Discussion with Filmmaker Follows Temple Beth El Screening

A discussing with filmmaker Gaylen Ross will follow a presentation of Ross’ documentary film Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis at Temple Beth El on Saturday.

Doors open at 6:45 p.m., popcorn, snacks, and dessert will be served. The movie begins at 7 p.m. A special treat is in store afterwards because the filmmaker, Gaylen Ross, will be present and will lead a stimulating discussion. The movie is free, although donations are appreciated. The showing is the next installment of the 2011-12 film series sponsored by the temple's Cultural Arts Committee.  

HERO OR TRAITOR? Rezso Kasztner, known as the Jewish Schindler, negotiated face to face with Adolf Eichman, rescuing 1700 Jews on a train to Switzerland, and may have saved tens of thousands more lives. Yet Kasztner was condemned as a traitor in his adopted country of Israel; he was accused as a collaborator in a libel trial and verdict that divided a nation and forever stamped as the "man who sold his soul to the devil."  

"Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt with Nazis", which won Best Documentary at the Boston and Minneapolis Jewish Film Festivals, is a film in English and Hebrew with subtitles.  Running time is 119 minutes. 

For further information, contact Simona Rifkin at 908-369-7884.

Temple Beth-El is a Reform Jewish congregation. A member of the Union for Reform Judaism, the temple was founded in 1953 by 15 families. Today, the congregation numbers more than 450 households and offers a variety of cultural, educational, social and spiritual opportunities to its members and to the greater New Jersey Jewish community. For more information about temple life and programs, please visit online at www.bethel.urj.net or call 908-722-0674.

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