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Queer Jewish Film Night: Kiss Me Kosher

Screening and Discussion with Director Shirel Peleg (On Site, in German)

Film still: two women about to kiss, the smaller brown haired one has her hands around the neck of the taller blonde one carrying a backpack

Filmstill from Kiss Me Kosher; X-Verleih AG

In cooperation with Keshet Deutschland, the museum will be screening the film Kiss Me Before It Blows Up (German title: Kiss Me Kosher) followed by a discussion with the director Shirel Peleg. The discussion will be chaired by journalist Arkadiusz Luba (Deutschlandfunk Kultur).

In their debut feature film, released in 2020, the Israeli Shira (Moran Rosenblatt) and the German Maria (Luise Wolfram) fall in love. When the two of them decide to get married in Jerusalem, Shira’s grandmother Berta (Rivka Michaeli) tries to block the wedding. For her part, Berta is concealing her yearslong relationship with a Palestinian doctor, Ibrahim (Salim Daw).

Peleg’s comedy plays with stereotypes, prejudices, and cultural misunderstandings, addressing both the German-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian relationships.

Past event

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The W. M. Blumenthal Academy is marked in green

Where

W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin (Opposite the Museum)

Where, when, what?

Trailer of Kiss Me Before It Blows Up, directed by Shirel Peleg (2020)

Original title Kiss Me Before It Blows Up
Director Shirel Peleg
Produced in Germany, Israel
Original languages English, German, Hebrew, Arabic
Released 2020
Length 106 minutes

Where, when, what?

  • When Sat, 8 Jan 2022, 7 pm
  • Where W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
    Klaus Mangold Auditorium

    Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
    (Opposite the Museum)

    See location on map
  • Entry fee

    Free of charge – This event is already fully booked!

  • Language The event will be held in German with translation into German Sign Language.
    The film will be shown with German subtitles.

    Corona rulesAll guests to live events are required to follow the current hygiene regulations of the Jewish Museum Berlin.

    For journalists T +49 (0)30 259 93 419
    presse@jmberlin.de

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