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Hanukkah Family Celebration

Jewish Museum and Cultural Center 607 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, VA

Hanukkah - a celebration of Lights! Fun for everyone.  Crafts, spint the dreidel, light a menorah, drink hot chocolate & cider and nosh on snacks.  See the movie "Hershel and […]

Chevra Cinema Series presents The Juggler (1953)

Jewish Museum and Cultural Center 607 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, VA

In post--World War II Israel, German entertainer Hans Muller (Kirk Douglas) is trying to start a new life after surviving the Holocaust. Fighting demons and survivor's guilt, Muller has a […]

Chevra Cinema Series presents For the Boys (1991)

Jewish Museum and Cultural Center 607 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, VA

U.S. entertainer Eddie Sparks wants to bring some fun to the soldiers during World War II and contacts singer/dancer Dixie Leonard for help. They become the perfect team and tour […]

Chevra Cinema Series presents My Favorite Year (1982)

Jewish Museum and Cultural Center 607 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, VA

An aging, dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show in 1954, and a young comedy writer is tasked with the thankless job of keeping him ready and sober for the broadcast. Starring Peter O'Toole, Mark Lin-Baker, and Lainie Kazan Comedy, Drama Run Time: 1:32 Introduction and postscript provided by […]

The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968)

Jewish Museum and Cultural Center 607 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, VA

Rachel arrives in New York from her Amish community intent on becoming a dancer. Unfortunately, Billy Minsky's Burlesque is hardly the place for her Dances From The Bible. But the show's comedian Raymond sees a way of wrong-footing the local do-gooders by announcing the new Paris sensation, "Madame Fifi," and putting on Rachel's performance as […]