Friday Food & Film: Israel Swings for the Gold - Rescheduled

19 Jan @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Friday, January 19, 2024 – Rescheduled to January 26
Registration is Closed

Film: “Israel Swings for the Gold” 

In 2021, Israel’s baseball team compete d in the Olympics for the first time. With no media allowed in Tokyo’s Olympic Village, the players record their own experiences. Mostly newly minted Israelis, they log unexpected battles against anti – Semitism and anti – Zionism . Victory for Israel comes on the playing field, even if not on the podium. Israel Swings for Gold follows the 2018 hit Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel , about Israel’s Cinderella run at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.