Arts + Ideas
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During the Weinstein JCC ’ s upcoming season of arts , culture and ideas , we will explore the many stories that make up our peoplehood-from all around the world to within our own community and everywhere in between . With online performances , art experiences , speaking events and film screenings , audiences will not only be entertained , but also engaged from the comfort of their homes .
For information on Arts & Ideas , contact Leslie McGuigan , Director of Cultural Arts , at 545-8644 or lmcguigan @ weinsteinjcc . org .
Virtual Season “ Front Row at the J ”
Sip & Learn Event with Raffi Berg Red Sea Spies : The True Story of Mossad ’ s Fake Diving Resort
Thursday , January 7 at 5:00 pm In partnership with Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia and Bender JCC of Greater Washington
“ Secret missions , brazen deceptions and thrilling , clandestine operations – Red Sea Spies has it all . But it has something more important , too – a genuine human mission that made a difference .” - David Hoffman , author of The Billion Dollar Spy
Watch the Netflix film , The Red Sea Diving Resort at your convenience and then meet the author of the book that inspired the film !
In the early 1980s on a remote part of the Sudanese coast , a new luxury holiday resort opened for business . Catering for divers , it attracted guests from around the world . Little did the holidaymakers know that the staff were undercover spies , working for the Mossad – the Israeli secret service .
Written in collaboration with operatives involved in the mission , endorsed as the definitive account and including an afterword from the commander who went on to become the head of the Mossad , this is the complete , never-before-heard , gripping tale of a topsecret and often hazardous operation .
Raffi Berg is the Middle East editor of the BBC News website , and has extensive experience reporting on Israel and the wider region . His article scratching the surface of this story was the most-read original feature in the history of the site , with more than 7 million readers to date .
Virtual Ticket : $ 10 ( FREE with purchase of Israeli Film Festival Pass ; included in Arts + Ideas subscription )
Go to weinsteinjcc . org / events to register .
Cultural Programming at the Weinstein JCC is supported in part by : The Sara D . November Art Program Endowment Fund and The Meno Lovenstein Cultural Arts Endowment Fund
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