Work of My Hands, The

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Work of My Hands, The is a short film released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

09:25:48:28 CU woman open the Aron Hakodesh, or the Holy Ark, where the Torah is kept in synagogue; rabbi replaces two Torahs into the Ark.

09:26:10:12 Reform Jews pray in synagogue.

09:27:27:01 Man enters synagogue, and goes up to podium where rabbi would speak and pages through Torah and reads passage, closes book, is about to leave then suddenly turns back. Man looks around the Aron Ha-kodesh (Holy Ark) confused as if he heard something; man looks afraid and confused; walks toward camera then looks into it.

09:29:26:08 Mushroom cloud from atomic blast.

09:34:18:07 Two men in suits, one Black man with graying hair and the other White with graying hair sit at table with cups of coffee in wood paneled room talking. Black man smokes cigarette.

09:35:34:13 Pan up fire escape from dirty alley behind run-down building; clotheslines with clothes hanging are strung between buildings.

09:36:44:21 CU book cover spins into focus �Integration On Trial in the North by Jeanette Fields�; CU poster reads �Genocide� and in small print on bottom of page �A Call to Action Now�; CU paper spins into focus reads �Judaism in Action�; CU poster reads �Social Justice.�

09:37:18:15 CU sign �Moving to New Location 53rd St. Dorchester Public Cleaners.�

09:38:11:02 CU emaciated Jew lying on ground near death with disembodied head spread open over his chest.

09:41:49:16 VS Rabbi, Cantor and Young man carry Torah�s down aisle of Reform Synagogue followed by young woman and older woman.

09:42:50:02 MS from behind woman and man looking in at Torahs in the Aron Hakodesh (Holy Ark).

09:45:41:11 Bright atomic explosion and followed by formation of mushroom cloud.

09:53:21:11 Book spins into focus �Justice and Judaism: The Work of Social Action.�

09:54:05:18 Camera zooms in on cast iron door in submarine; round handle to door reads �To Seal Turn Right.�

09:54:25:18 VS of human suffering; crowd of starving Chinese trying to catch food in their hats; emaciated girl walks toward camera down street entirely demolished in bombings; emaciated woman lies on ground suffering.

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