starts Wednesday, July 29, 8:12 PM ends Thursday, July
30, 8:53 PM
Heritage
invites Russian Jewish Community to the Evening commemorating events of the destruction
of the Temple - 9th of Av.
This
evening will take place Wednesday, July 29, 8:45 PM at Heritage,
2941 W. Touhy Ave. in Chicago,
Our
program will include:
1. Reading of the Megillas Eicha - the moving
eyewittness record of the destruction
2. Rabbi Dimarsky's address
3.
Video Presentation REFUSENIK: a documentary about the struggle to free
Russian Jews
REFUSENIK
is the first retrospective documentary to chronicle the thirty-year movement to
free Soviet Jews. It shows how a small grassroots effort bold enough to take on
a Cold War superpower blossomed into an international human rights campaign that
engaged the disempowered and world leaders alike. Told through the eyes of activists
on both sides of the Iron Curtain - many of whom survived punishment in Soviet
Gulag labor camps - the film is a tapestry of first-person accounts of heroism,
sacrifice, and ultimately, liberation. Leonard and Pam Cohen were among those
brave individuals who organized volunteers to help refuseniks behind the Iron
Curtain. The Cohens live now in our neighborhood and are happy to share with us
their experience who ultimately led them to become observant Jews.
The
summary of the Laws of this fast can be found here.
Heritage
invites Russian Jewish Community to the Evening commemorating events of the destruction
of the Temple - 9th of Av.
REFUSENIK
is the first retrospective documentary to chronicle the thirty-year movement to
free Soviet Jews. It shows how a small grassroots effort bold enough to take on
a Cold War superpower blossomed into an international human rights campaign that
engaged the disempowered and world leaders alike. Told through the eyes of activists
on both sides of the Iron Curtain - many of whom survived punishment in Soviet
Gulag labor camps - the film is a tapestry of first-person accounts of heroism,
sacrifice, and ultimately, liberation. Leonard and Pam Cohen were among those
brave individuals who organized volunteers to help refuseniks behind the Iron
Curtain. The Cohens live now in our neighborhood and are happy to share with us
their experience who ultimately led them to become observant Jews.