Celia Gurevitch Jewish Community Library

I spent about 20 minutes before the show trying to hook up the projector, so we could watch the movie on big screen. I was only half successful: the image came in fine I could even make it sharp. However the built-in speakers in the projector had dismally low volume. I tried to use the TV-set’s speakers but no sound came out of them unless the picture was coming through there as well. So I gave up and we ended up watching the movie on the TV itself.  As it was twelve of us (including two people who visited the synagogue the very first time) we sat in 3 and half rows. I admit that the volume sometimes was not loud enough in the back row, even after I cranked it to the maximum.

The Believer was clearly the most disturbing movie we’ve seen in the series so far. When it was over there were a few minutes of shocked silence.  Then we asked and answered a few clarifying questions about the plot itself. We also tried to talk about the emotionally charged issue of the capacity for evil within every one of us and questioned from where we can get the courage and power to fight it. These were just some of the tough questions the movie raised in us.