Holocaust survivor Agnes Friedman, left, and Jane Zakay,17, at Witness Theater "The Spirit of Hope". A dramatization of the real-life stories of Holocaust survivors as portrayed by Yeshiva of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School on Sunday April 23, 2017. Ave. J, Brooklyn (Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News)
Presented by Selfhelp Community Services, UJA-Federation, & Jewish Center of the Hamptons
Welcome by Patti Kenner, Introduction by Stuart C. Kaplan
Q&A and Light Refreshments to follow
Very rarely does a documentary film come along that transforms the lives of the audience and generations to follow. Acclaimed filmmaker Oren Rudavsky reveals what happens when students confront the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust face-to-face with actual survivors – the last generation of survivors. Sacred personal stories, never before told, and until now too painful to share, are bestowed on the young as a precious gift, ensuring that a new generation will be able to bear witness and never forget. This moving documentary, currently shown at film festivals across the country, is about the power of connection, friendship, and love between generations. It is also about healing, to the extent possible, in the context of the most brutal genocide in human history.
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