“… And I shall give them in My house and within My walls a memorial and a name [Yad Vashem]… that shall not be cut off.” Isaiah, 56:5

I received an email from Michele Ohayon in Jerusalem that STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME did indeed win the Yad Vashem Chairman's Award for a Holocaust-related film at the Jerusalem Film Festival. Yad Vashem is Isreal's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is the largest Holocaust Museum in the world. The museum has a great website. Visit it now.



Museum Grounds
Photo courtesy of Stahlkocher

I am very honored to be associated with this film and all those who worked on it.

To all my New York friends or people who will be in the Big Apple at the end of July, my latest score, MADE IN LA, will be shown July 26 at 3pm with an additional screening July 29 at the New York Latino Film Festival. Oye chicos, ven a gozar la musica!

It will also air September 4th on PBS. More on that later.

The remarkable story of love found in a concentration camp during World War II, STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME, will be screened at the Jerusalem International Film Festival Thursday, July 12 and Saturday July 14th. it is part of "The Jewish Experience" category and has also been nominated to for the Yad Vashem Chairman's Award for Artistic Achievement in a Holocaust-related film. We'll see what happens.


Ina and Jacob Pollack