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The Chosen People
Thursday, December 9
6:30 pm at Washington DCJCC

 
Image from Chosen People

Canada , 2004 , BetaSP

68 minutes

English, Hebrew, Russian with English Subtitles.

Director/Producer: Igal Hecht

Co-produced by Ron Furman

US PREMIERE


This new documentary takes us inside the chilling alternate universe of Messianic Jews (also known as Jews for Jesus), a movement that proselytizes that Jews can accept Jesus as the messiah and keep their Jewish identity.  The film spotlights two sisters in their early twenties who recently “converted” to the messianic movement.  Alternately, the film also gives voice to the counter-missionary efforts of organizations like Jews for Judaism, who in Toronto occupy a storefront space next-door to a Messianic congregation.  On the heels of this past summer's missionary campaign by a local DC-area church as well as by Jews for Jesus, this is clearly an issue of great urgency that only promises to escalate in coming years.

Special Guests: Igal Hecht, Director/Producer and Scott Hillman, Director, Jews for Judaism

 

Co-sponsored by the Canadian Embassy