Temple Israel and JCC of Ridgewood will present the film Beaufort on Sunday, February 28, at 7:00 p.m. Rabbi David J. Fine, spiritual leader of Temple Israel, will lead a discussion following the film screening. The film showing and discussion are open to the public, and there is a $5.00 suggested donation to cover costs and refreshments.

Beaufort tells the true story of Liraz Liberti, a 22-year-old outpost commander, and his troops in the months before Israel pulled out of Lebanon in the year 2000. This is not a story of war, but of retreat. This is a story with no enemy, only an amorphous entity that drops bombs from the skies while terrified young soldiers must find a way to carry out their mission until their very last minutes on a mountaintop. As Liraz lays the explosives which would destroy the very same structure that his friends had died defending, he witnesses his soldiers’ mental and physical disintegration and the collapse of all he’s been taught as an officer.

This film presentation is co-sponsored by Temple Israel’s Israel Action Committee and Adult Education Committee.