Following a fun and successful acting workshop, we'll watch the
Hollywood movie Keeping Up with the Steins, a hillarious comedy about barmitzva as a rite of passage not only for kids, but also for their parents!
We will be watching the *film* and munching on *popcorn* in BSS on *Sunday 10/5*, starting after cheder (12:30) and ending about 2:45.
If your kids wish to attend please let me (Tal) know, and also send £2 and a packed lunch on the day.
Here is a short synopsis of the film:
While intending to bridge the gap between boyhood and manhood, bar mitzvahs
can often more closely resemble extravagant sweet-sixteen parties than actual religious ceremonies.
It is this trend that forms the basis of
KEEPING UP WITH THE STEINS, a family comedy about what happens when Ädam, a Hollywood agent, uses his son's bar mitzvah as a vehicle for outspending his nemesis.
While Adam craves the limelight associated with such an event, his
son Benjamin would rather not be the center of attention.
Wise beyond his years, Benjamin decides to use the event as a means to reunite his father with his estranged grandfather, Irwin (Garry Marshall).
KEEPING UP WITH THE
STEINS explores ideas of growth, with the film's 13-year-old protagonist
Benjamin displaying more maturity than most of the adults in the film. A
coming-of-age story filled with Jewish humor, the film appeals to viewers of
all ages
See a trailer of the film on Youtube.