Exclusive US screening of the original Israeli version!

Comments and a Q&A after the film with Dr. Seth Schwartz, the Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization at Columbia University

Jerusalem in 66CE is a powder keg about to explode. Factions of Zealots escalate social divisions into civil war while the Roman army gathers outside the city’s walls, ready to annihilate everything and everyone in its path. This widely seen and widely discussed 2021 Israeli film, just now beginning to screen in the US, recreates a foundational moment in Jewish History using 1,500 original paintings by David Polonsky and Michael Faust, the artists behind the Oscar-nominated Waltz with Bashir, and a voice cast of iconic Israeli movie stars (including Shuli Rand, Ze’ev Revach, Moni Moshonov, and Yael Abecassis). Legend of Destruction looks 2,000 years into the past and finds timely warnings for the future of Israel and the Jewish people.

Doors open at 6:30pm

93 minutes – Hebrew with English subtitles
This film includes strobe lighting effects and historically accurate violence. Viewer discretion is advised for those sensitive to either.

All tickets $15 – Advance Registration Encouraged

The 2024 J-Films season is supported by the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation