NEWS / WHAT’S HAPPENED TO DATE

 HESCHEL IN PARIS!!  

We are happy to announce that a 15 minute excerpt from Praying With My Legs was on view in Paris at the Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme.  

The video, part of a major exhibition on the biblical lawgiver Moses, is comprised of two parts:   

•  Heschel's understanding of what Moses experienced at Mount Sinai;  
•  Heschel's alliance with Martin Luther King in the struggle for civil rights -- how each drew on the story of Moses and the Exodus from Egypt as a resonant metaphor for that struggle.

The exhibition ran from October 4, 2015 through February 21, 2016.

There is a very nice write-up about the film in Tablet Magazine.

 Grant!  

Praying With My Legs producer Steve Brand was the recipient of an International Fellowship in Jewish Studies from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture for 2012-2013.

The purpose of the fellowship is "to assist well-qualified individuals in carrying out an independent scholarly, literary or art project, in a field of Jewish specialization, which makes a significant contribution to the understanding, preservation or transmission of Jewish culture."

 National public radio interview  

The Spiritual Bond Between Abraham Joshua Heschel and   Martin Luther King, Jr.

A 25-minute radio interview with Producer Steve Brand and  Professor  Susannah Heschel  

On INTERFAITH VOICES
Saturday, January 17th, 2013

Listen to the interview on Interfaith Voices' website

PBS Broadcast  

Abraham Joshua Heschel Profile

A 9-minute segment made up of footage from Praying With My Legs

On RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY
Saturday, January 19th and Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Watch the video on Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly’s website

Work-in-Progress Screenings

Click to read screening responses:
>LA screening comments
>Chicago screening comments
 

Work-in-progress screening and Q&A with filmmaker

January 22, 2016
Beth Israel Congregation
Ann Arbor, MI

September 29, 2014
Community Synagogue of Rye
Rye, NY

January 4, 2013
Heschel/King Festival
Congregation Mishkan Shalom
Philadelphia, PA

March 6, 2010
LimmudPhilly
Philadelphia, PA

November 10, 2009
Milkin Community High School
Los Angeles, CA

November 9, 2009
American Jewish University
 Los Angeles, CA
(screening for rabbinical students)

November 8, 2009
Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center
Pasadena, CA

Sept. 24, 2009
Washington Heights Film Club
Washington Heights, NY

Sept. 20, 2008
Temple Sinai
New Orleans, LA

March 25, 2008
Temple Emanu-El    
New York, NY
Click here for more information about this screening

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