Virtual Cinema: The Tattooed Torah

The Miami Jewish Film Festival and The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, and the Holocaust Teacher Institute at the University of Miami are proud to announce their fifth annual Screening the Holocaust Film Series.

The program kicks-off on Sunday, January 31 at 2pm with a special presentation of the award-winning animated film "The Tattooed Torah," which features narration from television legend Ed Asner. The virtual event will also include a panel discussion with Ed Asner, director Marc Bennett, producer Lisa Effress, writer Brett Kopin, illustrator Martin Lemelman, and USC Shoah educator Lesley Culp, which will be moderated by Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, the founder and director of the Holocaust Teacher’s Institute.

Based on the beloved children's book of the same name, "The Tattooed Torah" details the harrowing and inspirational story of a Torah rescued during the Holocaust, eventually finding a new home at a day school in the United States.