Apr

28 2019

7:00 pm JCC Jewish & Israeli Film "Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel"

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Civic Theatre of Allentown 514 N. 19th Street
Allentown, PA 18104
610-432-8943

Contact Stephanie Bennett
610-435-3571
sbennett@lvjcc.org

April 28 at 7pm
at Civic Theatre 
527 N 19th Street, Allentown
Film: "Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel"
Price: $12 | $8 for JCC | $7 for Civic Theatre members

"Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel" is the David-and-Goliath story of Israel's national baseball team as it competes for the first time in the World Baseball Classic. After years of crushing defeats, Israel finally ranks among the world's best in 2017. Its roster includes many Jewish-American major leaguers, most with a tenuous relationship to Judaism, barely any ever having set foot in Israel. Their odyssey takes them from the Holy Land where they are hailed as modern-day Maccabees to the tournament in South Korea where they must debunk their reputations as has-beens and wannabes. The connection to Israel that the players forge pushes them to unexpected heights as they represent the country on the world stage.

 

Sponsor: JCC of the Lehigh Valley, Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley