“Defiance” (2009)
Directed by Edward Zwick
Starring Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber

In anticipation of Yom HaShoah, Menorah presents the true story of the Bielsky Brothers, and honors the partisans who took refuge in the forests where they fought the Nazis and provided shelter for Jews. Based on the book by Nechma Tec, “Defiance” pays tribute to Jewish resistance, so often neglected in Holocaust films. The stirring film asks if it is possible to keep faith alive in a time when the world seems devoid of humanity and survival becomes a way of life.

Thursday, April 8 Noon $8 for film and lunch

Also showing: Thursday, April 8 7 pm $8 for film and discussion

Shmelvis: Searching for the King’s Jewish Roots
With
Directed by Max Wallace

Elvis Presley would be 75 today – but would be still be wearing that Chai around his neck he was wearing when he died? Inspired by a 1998 Wall Street Journal article suggesting that Elvis might be part Jewish, Dan Hartal -- an orthodox Jewish Elvis impersonator -- an eccentric rabbi and a film crew set out to Memphis and Israel to trace his roots. Their antics include lobbying to give the King a proper Jewish burial and planting a tree in his honor in the Holy Land. Their journey takes them to hilarious heights and pathetic lows in their stuffy Winnebago. Find out: Did Elvis put a Jewish star on his mother’s grave? Was he ever a “Shabbos goy?” Did his mother work in the shmatta business and did he grow up in a Jewish neighborhood? Was his maternal great grandmother Jewish?

Admission is $8 at the door. There is no online registration for this event.

05/02/2010 -05/02/2010
7:00 PM