2011
May 2011
Tuesday 3 May 2011
Tue 3 May, 7 pm. 333 Nahanton Street, Newton, 02459. Membership, 617-558-6411. Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston - [email][events]
Herzog & Company I West Street Productions Tuesday, May 3 (7pm) At the Leventhal-Sidman JCC Monday, May 9 (7pm) At the Arlington Center for the Arts 41 Foster Street, Arlington The remarkable true story of Colonel Ilan Ramon, Israel's first Astronaut and a tiny Torah that he carried into space. This documentary tells the Torah’s journey, from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to the day it was celebrated in weightless wonder aboard the Columbia. It is a unique story that interweaves the heights of scientific achievement, the depths of a nation’s cruelty, the private grief of a boy who came of age during the Holocaust, and the public mourning of many nations in the aftermath of the Columbia Shuttle disaster. Combining historical and ethical inquiry, the fil