Pittsburgh Premiere of "Torn"

TORN

Pittsburgh Premiere •Director: Ronit Kertsner

2011, Israel, 72 minutes, Hebrew, Polish, English, French with subtitles

Twelve years after being ordained as a Catholic priest, Romuald Waszkinel discovered that he was born to Jewish parents who gave him away to save him from the Holocaust. The film follows his amazing journey, from conducting mass in a church in Poland to life as an observant Jew in a religious kibbutz in Israel. Romuald is torn between two identities and unable to renounce either religion.

Director Ronit Kertsner will speak following the film.

Sponsored by Classrooms Without Borders

Sunday, November 13, 5:30 p.m.

Regent Square Theater

Ticket Cost: $9

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Questions? Please contact us at 412-992-5203 or info@jfilmpgh.org.

JFilm is a program of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

Free at last

We've waited, prayed and campaigned for the release of kidnapped Israeli solider Gilad Shalit for five agonizing years.  This morning, our wait ended, our prayers were answered, and our efforts were rewarded.

Gilad Shalit is free and in the embrace of his family.

On this Sukkot day, we can feel an extra measure of joy – and gratitude.

The Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation would like to say "thank you" to all of you who signed our petitions, wore our dog tags, and attended our programs over the past five years – all on behalf of Gilad.

When we organized a meeting in Jerusalem between Bishop David Zubik of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh and Gilad's father Noam, we could only imagine this day.

When we gathered in a movie theater on June 28 to watch "Family in Captivity," a heart-rending documentary about the Shalit Family, we could only imagine this day.

And when we gathered again in the Chambers of the City Council on August 30 to see Gilad named an Honorary Citizen of Pittsburgh, we could only imagine this day.

The saying Kol Yisrael areivim zeh b'zeh, all Jews are responsible for one another, is not an empty slogan. Far from it. We have felt these words and lived these words for the past five years while Gilad suffered in captivity.

Just as we have shared in the pain of the Shalit Family, today we can share in their indescribable joy.