Library to Host Free Screening of Holocaust Documentary

The Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library will host a free screening of a documentary that focuses on a Holocaust survivor from Cedarhurst who returns to the concentration camp where he was held.

The film, The Lion of Judah, shows Leo Zisman, 81, sharing his firsthand experience and memories with a group of young Jews as they visit concentration camps that include Auschwitz, a mass grave for 40,000 Jews in Warsaw and the Warsaw Ghetto. Woodmere resident Matt Mindell, the executive director of the Jewish Enrichment Center in Manhattan, directed the film.

The documentary will be presented free of charge in the Gold Hall of the library on Wednesday, April 24, at 7 p.m. A question and answer segment will follow. Zisman will also have autographed copies of his book, I Believe — Ani Ma’amin, available for purchase with all proceeds going to support the JCC’s Holocaust Survivors Program.

The Five Towns Community Chest and Jewish Community Center of the Greater Five Towns are sponsoring the event.