Video at the Vilna- Living for Tomorrow

Thu 24 Jul, 7 pm. Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips Street, Boston, 02114. Steven Greenberg, Director, 617 523 2324, steven@bcjh.org. Boston Center for Jewish Heritage - [events]

Take the Red Line on the T to Charles/MGH or park inside the Charles River Plaza Garage and have your parking ticket validated ($10.00) Contact: Executive Director, Steven Greenberg, steven 617-523-2324 Event Description: Israel’s creation includes many stories of physical hardship made bearable by the unwavering belief in a new society founded on the principles of Socialism and Zionism. Young idealists from Eastern Europe immigrated to Palestine in the 1920s, resolved to build the kibbutz movement- a utopia of communal ownership of property, decision making, and education. In this film, some of these pioneer women, now in their 80s and 90s, offer candid evaluations of their youthful challenges and sacrifices, and provide a context for the timely debate o