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Film Screening: With God Against Man
The New Jersey Film Festival presents Semyon Pinkhasov‘s must-see documentary about Aristides de Sousa Mendes. In June 2013, Pinkhasov followed a group of visa recipient families, along with members of the Sousa Mendes family, as they embarked on a pilgrimage retracing their families’ footsteps of 73 years earlier. They were “searching for Sousa Mendes” – looking for traces and clues of a lost history in an effort to understand their personal pasts. Co-sponsored by the Rutgers University Centers for Global Advancement and International Affairs (GAIA Centers). 47 min. Tickets $12/$10/$9.
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Event WebsiteFilm screening: With God Against Man
The Moscow War Memorial Synagogue presents Semyon Pinkhasov‘s must-see documentary about Aristides de Sousa Mendes. In June 2013, Pinkhasov followed a group of visa recipient families, along with members of the Sousa Mendes family, as they embarked on a pilgrimage retracing their families’ footsteps of 73 years earlier. They were “searching for Sousa Mendes” – looking for traces and clues of a lost history in an effort to understand their personal pasts. In attendance will be the filmmaker as well as Sousa Mendes visa recipient Sarah Goodman, coming specially from Israel. 47 min.
Event WebsiteFilm Screening in Pennsylvania
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim presents a screening of Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Free admission. For more information: 717-397-5575.
Event WebsiteFilm screening in Kentucky
Dr. Michael Rie and the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass present a screening of Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Co-sponsored by the Moosnick Lectureship of the Lexington Theological Seminary and Transylvania University, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky.
Film screening in Maine
The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine pays tribute to Aristides de Sousa Mendes with a screen of the award-winning docudrama, Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story on the occasion of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. The screening will take place at the Michael Klahr Center. Refreshments will be served.
Event WebsiteFilm screening in Florida
The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies presents a screening of Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Introducing the film and leading a Q&A is Robert Jacobvitz, Chair of the Sousa Mendes Foundation’s Advisory Council.
Walt Disney World Swan Resort
Room: Swan 7
1500 Epcot Resorts Boulevard
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Conference registration required. See www.IAJGS2017.org for details.
Event WebsiteFilm screening in Stamford, CT
The film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story returns to the historic State Cinema in Stamford, CT in a joint program of the Jewish Arts & Film Festival of Fairfield County and the Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County. Discussion following the film will be led by Joan Arnay Halperin, author of My Sister’s Eyes: A Family Chronicle of Rescue and Loss During World War II.
Event WebsiteFilm screening in Utah
Congregation Kol Ami presents a screening of the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Discussion following the film will be led by Dan Mattis, who received a visa from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in May of 1940 during his escape from Nazi-occupied Europe.
Event WebsiteFilm screening in Pennsylvania
Congregation Beth Hamedrosh of Wynnewood, PA presents a screening of the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Light refreshments will be served.
Event WebsiteFilm screening in Mineola, NY
The Long Island Portuguese Lions Club presents a screening of the award-winning film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story at Mineola High School. Q&A will be led by Olivia Mattis, President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. Come learn about a true Portuguese hero and be inspired! Refreshments available for purchase.
Tickets $10 available at the door.
