Holly Price, a Holocaust educator and teacher at Temple Jeremiah, led this four-part film series.

January 10- Topic: Hollywood & the Holocaust ~ Film: "Imaginary Witness"

An audience favorite at more than 50 film festivals around the world and the centerpiece of dozens of panels and conferences at theaters, universities and museums from Warsaw to Washington, DC, "Imaginary Witness" tells the provocative and mostly unknown story of the 60-year relationship between Hollywood and the atrocities of Nazi Germany.

With scenes from over forty films, rare newsreels, and interviews with leading scholars, filmmakers and witnesses, "Imaginary Witness" takes the viewer on a 60-year journey from the American ambivalence and denial during the heyday of Nazism, through the silence of the post-war years, and into the end of the 20th century. The film explores not only the question of how an industry that sells fantasy has dealt with one of the most horrifying episodes in modern world history, but also how the movies themselves reflect America's ever-evolving relationship to the events of that era.

January 24 - Topic: Faith and the Holocaust ~ Film: "God on Trial"

Who is to blame for the greatest of all crimes? Facing extermination at Auschwitz, a group of prisoners solemnly weighs the case against God. Following the harrowing ritual of selection for death or hard labor, a group of new inmates, unsure of their appointed fates, begins asking how God could allow for so much suffering. Impulsively, the men decide to put God on trial for abandoning His chosen people. Amid the sound of prisoners outside being marched to the gas chamber, the trial unfolds, addressing the age-old question: How can there be evil in a universe ruled by an all-powerful, benevolent God? Some of the prisoners are passionate defenders of their faith, but as the hour approaches when many of them will be chosen to die, they reach a verdict. It is a surprising conclusion to this challenging and respectful proceeding.

January 31 - Topic: Survival and the Holocaust ~ Film: "Europa Europa"

This irony-filled tale is based on the autobiography by Solomon Perel, a Jewish German who changes his name and joins the ranks of Hitler Youth in order to survive the Holocaust after he's discovered in a Polish orphanage. As he climbs higher in the Nazi ranks, being found out seems nearly inevitable -- especially when a gay officer and a severely anti-Semitic girlfriend are too close to discovering some irrefutable evidence.

February 7 - Topic: After the Holocaust ~ Film: "The Quarrel"

This movie takes up the age-old question of God's justice or lack thereof that plagued Job and other humans since the dawn of time. One man stands firmly in his fundamentalist faith while his friend insists on the goodness of humanity. Both men have become extremists as they attempt to give some meaning to their lives after being in the Holocaust. Hidden within their psyches are betrayals, hypocrisy and plain stubbornness that the two were unable or unwilling to share. This brief moment in the park is an opportunity for reconciliation, if they choose to do so.

A brilliant film such as this should be shown in every classroom and home as we struggle with the notion of forgiveness, human failure, and religious faith. All of these questions emerge from the encounter of these two men who deep inside are filled with loneliness and grief. Rosh Hashanah leaves open for them a new beginning in faith as it will for you.