JCC’s Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival wins
PBCCC Muse Award for
“Excellence in Historical and Cultural Heritage”
BOYNTON BEACH/PALM BEACH GARDENS — The JCC of the Greater Palm Beaches is delighted to announce that its annual Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival (PBJFF) is the winner of this year’s Muse Award for “Excellence in Historical and Cultural Heritage.”
The Muse Awards ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. on Feb. 10, 2011 in the Cohen Pavilion at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach.
The Muse Awards honor individuals and organizations for excellence in art and culture throughout the county, and are bestowed by the Palm Beach County Cultural Council. in an array of categories that alternate annually.
The Muse for “Excellence in Historical and Cultural Heritage” is awarded for producing “a program that demonstrates appreciation for a significant historical theme, or preserves and carries on the cultural traditions of a diverse population.”
The goal of the PBJFF is to entertain, educate, and promote cultural understanding through film. Each December, in multiple theaters throughout the county, the festival screens some three dozen international and independent films that examine and celebrate Jewish heritage, culture, philosophy, and religion from numerous Jewish points of view while also introducing the Jewish world to non-Jews.
Muse Award recipients are selected through a competitive nomination process. Each nomination is reviewed and scored by judges who are artists, community leaders, past recipients and Cultural Council board members.
“Over 21 years, the Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival has won tremendous community support from its audiences,” said festival Artistic Director Karen Davis. “Now, I’m very proud that it has won this award from a panel of our cultural colleagues.”
The mission of the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Palm Beaches is to create a strong Jewish community by providing high quality programs close to where people live that connect people to Jewish life.
The JCC is a partner agency of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County.
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