Politics & Government

Court Ruling Forces Bryn Mawr Film Institute To Screen Israeli Film

"It does reflect the antisemitic feeling that we've been having lately on the Main Line and in general in America," she said.

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April 10, 2024

LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) — A court ruled Tuesday afternoon that the screening of a film at the Philadelphia Israeli Film Festival must go on after the venue canceled the event, citing concerns over planned protests.

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"It's an awful feeling," Karnit Biran, the incoming festival director, said.

Just a day before the screening of the Israeli film, "The Child Within Me," about an Israeli singer, the Bryn Mawr Film Institute canceled the showing.

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