Legacy Fund Week 2 - Waskow on the Big Screen
Dear companions in love and justice,
Last week we launched the Reb Arthur Waskow Legacy Fund with a deep and powerful launch call. We shared our new Legacy Fund webpage, highlighted various components of our campaign, and in total we raised almost $60,000 towards our $500,000 goal.
That all happened during the first week of the Omer, a seven week period on the Jewish calendar during which we count the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot. Seven weeks between liberation and revelation. Between planting seeds and harvesting. Seven weeks that culminate in a covenant to forever con-spire with YHVH, the Interbreathing of All Life.
Because Reb Arthur has dedicated his life to serving YHVH and motivating us to do the same, each week of the Omer this year we will highlight a different component of the Legacy Fund.
Our hope is that these weekly updates give you meaningful insight into the diverse elements of our campaign, help you get to know Arthur better, give you a chance to learn more about the current and future work of The Shalom Center, inspire you to share your love with Arthur, and motivate you to invest in the future thriving of the prophetic Judaism that The Shalom Center has spent over four decades embodying and cultivating.
Waskow on the Big Screen
Give now to support the production of the Waskow biopic, and help us tell this incredible story of the people’s prophet.
Arthur’s life deserves to be documented. And we deserve to see his sweet punim on the big screen.
Yes, because of the incredible life he’s lived as an individual (and because his punim really is that sweet). But also because his life’s story is inseparable from the story of American Judaism, the Jewish social justice movement, Renewal Judaism, multifaith activism, and even the story of today.
So that’s what we’re doing.
In collaboration with Tikkun Olam Productions (Israelism, 2023), we are telling the story of Rabbi Arthur Waskow, the people’s prophet. And in so doing, we are contributing to the story of so much more.
Over the last year, we conducted interviews and put together a teaser. And in the coming year, with your financial support, we will produce a fuller-length film.
Watch the teaser here:
Give now to support the production of the Waskow biopic, and help us tell this incredible story of the people’s prophet.