Cleveland Jewish FilmFest opens with ‘Once Upon My Mother’

Curtains rose on the Mandel Jewish Community Center of Beachwood’s 19th annual Cleveland Jewish FilmFest on Sept. 4 with a showing of director Ken Scott’s, “Once Upon My Mother,” at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Close

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Before the show, a V.I.P. reception was held to welcome the event’s sponsors, committee members, including co-chairs Elizabeth Sunshine and Sue Wish-Baratz, Mandel JCC leaders, including arts and culture manager Deborah Bobrow, President and CEO Jesse Rosen and board chair Bruce Rosenbaum, and supporters of the film festival. Guests enjoyed conversation and hors d’oeuvres provided by PKC Catering.

Rosen and Rosenbaum addressed reception attendees before the start of the film.

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