Journeys to Milwaukee, a product of the Young Jewish Dramatists’ Project facilitated by director Reva Fox, was also initially screened on May 11, 2010 during the Jewish Lens Exhibit. This project focused on creatively telling the stories of Jewish immigrants relocated from the slums of the East Coast to Milwaukee by the Industrial Removal Office between 1889 and 1922. Journeys to Milwaukee is a collection of four dramatic monologues that were researched, written, and performed by the Young Jewish Dramatists’ Project at the Jewish Museum Milwaukee. The video includes a performance of the student monologues, music and still photos of Jewish immigrants.
Journeys to Milwaukee was funded through generous grant from the Covenant Foundation.
Home, a second joint production of CJL’s Young Jewish Filmmaker’s Project and docUWM (a division of the UWM Peck School of the Arts) was initially screened on May 11, 2010 during the Jewish Lens Exhibit. In this video, seven young filmmakers used animation and interview techniques to explore the meaning of “home” with local Holocaust survivors and their grandchildren. Home may be screened publicly in various venues and entered in various student competitions later this year.
The CJL/docUWM collaborative program allowed seven teens to both meet at UWM and to work on location with graduate students in film over a period of two weeks during the summer of 2009. Some of the teens continued to work on the film into the following school year. Using professional grade equipment, students acquired skills in computer animation, pre-production (brainstorming/research/ storyboarding), production (filming and lighting) and post-production (editing).
The student filmmakers were Jordan Deck, Michael Edwards, Ben Gaudynski, Max Ginkel, Dovid Litvin, Alanna Koritzinsky and Brady Palubiski.
Home was funded through a generous grant from the Helen Bader Foundation.
Two Walks, a joint production of CJL’s Young Jewish Filmmaker’s Project and docUWM, a division of the UWM Peck School of the Arts, made its debut at Jewish Teen Day of Discovery 2008. This short film, created by seven middle and high school students, explores the Jewish obligation to respond to genocide. It juxtaposes the Milwaukee Jewish community’s Walk for Israel against a youth walk for Darfur organized by two of the student filmmakers and tells the story of how these teens changed attitudes in Milwaukee.
The program, which one student said prepared him well to attend Universal Studios film camp, allowed graduate students in film to meet with the teens one and a half hours once a week at UWM. Using professional grade equipment, students acquired skills in pre-production (brainstorming/research/ storyboarding), production (filming and lighting) and post-production (editing). The film has been uploaded to the Internet and will be screened publicly in various venues and entered in various student competitions later this year.
The student filmmakers included Rachel Herman, Noah Rowlett, Ari Rothenberg, Maddie Mandel, Eric Hagen, Hannah Musickant, and Noah Laufer. Claire Tipton and Max Fantle also participated.
Two Walks was supported by a generous grant from the Helen Bader Foundation.
The Coalition for Jewish Learning is the education program of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation.