My community is getting ready for the annual Columbus Jewish Film Festival, but a local theater is beating it to the punch with one of the most powerful Holocaust-related documentaries you’re likely to see this year.

Among Neighbors, directed by Yoav Potash (Crime After Crime), is about the tragic and lasting effects World War II had on the town of Gniewoszów, Poland. The film is at once a history lesson, a tale of survival and a portrait of humanity at its best and its absolute worst.

It’s also a mystery, one whose solution isn’t provided until the film’s final moments.

Because the documentary does so much, and because Potash waits so long to connect seemingly disparate parts, it sometimes comes off as disjointed. But the dramatic end justifies the director’s suspense-building means, and the film is never less than compelling along the way.  

Using a combination of contemporary interviews, archival footage and eloquent hand-drawn animation, Potash introduces us to Gniewoszów both past and present.

Sunday, December 21, 6:15pm, potluck at 6:30pm
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.

We LOVE to gather together to relax and celebrate each other!

This year, the potluck falls on the Winter Solstice! What better way to acknowledge the date, celebrate with friends (new and old), and find community than to come to the Care and Share Time Bank (CSTB) potluck and Variety Show? And what a great way to uplift your friends and neighbors than to share your talents? It is a relaxing, low-key way for us all to share with each other. In the past, people have shared poetry and reading selections, songs (both voice and instrumental), and short skits (and more!) Wouldn't you please come and help us relax this holiday?

SB 172 would require all public officials (state and local) to allow all immigration-related arrests with or without a warrant, even if the person is only “suspected” of being undocumented. It has passed the Senate and is moving in the House Public Safety Committee. 

Ohio lawmakers will vote this Wednesday October 29 on
Ohio House Bill 188 which calls for investing $10 million of
our tax money into Israeli bond. That means if the bill
passes, Ohio taxpayers would have effectively loaned
Israel $10 to use how it sees fit.

Therefore, I want my Ohio State Rep. to vote against Ohio
House bill 188 that could be used to fund the current
Israeli genocide with my tax money.

I should note here that on November 21, 2024, the
International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants
for two senior Israeli officials, Benjamin Netanyahu, the
Crime Minister of Israel, and Yoav Gallant, the former War
Minister of Israel, for the war crime of starvation as a
method of warfare and the crimes against humanity of
murder.

The Republicans who control state government in Ohio
have a deep political and ideological affinity for Israel.
Ohio politicians regularly get free propaganda trips to

Israel paid by the Israeli lobby to meet with Israeli officials
and offer statements of support for Israel.