>>> The Shirazi Family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9/29/2004 3:47:53 PM >>> THE HEBREW LANGUAGE TABLE AND THE MOTION PICTURE, BROADCASTING & RECORDED SOUND DIVISION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, CO-SPONSORED BY THE EMBASSY OF ISRAEL PRESENT THE PRIZE WINNING FILM -SILENCE OF THE SIRENS
What: FILM-SILENCE OF THE SIRENS by Motti Lerner (Mr. Lerner introduce the film) When: TUESDAY, OCT. 12, 2004 Where:Library of Congress 1st and Independence Ave, SE Washington, DC Mary Pickford Theater (3rd Floor-Madison Building) Capitol South Metro Stop Time: 12:00 NOON The program is free and open to the public "The Silence of the Sirens," a film dramatizing the events leading up to the Yom Kippur War in 1973, will be shown at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 12, in the Pickford Theater of the Library of Congress, third floor of the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. The film showing, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Library's Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division and the Hebrew Language Table in cooperation with the Israeli Embassy. Tickets are not required, but space is limited. Written by Motti Lerner and produced by Riki Shelach, "The Silence of the Sirens" was the winner of the Israeli Academy award for the best television feature film in 2004. The film depicts the process of decision-making that led to one of the biggest military fiascos in Israeli history. Early in 1973 reports surfaced regarding the intention of Egypt and Syria to wage a war against Israel. During that summer Israels highest ranking officers estimated a low probability of war. Others, such as Minster of Defense Moshe Dayan and Chief of Staff Lt. General David Elazar believed otherwise. They issued an alert, believing war to be imminent. As the summer passed without incident, Israels military intelligence wrongly concluded that the threat was unlikely. On Oct. 6, 1973, on the Jewish Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), Egyptian and Syrian military forces launched a combined assault against Israel. A native of Israel, Motti Lerner has been a playwright and screenwriter for major Israeli theaters and television channels for more than 22 years. His plays have been produced in the United States, England, Germany, Austria and Australia. Lerner attended Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he studied mathematics and physics. He subsequently attended theater workshops in London and San Francisco, where he honed his craft. Active in Israels peace movement, he focuses his works mostly on political issues. He currently teaches playwriting at Tel Aviv University. p Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org