BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:295@jewishlifect.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260111T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260111T113000 DTSTAMP:20260101T134609Z URL:https://jewishlifect.org/events/gwcjl-speaker-series-josh-aronson-prod ucer-director-and-author-orchestra-of-exiles-the-story-of-the-israel-philh armonic/ SUMMARY:GWCJL Speaker Series\, Josh Aronson\, Producer/Director and author . ORCHESTRA of EXILES\, The Story of the Israel Philharmonic DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \ ;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFilm producer and director Josh Aronson will speak about Orchestra of Exiles\, his\ndocumentary that tells the story of Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman\, who rescued\nnearly 1\ ,000 Jewish musicians from the Holocaust by bringing them to Palestine to\ nfound the orchestra that would become the Israel Philharmonic.\nYou may w onder -- who is Bronislaw Huberman? At the young age of fourteen\, Bronisl aw Huberman had played the Brahms Violin Concerto in Vienna -- winning hig h praise from the composer himself\, who was there. Instantly famous\, Hub erman then began touring all over the world and received invitations to pl ay for royalty in Europe. But after witnessing the tragedy of World War I\ , he committed his phenomenal talent and celebrity to aid humanity.\nFollo wing his studies at the Sorbonne in Paris\, Huberman  \;joined the ran ks of Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein in calling for peace through the P an-European movement. But when hope for their noble vision was destroyed b y the rise of Nazism\, Huberman began a crusade that would soon become his greatest legacy --  \;the creation in 1936 of the Palestine Symphony which would later become the Israel Symphony.\nFilm Director Aronson began his career as a still photographer for Time Life\, Aronson\, directing\nt elevision films and commercials. Through Aronson Films\, he directed MTV v ideos\,\ntelevision pilots and specials and over 500 commercials before tu rning to\ndocumentaries in 1999. Since then\, he has made many award-winni ng\ndocumentaries\, the latest of which is To Be of Service\, a feature do cumentary that\nexplores stories of veterans.\nMr Aronson will be sharing with us film highlights\, themes and stories that run through the film and how it took more than three years to complete among other things. Attende es may prefer to view the film in advance or following the presentation.&n bsp\;\nThe film features commentary from esteemed musicians like Joshua Be ll\, Itzhak Perlman and Zubin Mehta\, and explores\nHuberman’s transform ation from a focus on his career to a heroic effort to save lives\nand pre serve cultural heritage. It is available for streaming on VIMEO and APPLE TV.\nJoin us for what is sure to be another terrific Speaker Series event! \nWith gratitude to the RENE BLOCH FOUNDATION and Gloria and Martin Greens tein for their generous support.\n\n[gravityform id="3" title="true" descr iption="true"]\n\nThe mission of GWCJL (https://jewishlifect.org) is to es tablish a spiritual home and\nextended Jewish family for members who resid e in and around Litchfield County\, Ct. As\na religious group\, GWCJL stri ves to create a strong sense of connection and personal\nbelonging and to enrich our community with a variety of stimulating religious\, spiritual\, \ncultural and social experiences through which Judaism can be explored an d practiced\ncommunally. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR