TONIGHT in Baltimore - FREE SCREENING of Film 'Narrow Bridge"

FREE SCREENING of ‘NARROW BRIDGE’

Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at 6:00 PM
NO SEATS LEFT - Your name can be put on a waiting list to see if someone cancels.
Sponsored by The Awareness Center: 443-857-5560
Pikesville Library, 1301 Reisterstown Rd., Pikesville, MD


Following the film will be a panel discussion lead by:

• Vicki Polin, MA, NCC, LCPC - Executive Director, The Awareness Center, Inc.

• Mesa Leventhal Baker, MD - Medical Director, Baltimore Child Abuse Center

• Senator James Brochin - District 42, Baltimore County

• Murray Levin, JD - Photographer, Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse, and Advocate for Legislative Changes.

• Israel Moskovitz - Director/writer/Composer and Plays “Daniel Schneider ” in the film ‘Narrow Bridge’

• Bob Russell - Legislative Coordinator, SNAP-MD (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests)

• Joyanna Silberg, PhD - Coordinator of Trauma Disorder Services for Children at Sheppard Pratt Hospital

This is your chance to catch the controversial, acclaimed film that has been making waves in the Orthodox Jewish community. it is the first film of its kind to break the silence on the issue of sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community.

Daniel Schneider is a 21-year-old Orthodox Jewish college student who falls in love with fellow classmate, Rachel Goldstein. Rachel notices that Daniel is mysteriously reluctant to talk about his life before college and his hometown, where he has not visited for four years. As his relationship with Rachel develops, Daniel uncovers long-repressed memories of how he was sexually abused by his rabbi at twelve years old. His dark secret begins to distance the two of them and as Daniel refuses to confront his feelings, he watches his life as he knows it slowly unravel before his eyes. Daniel begins to question where he stands with his family, community, fiancé, and G-d. Narrow Bridge is an exploration of the power of love and faith amid trials, both human and divine.

This event is sponsored by The Awareness Center, Inc., which is the international Jewish Coalition Against Sexual Abuse/Assault. For more information call: 443-857-5560