The Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Festival (PJIFF), in conjunction with the National Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE) at Seton Hill University, will host a film screening of “Nina’s Home” at Carmike Cinemas in Greensburg on April 10, 2008, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Each year PJIFF selects a variety of films for screening at various venues in Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas. “Nina’s Home” is the film chosen for the Westmoreland area. The film, set in 1944, tells the story of Nina, a woman who runs a “house of hope” established by the French government for Jewish children who survived in hiding. The children in hiding believed their parents would return to them, until children who survived concentration camps arrived, revealing the reality of the Holocaust. Nina does all that she can to restore peace in the home and to help the children to resume normal lives.

“Nina’s Home” is a French film with English subtitles and runs about 107 minutes. Tickets can be purchased at the theatre. Adult tickets are $8 general admission, $7 for seniors 65 and older, and $5 for students with a valid ID.

Following the viewing all are invited for discussion about the film at Barnes and Noble Booksellers on Rt. 30 in Greensburg. This event is open to all who wish to attend.

Please contact the NCCHE with any questions by calling 724-830-1033 or email at ncche@setonhill.edu.

The National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE) was established on the campus of Seton Hill University in 1987. Seton Hill initiated this national Catholic movement toward Holocaust studies in response to the urging of Pope John Paul II to recognize the significance of the Shoah, the Holocaust, and to "promote the necessary historical and religious studies on this event which concerns the whole of humanity today." The NCCHE has as its primary purpose the broad dissemination of scholarship on the root causes of anti-Semitism, its relation to the Holocaust and the implications from the Catholic perspective of both for today's world. Toward this end the Center is committed to equipping scholars, especially those at Catholic institutions, to enter into serious discussion on the causes of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust; shaping appropriate curricular responses at Catholic institutions and other educational sites; sustaining Seton Hill's Catholic Institute for Holocaust Studies in Israel through a cooperative program with Yad Vashem, the Isaac Jacob Institute for Religious Law and Hebrew University; encouraging scholarship and research through conferences, publications, workshops for educators, and similar activities; sponsoring local events on the Holocaust and related topics in the University and the community and enhancing Catholic-Jewish relations.