The Passengers

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 3:45 PM

Regal Perimeter Pointe

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Paul Wolpe, Ph.D.

Director of the Center for Ethics, Emory University
Jason Isaacson

Associate Executive Director for Policy and Managing Director, Government and International Affairs, American Jewish Committee
Don Seeman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Religion and Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, Emory University

Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 3:20 PM

UA Tara Cinemas

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Adam Hirsch

Filmmaker
Eli Sperling

Senior Academic Research Coordinator, Institute for the Study of Modern Israel, Emory University

About The Film

Shouldering the burden of an entire abandoned community, two young Ethiopian men leave their humble village seeking support for immigration to the Land of Israel. An estimated 9,000 Ethiopian Jews observe religious customs, yet Israel continues to deny their birthright return to the Jewish homeland. Desperate for their appeals to be heard, Ethiopian best friends Demoz and Gezi travel to America to find advocates who will help pressure Israel into granting them citizenship. Along the way, they confront culture shock, homesickness and the frustrations of a grassroots campaign. With intimate access and detailed historical context, their own journey reveals the thorny politics surrounding Ethiopian Jewry and the Zionist ideal.