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Body and Soul
The State
of the Jewish Nation
Canadian
Premiere - November 2, 2014, 7 PM
Library & Archives, Main Auditorium
395 Wellington, Ottawa
Admission:
$20 ($10 for students)
Tickets
available at the door. Tickets will also be available at Compact
Music (206 Bank, 785 Bank) on Thursday.
You can also buy
tickets online for the Ottawa showing here.
Toronto
Premiere - November 12, 2014, 7:30 PM
Odeon
Cineplex Empress Walk Theatre, 5095 Yonge St., North York
Sponsored by the Speakers Action Group and the Free
Thinking Film Society.
Body and Soul - The State of the Jewish Nation presents a comprehensive examination of the broad
and deep connections between the Jewish People and the Land of
Israel. World-renowned historians, archaeologists, political
scientists, religious leaders, and international law and media
experts trace the evocative evolution of the relationship between
the Jewish People and their homeland that is over 3,000 years
old.
"Jewish identity is born in a journey to the
Land of Israel", declares Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of the
United Kingdom. That journey moves through the First and Second
Temple periods and the Middle Ages, then to modernity, where the
development of political Zionism catalyzed the blossoming of a
new Jewish spirit. That renewal of Jewish spirit resulted in the
rebirth of Jewish sovereignty in the Land, an event that Harvard
University Professor Ruth Wisse declares "a miracle of truly
Biblical proportions."
This powerful documentary, produced and directed by
award-winning Gloria Z. Greenfield, conveys eloquent messages of
determination, focus, and calls to action.
Film maker Gloria Greenfield
will be in attendance to answer questions.
Reception after the film, and
Q&A with Gloria.
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Trailer - Body and Soul - The State of the Jewish
Nation
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Featured Commentators (In order of appearance):
Ruth Wisse, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Robert Wistrich, Israel
Finkelstein, Aren Maeir, Isaiah Gafni, Israel Bartal, James
Snyder, Shalom Paul, Victor Davis Hanson, Rabbi Jeffrey Woolf,
Rabbi Elie Abadie, Shmuel Trigano, Yoram Hazony, Einat Wilf,
Anita Shapira, Yossi Klein Halevi, Rev. DeeDee Coleman, Rick
Richman, Hillel Halkin, Benny Morris, Jonathan Sarna, Jeffrey
Herf, Mark Kramer, Emanuel Ottolenghi, Alan Baker, Eugene
Kontorovich, Irwin Cotler. Alan Dershowitz, Yisrael Medad, Itamar
Marcus, Manfred Gerstenfeld, Luba Mayekiso, Shimon Samuels, Yosef
Kuperwasser, Bret Stephens
Phyllis Chesler
has written a terrific review of the film here.
I hope that the United Nations, and every single
world government, are required to see this film. As important: I
pray that every Middle East Studies program and the global media
view it and then share it with their audiences. I challenge every
church, every mosque, every Hindu temple, every Jewish Center and
every synagogue to show it-and to then allow Greenfield to lead a
civilized and fact-driven discussion.
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