Event Date: October 22, 2024
Repairing the World: A Community Screening & Conversation
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Staff
WITF will host a free community screening of Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life followed by an expert-led conversation around issues raised in the film.
Tuesday, October 22 • 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Mukund S. Kulkarni Theater
at Penn State Harrisburg in the Student Enrichment Center
777 W. Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057
Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life documents the Pittsburgh community’s powerful response to hate in the aftermath of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
Through the voices of survivors, family members of the victims, diverse Pittsburgh residents and civic leaders, the film shows unity in a moment of crisis, the resilience of a vibrant city, and a community working together to understand what it means to be “stronger than hate.”
The expert-led community conversation following the screening will focus on issues raised by the film, such as understanding extremism, hate speech and antisemitism, and exploring the Pittsburgh community’s response and healing following the violence.
This event will be held at the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre at Penn State Harrisburg in the Student Enrichment Center. Get driving directions, parking instructions and a campus map on the Penn State Harrisburg website.
Prior to the screening, you are invited to explore a United States Holocaust Memorial Museum poster exhibition titled “State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda.” This exhibit, in the Linda Schwab Reading Room, can be accessed via the Madlyn L. Hanes Library, which is just across the quad from the Kulkarni Theater.
Repairing the World: A Community Screening & Conversation is supported by:
School of Humanities and Center
for Holocaust and Jewish Studies
