FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18

Cast a Giant Shadow

Services at 6:30 PM
Movie at 7:45 PM
Refreshments will be served

Colonel David Mickey Marcus was a

Jewish-American military officer, lawyer,
Commissioner of the New York City
Department of Correction, commander
of the fledgling Israeli Defense Forces
during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and a
member of Union Temple.
Cast a Giant Shadow tells the story of
Colonel Marcuss efforts to prepare Israeli
troops to defend the newly declared state against the invasion of its Arab neighbors. Many
of the soldiers under his command, newly arrived in Israel, were determined and enthusiastic, but untrained. The cast includes Kirk Douglas as Colonel Marcus, Yul Brynner, John
Wayne, Michael Douglas, Angie Dickinson and Frank Sinatra.

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