Movie Night & Havdallah!
Saturday night - February 21 at 7:00pm at Chabad of Monroville
Movie: Above & Beyond
Check out the trailer here
A group of Jewish American war pilots smuggle planes out of the U.S. and fly for Israel in its War of Independence.
Would you risk everything – your future, your citizen ship, even your life – to help a brother in need?
In 1948, just three years after the liberation of Nazi death camps, a group of Jewish American pilots answered a call for help. In secret and at great personal risk, they smuggled planes out of the U.S., trained behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia and flew for Israel in its War of Independence. As members of Machal – "volunteers from abroad" – this ragtag band of brothers not only turned the tide of the war; they
also embarked on personal journeys of discovery and renewed Jewish pride. ABOVE AND BEYOND is their story.
The first major feature-length documentary about the foreign airmen in the ’48 War, ABOVE AND BEYOND brings together new interviews with the pilots, as well as stunning aerial footage, to present a fascinating, little-known tale filled with heart, heroism and high-flying chutzpah. The film follows the pilots on their circuitous route from the United States – where they met and trained in secret and struggled to
stay two steps ahead of the FBI – to Panama, Italy and Czechoslovakia, where they flew versions of the very Nazi planes they had tried to shoot down in World War II. More than a retelling of the ’48 Arab-Israeli War,
Disclaimer: Chabad does not endorse the film. The views of the film do not necessarily reflect that of Chabad. However, we do look forward to any follow up conversations that may ensue.
*Movie* *Friends* *Popcorn* *Snacks*
This event is FREE of charge. Please RSVP. Sponsorships available.
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