This movie screening & discussion is brought to you by the Israel Committee.

STEP 1:  Stream the Movie - Sunday, April 19, starting at Noon through Tuesday, April 21, starting at 6pm (last showing will end in time for 8pm discussion)

Use this link to watch the movie Crescendo, which is available for free streaming to Beth Or members during the dates/times noted above: (see movie description below) 

https://vimeo.com/405945572, Password: Menemsha

STEP 2: Group Discussion on Zoom - Tuesday, April 21, 8pm

Join Rabbi Marx on Zoom for a group discussion about the movie. BYO popcorn!!

Use this link to enter the Zoom meeting:  www.zoom.us/j/5179436096

If you need to participate by phone, dial 646-558-8656, enter: 5179436096

You will be placed in a waiting room until the host is ready to start the meeting.

About the movie:

Crescendo is a narrative feature film, released in 2019 and directed by Dror Zahavi. Languages include Arabic, English (lots of English), German & Hebrew with English subtitles.

"Israeli and Palestinian students putting their difference aside to play music together in a youth orchestra sounds like the dream of a naive idealist. While eliminating discord and achieving harmony are undeniably noble undertakings, is music really powerful enough to pierce through years of caustic political discourse and the real-life suffering experienced by both sides of the conflict?To answer that question, for over two decades, young musicians from Israel and Palestine have performed classical music together in conductor Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. The students who’ve taken part in his world-class ensemble grasp that they are reaching for something impossible, but they still believe it is important to try. It is the act of trying, itself, that lies at the center of CRESCENDO, a story about a similarly ambitious initiative played out in South Tyrol, Austria. Starring Peter Simonischek (Toni Erdmann, The Interpreter) and an impressive supporting cast of Israeli and Palestinian non-actors, this affecting film about forgiveness and reconciliation will strike a chord with audiences, young and old alike."