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Shmelvis: Searching for the King’s Jewish Roots |
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| Elvis, Jewish, Elvis Presley, documentary, film, Max Wallace |
Directed by Max Wallace
Elvis Presley would be 75 today – but would be still be wearing that Chai around his neck he was wearing when he died? Inspired by a 1998 Wall Street Journal article suggesting that Elvis might be part Jewish, Dan Hartal -- an orthodox Jewish Elvis impersonator -- an eccentric rabbi and a film crew set out to Memphis and Israel to trace his roots. Their antics include lobbying to give the King a proper Jewish burial and planting a tree in his honor in the Holy Land. Their journey takes them to hilarious heights and pathetic lows in their stuffy Winnebago. Find out: Did Elvis put a Jewish star on his mother’s grave? Was he ever a “Shabbos goy?” Did his mother work in the shmatta business and did he grow up in a Jewish neighborhood? Was his maternal great grandmother Jewish?
Admission is $8 at the door. There is no online registration for this event. |
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| Coordinator: |
Kathryn Bernheimer [303-998-1021] |
| Date(s): |
5/2/2010
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| Time: |
7:00 PM |
| Location: |
Boulder JCC |
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