WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES FOR AUGUST 2009
Join us in the Social Hall for Free Movies and Popcorn
Wednesday Night, August 12th at 7:00pm "The Frisco Kid" with your host Cantor Bruce Benson
Wednesday Night, August 19th at 7:00pm "Freedom Writers" with your host David Sherman
Wednesday Night, August 26th at 7:00 pm "The Band's Visit" with your host Rabbi Alon Levkovitz
A Polish rabbi wanders through the Old West on his way to lead a synagogue
in San Francisco. Rabbi Belinski encounters many different kinds of people in
his journey. He is confronted with many new cultures and pressures, but never abandons his beliefs. He may learn to ride, but not on Shabbat. He is happy to make friends with anyone who will respect him in his "differentness"
just as he respects them.

Hilary Swank stars in this gripping story of inner city kids raised on drive-by shootings and hard-core attitude - and the teacher who gives them the one thing they need most: a voice of their own. Dropped into the free-fire zone of a school torn by violence and racial tension, teacher Erin Gruwell battles an uncaring system in a fight to make the classroom matter in her students lives. Now, telling their own stories, and hearing the stories of others, a group of supposedly "unteachable" teens will discover the power of tolerance, reclaim their shattered lives, and change their world.
This heartwarming and poignant winner of the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard prize is the mesmerizing and witty story of strangers in a strange land. A fading Egyptian police band arrives in Israel to play at the Arab Cultural Center. When they take the wrong bus, the band members find themselves in a desolate Israeli village. With no other option than to spend the night with the local townspeople, the two distinctly different cultures realize the universal bonds of love, music and life. Set against a breathtaking desert landscape, this cross-cultural comedy proves that getting lost is sometimes the best way to find yourself.