LA Screening of ‘Repairing The World’
In collaboration with IKAR and Samara Hutman's The Righteous Conversations Project, we gathered to watch the new NIOT film Repairing the World: Stories from The Tree of Life. What followed was a deeply meaningful conversation about unity, resilience, and hope featuring: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Congressman Adam Schiff, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Executive Director of NewGround, Aziza Hasan, and the film's director Patrice O'Neill. The discussion, moderated by Rabbi Brous, centered on the alarming rise in antisemitic and anti-minority incidents, coupled with the gun violence epidemic in the US. The panelists emphasized the need for unity and resilience to combat hate and violence.
Congressman Schiff poignantly reflected on the film and the coming together of different communities, saying, “I expected to be traumatized by reliving what happened in Pittsburgh and it certainly was traumatizing, but I didn't expect to be so uplifted. The images of communities coming together...it was just so uplifting.” He also cited Martin Luther King Jr., "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can, and hate cannot drive out hate, only love can,” highlighting the importance of not waiting for tragedies to unite communities in love and support.
