Mar

9 2024

B'nai Sholom to Screen Documentary "The Levys of Monticello"

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

B'nai Sholom Reform Congregation 420 Whitehall Road
Albany, NY 12208
(518) 482-5283
https://www.bnaisholomalbany.org/

Contact Emily Pickering
(518) 482-5283
office@bnaisholomalbany.org

$ Cost $ 5.00

B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation presents a screening of “The Levys of Monticello,” a documentary that tells the story of the remarkable family that saved the home of Thomas Jefferson. When he died in 1826, Jefferson left behind a mountain of personal debt, which forced his heirs to sell his beloved Monticello home and all its possessions. “The Levys of Monticello” tells the little-known account of the Levy family, which owned and carefully preserved Monticello for nearly a century, far longer than Jefferson or his descendants. The tale of the Levy family also intersects with the rise of antisemitism that runs throughout the course of American history.

Sponsor: B'nai Sholom Reform Congregation