Dancing with Torah
The video, will take you on a journey from
Dallas, to London, to Horovice, and then back to the Torah's new home The
Dallas Holocaust Museum.
Director: Robert Curry | Producer: Robert Curry
Genre: Documentary | Produced In: 2007 | Story Teller's Country: United States
Link to movie: https://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/2745/Dancing-with-Torah
Movie
The main characters of Bob's film, are an antique Torah Scroll from Horovice, Czechoslovakia that survived the Nazis, The Dallas Survivor Community (many of them who are featured prominently in the film), and a young boy (Zachary Fine Albert) who set out to raise the funds to bring the survivor scroll to Dallas.
It is a touching, and uplifting documentary
Synopsis
Preparing for his Bar Mitzvah, young Zach deals with the Holocaust when he sets out to raise $2000 to bring a Torah scroll, stolen by Nazis, to the Dallas Holocaust Museum from London. Using martial arts skill in a board break-a-thon, Zach commits to break 36 boards in one day - in memory of the one and a half million children who didn't live long enough to have a Bar Mitzvah.
Can Zach's efforts release the oppression of a Nazi regime sixty years later? Several Holocaust survivors in Dallas meet Zach and relate their experiences of oppression and survival. Can the innocent efforts of a boy restore the lost innocence of his elders?
The documentary witnesses the birth of a Torah in an orthodox Jewish community as the last letters are inscribed. The men embrace and dance with this scroll - a new living being, ever witnessing to human dignity, justice and love. A survivor, Torah's journey is retraced from its Czech village, Horovice, to London and then to Dallas, Texas. This "tortured" Torah, and its extinct community, silenced by oppression, finally speaks. Will it be a blessing or a curse?
The audience glimpses the innocence of Zach, the healing of survivors, the tragedy of the Holocaust, and this eternal dance with Torah. Is it just an ancient scroll or a living witness to what is most sacred to all humanity?
The survivors messages about hope and survival are immeasurable, the Torah's message is everlasting.
More information at czechtorah.org