Exhibits/ Music Festivals/ Film Festivals/Theater ARIZONA The Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum, Phoenix (480-951-0323; www.cbiaz.org/about/museum) The museum features a composite synagogue sanctuary from Djerba, Tunisia, with ornate floral-motif tiles and wooden

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FILMS Zaytoun An odd-couple road movie is mixed with Middle East politics as Fahed, a Palestinian boy from a Lebanese refugee camp longing to plant

Exhibits/ Music Festivals/ Film Festivals/Theater United States ARIZONA The Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum, Phoenix (480-951-0323; www.cbiaz.org/about/museum) The museum features a composite synagogue sanctuary from Djerba, Tunisia, with ornate floral-motif tiles

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