{"id":56102,"date":"2018-11-12T17:27:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T16:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=56102"},"modified":"2018-11-12T17:27:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T16:27:56","slug":"sterling-look-back-to-look-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=56102","title":{"rendered":"Sterling Look Back to Look Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

Film is one of the greatest narration tools when it comes to telling stories, particularly stories not so easily digestible. Take for example Back to Berlin,\u00a0<\/a>a film that traces eleven\u00a0Israeli bikers as they make the journey from\u00a0Israel\u00a0to the Berlin Olympic stadium – yes, the one most well known the as the\u00a0Waldb\u00fchne Stadion, the site of Hitler\u2019s infamous 1936 Berlin Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Part of the reason for travelling is to take the\u00a0Maccabiah torch from Israel to the infamous Berlin\u00a0site for the opening ceremony of the 2015 European Maccabiah Games. The\u00a0idea\u00a0is to connect with other Jewish people across Europe who could potentially be in the games – so it’s part PR and part soul-searching, and all\u00a0heartbreaking story telling.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Maccabiah Games, first held in 1932, are an international\u00a0Jewish\u00a0and Israeli\u00a0multi-sport event. It is the third-largest sporting event in the world, with 10,000 athletes competing.\u00a0The Maccabiah Games were declared a ‘Regional Sports Event’ by and under the auspices and supervision of the\u00a0International Olympic Committee\u00a0in 1961.<\/p>\n

These kosher motor-bikers are nine Israelis and two Jewish people of the Diaspora (those living outside Israel). They include photojournalists, a TV host, a physicist, a farmer, a surgeon, an inventor, an architect and an art dealer. Seven are descendants of Holocaust survivors, two of whom are actual survivors as well as two who are grandchildren of original 1930\u2019s Maccabiah Riders.\u00a0<\/span>This makes for quite the tale to tell, one that is actually easier to digest as each bikers story is told as they enter the relevant city. They also, of course, make a detour on the journey to visit\u00a0Auschwitz.<\/span><\/p>\n