"Heading Home: Team Israel!" D-Backs' media-liason Josh Rawitch at LA Jewish Film Fest '18 premiere
Channel: Jew Tube
Date: 2019-09-06

http://JewTube.Info   At the Los Angeles premier of "Heading Home: Team Israel!" Josh Rawitch, VP, Communications with the MLB Arizona Diamondbacks, discusses his experience serving in Media Relations when Team Israel competed in the World Baseball Classic division tournament in 2017 in South Korea. Recorded April 29, 2018 in Encino, Calif.

A stirring story of sports, patriotism and personal growth, HEADING HOME charts the underdog journey of Israels national baseball team competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic. After years of defeat, Team Israel finally ranks among the worlds best in 2017, eligible to play in the prestigious international tournament. Their line-up included several Jewish American Major League players - Ike Davis, Josh Zeid and ex-Braves catcher Ryan Lavarnway- most with a tenuous relationship to Judaism, and never having set foot in Israel. Their odyssey takes them from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem where they are greeted as heroes, to Seoul where they must debunk their has-been, wannabe reputations. As their Mensch on a Bench mascot tags along, the team does much soul-searching, discovering the pride of representing Israel on the world stage.

Movie was directed by Daniel Miller, Jeremy Newberger, Seth Kramer.

Q&A with Jenn Decker, wife of Cody Decker and former journalist for Sports Illustrated & Josh Rawitch, Vice President, Communications of the Arizona Diamondbacks, formerly of the Los Angeles Dodgers.