation on the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and his explorations of urban life. Many will recognize such titles as Kippur and Kadosh, which are two of his most recent works. .
In the Line of Fire: The Films of Amos Gitai began Dec 6 and continues imtil Dec 23. Complete schedules, descriptions and ticket information are available at www.cinemathequc.bcca or by calling the 24-hour film information line at 604-688-FILM. □
A scene from Amos Gitai's controversial film Kadosh {Sacretfj.
Insight into the Chassidic spirit
BCK'sLevyTeitlebaumis in Vision TV documentary.
With their traditional garb and strict adherence to Jewish ritual and law, the Chas-sidim are a people often misunderstood. To outsiders, their faith seems harsh and demanding, yet the Chassidic way of life is, in fact, one of beauty, joy and gentleness.
BCK'sLevyTeillebaum
Keepers of tfic Faith: Canadian Chassidim offers a rare glimpse into this community-its growth and development in this coimtry and its place in contemporary Canada. The film attempts to strip away cultural stereotypes by letting viewers get to know some of the individuals who make OP Canada's Chassidic community:
• Saulie ^ajdel, a Montreal city councillor, is the only Chassidic politician in all of North America. He must work hard to balance the demands of his faith and a career in the secular world, w;hile transmitting Chassidic spiritual values to his five children-
• Nechama Kantor is a young woman who has lived in Bangkok with her husband as part of the Lubavitch movement's program of outreach to non-practising Jews.
• Levy Teitlebaum, a Vancouver resident with five children, works as an inspector for a local organization (B.C. Kosher) that helps food manufacturers obtain kosher certification.
Though niany see the Chassidim as a people apart from mainstrcani society, they are vciy much engaged with the con-temporaiy v'orld. Keepers of tJic Faith examines closely their success at integrating into Canadian life and their aspirations for the future. The hour-long documentary makes its world premiere on Wednesday, Dec 10, at 9 p.m. and ll p.m. ET, as part of Vision TVs From the Soul documentary screes. □
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