THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Boca Raton Synagogue (http://www.brsweb.org)
7900 Montoya Circle, Boca Raton, Florida
followed by QA w/Director/Producer
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun
125 East 85th Street (Between Lexington & Park)
New York, NY 10028
Alex Friedman, a pearl dealer based on famed 47th street in New York was both the subject & object of our August 20, 2006 meeting. In “More Precious than Pearls”, a documentary by his son Robert, his early life as a very young concentration camp inmate and Nazi victim is movingly described. The film uses the pearl metaphor as a telling symbol of bitter trouble encapsulated in hope’s renewal. This was Mr. Friedman’s theme as he described his eventual redemption, arrival in America, long & happy marriage, and devotion to family & the pearl trade.
&
Sephardic Educational Center
invite you to a
YOM HASHOAH PROGRAM
The program will include:
* Screening of "More Precious Than Pearls"
* QA with Subject of Film , Alex Friedman & Director, Robert Friedman
Tues Night, April 25th, 2006 at 8:00 PM,
Safra Synagogue
11 East 63rd St.
(btwn 5th & Madison Ave)
Manhattan Jewish Experience
Sunday, August 14, 2005; 2:00 PM
at the Jewish Center
bet. 131 W. 86th (Columbus & Amsterdam)
Screening of the award-winning documentary film about one man's faith faith after the Holocaust,
?More Precious than Pearls?
directed by Robert Friedman with the assistance of Steven Spielberg's Visual History Foundation
Following the screening Robert and his father, Alex, the subject of the film,
will discuss the film and the issues that it evokes.
film description, awards, screenings
