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RABBI FIRER: A REASON TO QUESTION
Thursday, March 18, 5:30 PM at CINERAMA THEATRE
Director(s): Amit Goren
Country: Israel
Year: 2008
Length: 58 MINUTES
Format: Beta | Feature
Language: Hebrew and English w/subtitles
About the Film
Hippocrates cautioned that, "The sick must battle both their illness and their doctors." Medical care has become an incomprehensible maze of specialists, doctors, opinions, experimental drugs and high-tech medical equipment. Nearly 150 patients a day seek assistance from Rabbi Elimelech Firer, a 54-year-old Orthodox Jew self-educated in medicine, to help navigate their way through the tangled web of treatment. He can change a patient's care with a single phone call, often to world-renowned experts in their fields. RABBI FIRER: A REASON TO QUESTION is a story about an exceptional rabbi who uses religious values and the power of knowledge to question the medical establishment. Admired by some and criticized by others, he remains a fascinating and unusual phenomenon.
PRINT SOURCE: Ruth Diskin Films Ltd.
WEBSITE: http://www.ruthfilms.com
IsraelPHONE: +972-2-5610094, +972-2-5669691
CONTACT:
Ruth Diskin, ruthdis@netvision.net.ilFILMS: Salonika, "City of Silence", RABBI FIRER: A REASON TO QUESTION, LEON - A NEW ENCOUNTER
Sponsors
NORTHWEST HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER
COMMUNITY PARTNER: Kline Galland Home/The Summit at First Hill & Northwest Yeshive High School
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