Chabad of Flamingo Hosts Third Annual Film Festival
CANADA — Nearly 200 people filled the mezzanine of the darkened stunning sanctuary/auditorium in Chabad at Flamingo for the third annual Flamingo Film Festival.
This year, the featured film screened was a modified version of Jewish Educational Media’s recent documentary “Faithful + Fortified.” On hand were executive producer Rabbi Elkana Shmotkin, JEM’s director, Rabbi Yechiel Cagen, director of the “My Encounter With The Rebbe” Project and Moshe Levy, an Israeli War Hero – one of only 40 people ever to receive Israel’s highest military honour, Gibor Yisrael.
Film was interspersed with brief comments by Chabad @ Flamingo’s Spiritual Leader, Rabbi Mendel Kaplan as well as the Film’s Producer Rabbi Shmotkin.
The climax of the evening unfolded as the film drew to a close with Moshe movingly recounting his life-altering meeting with the Rebbe in 1975, spotlights dramatically revealed Moshe Levy standing on a stage in front of the surprised audience, who responded with a standing ovation.
Moshe, who lost his right arm in the Yom Kippur War, told the assembled about growing up as a war orphan and about ardent desire for peace, but stated that it must come out of strength not G-d forbid weakness. In deference to a request made, he told the incredible story of the climatic battle that cost him his arm, and nearly his life but earned him Israel’s Medal of Courage.
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Wow, it is soo inspireing to see this hero togeather with the beautiful work of the shluchim and JEM.Hashem bless them and all of Klall Yisroel.
Leibel Kaplan is the Best!!
go leibel – chabad @ flamingo needs you!!!!!!
Go Leibel!
Leibel you look great! So proud of your good work for Chabad Flamingo. (Shmully you’re also a great Shliach and we’re so proud of you too! and the rest of the wonderful mishpocha.
Crown Heights
Rabbi Kaplan or should i say Rebbetzin Kaplan do it again!! we’re proud!
Shmuli K
i spy habochur hatomim Shmuli Kaplan sitting in the audience.
GO SHMULI AND LEIBEL and the gantze mishpacha!
Photos show the crowd
Too bad there wasn’t a crowd. Why so many empty seats? There was no more than three dozen people there.