We had originally scheduled "Golda" for this Jewsday Night at the Movies but we have the opportunity to show Code Name: Avalon and host its producer, Laurel Fairworth and couldn't pass up the opportunity! Following the movie, we'll have a Q & A with Fairworth and snacks will be served.

Code Name: Ayalon (documentary)
Tuesday, April 29 at 7:30 PM
2023 (United States), produced by Laurel Fairworth, and directed by Michael Lopatin

Rav Shai is bringing Laurel Fairworth, producer of the documentary,  Code Name Ayalon.
Code Name: Ayalon is the tale of 45 teenagers who toiled underground secretly manufacturing and smuggling the bullets used by freedom fighters on the front lines during Israel’s War of Independence. The factory hidden beneath a laundry facility was surrounded by enemies and discovery meant death. The courage of these young people changed the course of history. The ammunition plant at Ayalon was built in 1947, almost under the noses of the British, who had a nearby base. The site was a place where pioneers would go for training in kibbutz life before moving on to establish cooperatives around the country. Under the code name "the Ayalon Institute," a group of pioneers from the Hatzofim Aleph Scout movement and members of the Haganah dug a large underground chamber the size of a tennis court, 13 feet underground with nearly 2-foot-thick walls and ceiling. The entire project was completed in 22 days. To conceal the clandestine project, the Jews built housing, a dining hall, chicken coop, cow barn, workshops, a laundry, a bakery, and a vegetable garden to give the outward appearance of an ordinary kibbutz.