The Spy Behind Home Plate

July 29, 2020
Major League Baseball is returning in July, so what better time to join the Mittleman Jewish Community Center and the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education online to screen The Spy Behind Home Plate.

The feature-length documentary by Aviva Kempner tells the true story of Morris “Moe” Berg, the enigmatic and brilliant Jewish baseball player turned spy. Berg caught and fielded in the major leagues during baseball’s Golden Age in the 1920s and 1930s. But very few people know that Berg also worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), spying in Europe and playing a prominent role in America’s efforts to undermine the German atomic bomb program during WWII.

Stream the film on either July 26-27 and join us on July 29 at 6:30 pm for a Zoom discussion of the film led by Edward Hershey, sports lover and author of The Scorekeeper, which was a finalist for the 2018 Oregon Book Award for general nonfiction.

Ticket Cost: $5.00 for the film and discussion | Register by Friday, July 24.

Click here to register.

The link to stream the film and invitation to join the discussion will be provided after you register.

This event is co-sponsored by the Mittleman Jewish Community Center and Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education.
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