A Reform and Conservative Synagogue Serving the Rivertowns
The story of Amos Oz’s youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man’s relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live. Natalie Portman directs and stars in this film (and she wrote the screenplay).
Golden Camera nominee, 2015 Cannes Film Festival
SUBTITLED
Rated PG-13 for thematic content and some disturbing violent images
Avi Chai Fund, 2015, 95 min.
A moderated discussion follows the film with coffee and dessert.
Free for members, $5 for guests to offset the cost of refreshments.