What dangers lie ahead for Diaspora Jews?

Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Time: 7:00 PM

Place: Central Synagogue of Afridar 2 Yekhezkel Zonabend Street, Ashkelon

The חוג התרבות is delighted to invite you to a free program featuring Emanuel Rund.

What dangers lie ahead for Diaspora Jews?

Is it time for Jews to leave the Diaspora?

Judaism has an institutionalized, collective memory that has guided us through both good times and bad times. We mourn our historical losses and celebrate our victories through holidays and special customs. We pass on the warnings to be vigilant of tyranny from generation to generation. Every Passover we say the words of Vehi Sheamda in the Haggadah: “…in every generation they rise up to destroy us, but the Holy One, Blessed be He, delivers us from their hands.” Sometimes that deliverance is not immediate and we suffer. How do we know when it will happen to us? Are there signs or red lines to look for? Since we are the people who are called the “canary in a coal mine”, we have to be able to assess the clues to know when the situation is so toxic, it is time to get out.

About the speaker
Emanuel Rund is an award-winning film and TV producer-director of documentaries about the Holocaust. His works include the Oscar-nominated film, Alle Juden raus! (1991), Stationen (1985) and The Last Train (2006) and two films made in collaboration with Elie Wiesel. Mr. Rund has produced/directed 240 critically acclaimed films for TV and the theater on Jewish topics, social justice and Tikkun Olam, and 30 films on German Jews and the Holocaust.