The Sonoma County Israeli Film Festival — presented for the fifth straight year by the JCC of Sonoma County — is coming to the Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol on four Tuesdays in March. The festival’s four films will highlight themes such as gender identity, love and aging and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One film will be…
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