The 20th Annual Israel Film Festival has been touring the U.S., beginning in Los Angeles from April 29 to May 13. Since all the Festival films were subtitled, it was a perfect opportunity for the Deaf Community. Wilda Spalding, President and Founder of the International Human Rights Consortium (IHRC/CIDH) – a USA/Swiss registered non-governmental organization – contacted Paul Fagen, the Festival’s Program Director, and convinced him to offer complimentary tickets to members of the Deaf community in Los Angeles. Members and friends of Temple Beth Solomon of the Deaf (TBS) viewed “The Silence”, a film about Almo, an Ethiopian boy who loses his hearing and gains a new perspective on the world. The Israel Film Festival concluded recently in Miami.