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Israeli expert Amy Kronish to lecture on Palestinian and Jewish perspectives in contemporary filmmaking at CCSU January 24 at 2 p.m.; public invited

NEW BRITAIN -- January 18, 2008 -- Central Connecticut State University’s Hillel Jewish Student Club will host a lecture by Israeli film expert Amy Kronish on Thursday, January 24 in the Blue and White Room in CCSU’s Student Center. 

She will speak on “Understanding the Other - Palestinian and Jewish Perspectives,” a look at controversial issues and trends in contemporary filmmaking using both Palestinian and Jewish voices.  The lecture includes a selection of films on coexistence education. The event is open to the public at no charge, and free parking is available in CCSU parking lots.

According to Dr. Moises F. Salinas, associate professor of psychology and director of CCSU’s Center for Caribbean and Latin American Studies, Amy Kronish is a consultant in the field of Jewish and Israeli film.  She curates film programs for the Beit Avi Chai cultural and social center in Jerusalem that seeks to express and refine Israeli Jewish cultural discourse.  She also organizes coexistence programs at the Jersualem International YMCA. 

Earlier in her career, Ms. Kronish was curator of Jewish and Israeli Film at the Jerusalem Cinémathèque.  She lectures and writes widely on film and is the author of two books on Israeli film – “World Cinema: Israel” (Flicks Books, Trowbridge, England, 1996) and “Israeli Film - A Reference Guide” (Praeger Publishing, Westport, Connecticut, 2003).  

Born and raised in the U.S., Ms. Kronish earned an M.A. in Communications from New York University, and has lived in Jerusalem since 1979.

“CCSU’s Hillel Jewish Student Club creates opportunities for Jewish students at the Central campus to grow intellectually, spiritually and socially. Hillel helps students find a balance in being distinctively Jewish and universally human, and to support Israel and global Jewish peoplehood. Hillel is committed to excellence, innovation, accountability and results,” notes Katie Roy, interim director of the Hartford Hillel Foundation.

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