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Dear Mr. Waldman

In Hanan Peled’s richly evocative world, the past is never truly in the past, nor is it ever easily forgotten. As the final movie of the Jewish Community Center’s Summer Israeli Film Series, Peled’s uplifting and bittersweet post-WWII family drama Dear Mr. Waldman makes the strongest case possible for the newly resurgent Israeli movie industry. When his father, who mistakenly believes that his eldest son didn’t die at Auschwitz but holds an important job in the Kennedy administration, writes him a letter, youngest son Hilik (played by the marvelously expressive Ido Port) forges a response in hopes that his father will be happy. What Hilik assumes will be a good deed, almost costs him his family. The 2006 film has won numerous international awards and deserved every one. 7:30 p.m. Jewish Community Center, 5601 South Braeswood. For information call 713-729-3200 or visit www.jcchouston.org. $7 to $9.
Wed., Aug. 12, 7:30 p.m., 2009
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D.L. Groover has contributed to countless reputable publications including the Houston Press since 2003. His theater criticism has earned him a national award from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) as well as three statewide Lone Star Press Awards for the same. He's co-author of the irreverent appreciation, Skeletons from the Opera Closet (St. Martin's Press), now in its fourth printing.
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