Fresh from a standing ovation at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, the award-winning Praying with Lior introduces Lior Liebling, who has Down Syndrome and has spent his entire life praying with utter abandon. Is he a “spiritual genius” or the vessel that contains everyone’s unfulfilled wishes and expectations?

Depending on who is speaking, Lior is simultaneously a burden, a best friend, an inspiration and an embarrassment; but all agree, he is close to God. As Lior approaches his bar mitzvah and different characters provide a window into lives spent “praying with Lior,” the film poses difficult questions, such as “What is ‘disability’” and “Who really talks to God?” Whoever it is, this is a not-to-be-missed, divinely inspired story


Special Guest Appearance May 14th at Commerce and May 15 at Ann Arbor, by Ilana Trachtman, director of Praying With Lior: Join us for an illuminating discussion about hope, community, and what exactly it means to “talk to God.” You won’t want to miss this fascinating, important event.