showing
PRAYING
WITH LIOR
Saturday, May 8, 2010
7:30pm
@ The Temple
ABOUT
Welcome to Reel Jewish, the Tyler Jewish Film Night. This program
is simple enough - bring Jewish movies to the big screen at Congregation
Beth El. In addition to our religious activities at the Temple,
Beth El is looking to add cultural programming to our calendar starting
with this ongoing series of Jewish films. From comedies to Yiddish
stories, and from documentaries to Israeli films, Jewish movies
are cultural identifiers. The Reel Jewish program hopes to create
a series of fun and educational community events around these films.
If you have any questions, please contact Rabbi Katz by clicking
here.
There is no cost for these programs, and there will be free popcorn
and drinks. Most movies will be shown in the Beth El Social Hall
unless otherwise noted. Even though Beth El is hosting this program,
it is open for the entire Tyler community - Jewish and non-Jewish.
So please bring a friend and enjoy the show!
UPCOMING 2009-2010 SHOWINGS
check back for actual movie titles
- or suggest a title to the rabbi
Saturday, August 8, 2009 @ 7:30pm - Unstrung
Heroes
Sunday, October 25@ 6:30pm - Munich
Thursday, December 24 - Chinese Food @ Movie @ 6:00pm - The
Producers
Saturday, February 20 @ 6:30pm - Avalon
Saturday, May 8, 2009 @ 7:30pm - Praying With
Lior
An
engrossing, wrenching and tender documentary film, PRAYING WITH
LIOR introduces Lior Liebling, also called "the little rebbe."
Lior has Down syndrome, and has spent his entire life praying with
utter abandon. Is he a "spiritual genius" as many around
him say? Or simply the vessel that contains everyone's unfulfilled
wishes and expectations? Lior - whose name means "my light"
- lost his mother at age six, and her words and spirit hover over
the film. While everyone agrees Lior is closer to God, he's also
a burden, a best friend, an inspiration, and an embarrassment, depending
on which family member is speaking. As Lior approaches Bar Mitzvah,
the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony different characters provides
a window into life spent "praying with Lior." The movie
poses difficult questions such as what is "disability"
and who really talks to God? Told with intimacy and humor, PRAYING
WITH LIOR is a family story, a triumph story, a grief story, a divinely-inspired
story.
Go to the website for this movie at Praying
With Lior
LINKS
The
National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University
Jewishfilm.com - The Jewish Film Archive online
The
Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive at the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem
- a website that features hundreds of movies about Israeli history
Jewish
Film and Video Directory
- a list of hundreds of Jewish films with information
ARCHIVES
Below
is a list of movies we have seen at the Tyler Jewish Film Nights.
Click on a link to learn more about the films and/or purchase the
titles from Amazon.com.
September
11, 2004 |
October
16, 2004 |
December
24, 2004 |
February
5, 2005 |
April
9, 2005 |
May
14, 2005 Shalom Y'all 
|
September
10 , 2005 |
December
25, 2005 |
January
28, 2006 |
April
8, 2006 |
May
13 , 2006 |
June
17, 2006 |
September
9, 2006 |
December
24 , 2006 |
February
17, 2007 |
April
7, 2007 |
May
12, 2007 |
August
25 , 2007 |
December
24, 2007 |
February
9, 2008 |
May
10 , 2008 |
September
20, 2008 |
November
22, 2008 |
December
24, 2008 |
February
22, 2009 |
May
31, 2009 |
August
8 , 2009 |
October
25 , 2009 |
December
24, 2009 |
February
20 , 2010 |
May
8 , 2010 |
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