Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Salita vs Sharansky
photo@Chabad.info
World famous champion Jewish boxer, Dimitry Salita spent the morning davening in 770 along with his beloved rabbi, the Rebbe’s Shliach to Flatbush Rabbi Zalmen Liberow. The pair was accompanied by a television crew who filmed the boxer as he davened and shook the Lulav and Esrog. Chabad.info
“Where God & Glory Touch Gloves””The greatest Jewish fighter since Samson,” proclaims a handmade sign held aloft in the crowd as junior welterweight boxer Dmitriy Salita enters the ring for a climactic bout in Jason Hutt’s new documentary film “Orthodox Stance.” NYsun
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10 Announcement:Question & Answer SessionWith ORTHODOX STANCE director Jason Hutt and prize fighter D. Salita.Saturday January 26 after the 7:00 pm showSunday January 27th after the 3:20pm show.cinemavillage.com
ORTHODOX STANCE is director Jason Hutt’s winning portrait of Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita, the boxing phenomenon whose pugilistic intensity is matched only by his commitment to Orthodox Judaism. The son of Ukrainian emigres, Dmitriy rose to prominence in Brooklyn’s urban boxing gyms, won the prestigious New York Golden Gloves amateur title and soon turned […]