The Migdal Chapter of Hadassah at North Shore Towers presents…
Hadassah Sponsors Long Island Premiere
of Stimulating Documentary
STORY BY LILLY COHEN
OPhotos by Judy Paris n May 3, “The Fight of Our
Lives: Defeating the Ideological
War Against the
West” was shown to an overflow
audience at Towers on the Green.
Award-winning director and producer
of three other films, Gloria
Greenfield, introduced her latest
production, following which she
led a discussion with the audience.
This provocative film offers a
series of interviews with wellknown
historians, thinkers, journalists
and commentators from
academic and human rights organizations
and think tanks; among
them Niall Ferguson, Ayaan Hirsi
Ali and Alan Dershowitz.
“The Fight of Our Lives” addresses
internal and external threats to
Western civilization and alerts us to
the dangers they pose to our future.
Among the many concerns raised
by the film are: Islamic extremists’
attacks on the failures of Western
culture; growing antisemitism; criticism
of Christian values; failure of
some universities to teach Western
values and traditions; universities
which teach students what to think,
rather than how to think.
In the follow-up discussion,
Greenfield pointed out that the
Towers audience had the advantage
of understanding the historical
context of developments today, having
witnessed the rise of Nazism
and Communism. Asked what we
as individuals can do, she urged
fighting back, and talking to our
children and grandchildren about
American history and our heritage,
and what a privilege it is to live in
the West. Ruth Wisse, a Harvard
professor interviewed in the film,
suggested, “What we need is the
preservation of moral confidence.
The world’s moral fiber is being
unwound.”
Standing room only
Director Greenfield at the podium
with Hadassah member Zona
Schreiber
888.838.0808 Toll Free 844-44-CARES Florida
34 NORTH SHORE TOWERS COURIER ¢ June 2018