Events Calendar
Mishkon Tephilo - Screening of Film "Dressing America"
You don’t have to be Jewish to love “Dressing America,” but Jewishness is pretty much the whole point. The word schmatta (Yiddish for, loosely, “this old thing?”) is spoken repeatedly and lovingly. Historians, designers, journalists and executives ponder why so many Jews were drawn to the trade and how they built a major industry.
– excerpt from NY Times article on “Dressing America” before its showing on WNET, PBS, New York, 2014.
About the filmmaker - Steven Fischler
Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher founded Pacific Street Films in 1971, and they have produced and directed documentary films for venues as diverse as the United Nations, the BBC, and commercial and public television in the United States. They have received numerous awards including Guggenheim Fellowship in Films, Emmy Awards, Cine Golden Eagles, and the John Grierson Award for Social Documentaries.
Pacific Street Films produced many social and historical documentaries, such as “From Swastika to Jim Crow,” which tells the story of Jewish Refugee scholars driven from Germany by the Nazis who found teaching positions in the Jim Crow South. Their films include portraits of Hollywood artists like Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, and Jessica Lange, as well as investigations of police surveillance and misconduct.
Fischler was the director of the PBS-broadcast documentary, “Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & The Movies” and the producer of “Dressing America: Tales From The Garment Center,” as well as the writer and director of the documentary “Five Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History.”
Mishkon Tephilo - Screening of Film "...
Date and Time
Sunday Jun 14, 2026
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
Location
Mishkon Tephilo, 206 Main Street, Venice, CA 90291. Security will be checking bags at the door.
Fees/Admission
Tickets are $5 per person.
