Exodus 1947 – The Ship that Launched a Nation (Social Hall)
Sunday, September 8, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Israel Action Committee is pleased to present a personal story, the documentary film Exodus 1947 – The Ship That Launched a Nation. On this special evening Beth David member Jacob Mor will share with you the heroic journey of 4515 Holocaust survivors – including his own parents, grandfather and family, whose entire dream was to reach the Land of Israel. This is an authentic private film, never before screened in cinemas, which is told from the mouths of those survivors about the hell and challenges they went through and how their dream was shattered in the face of the British brutality that ruled the land during the Mandate period. Come experience, hear and see this unique, true story that powerfully testifies to the Jewish people’s desire for their homeland. Snacks to be provided. RSVP
Jewish Book Discussion (Beit Midrash)
Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew by Jeremy Dauber
Saturday, September 14, 12:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1926, is one of the great comic voices of the twentieth century. Having won almost every entertainment award there is, Brooks has straddled the line between outsider and insider, obedient and rebellious, throughout his career, making out-of-bounds comedy the American mainstream. Throughout Brooks’ extensive body of work—from Your Show of Shows to Blazing Saddles to Young Frankenstein to Spaceballs—the comedian has seen the most success when he found a balance between his unflagging, subversive, manic energy and the constraints imposed by comedic partners, the Hollywood system, and American cultural mores. Discussion will be led by Elizabeth Batson.