Mon, Sep 09
|Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut
4:30pm Mon. “Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel”
A stirring story of sports, patriotism and personal growth, Heading Home charts the underdog journey of Israel's national baseball team competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic.
Time & Location
Sep 09, 2019, 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM
Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut, 444 Main St N, Southbury, CT 06488, USA
About the event
“Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel”
4:30pm
86 min Directed by Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, and Jeremy Newberger
USA / Israel / Japan / South Korea, 2018 Trailer: https://youtu.be/GmILVsxSKEs
A stirring story of sports, patriotism and personal growth, Heading Home charts the underdog journey of Israel's national baseball team competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic. After years of defeat, Team Israel is finally ranked among the world's best in 2017, eligible to compete in the prestigious international tournament. Their line-up included several Jewish American Major League players―Ike Davis, Josh Zeid and ex-Braves catcher Ryan Lavarnway―most with a tenuous relationship to Judaism, let alone having ever set foot in Israel. Their odyssey takes them from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem where they are greeted as heroes, to Seoul where they must debunk their has-been, wannabe reputations. With their Mensch on the Bench mascot by their side, the team laughs, cries, and does much soul-searching, discovering the pride of representing Israel on the world stage.