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Premiere
November 9, 2019
Pirates Outreach Community Center
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
The premiere of Black Fire White Fire coincided with the anniversary of Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass). The widespread violence of Nov. 9-10, 1938 signaled an escalation in the Nazi reign of terror. The intention was to counteract that sad memory with remembrance and hope.
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Alan Pollak, Sara Nealy, and Kumu Keala Ching at the Kona Premiere
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MEDIA
New documentary about a Torah rescued from the ashes of the Holocaust Friday, October 18, 2019
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Documentary ‘Black Fire, White Fire’ tells the story of Holocaust Torah maintained by Kona Beth Shalom Friday, October 25, 2019
KAILUA-KONA — The story unfolded half way across the world, but landed here, in Kona.
The remarkable tale crosses thousands of miles and country borders before it settles in Hawaii — a journey that’s been captured in the documentary “Black Fire, White Fire”...
Island Conversations
with Sherry Bracken
Island Conversations #40 - Black Fire White Fire - the Kona Beth Shalom Torah
With Barry Blum and Sara Nealy
Aired November 3 at 6:30 a.m. KWXX (101.5 Kona, 94.7 Hilo) and 7 a.m. B97.1 Hilo and B93.1 Kona, and Friday Nov 8 at 8:30 a.m. on KPUA 670 AM in Hilo.
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