The Northern Hills Men's Club is excited to be sponsoring a series of Jewish films to be shown by member Frank Kearly. Frank has a collection of documentary and fictional films, many gleaned from the catalogues of past Jewish film festivals, that he is able to share with our community. Many of the films in his collection are made by his son, Philip Shane, a documentary film maker. 

This month's movie is "The Yankles," a light comedy about an orthodox yeshiva's baseball team's struggles.

The Rosh yeshiva (rabbinical dean) of an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva decides that the school should have a baseball team to compete in the college league. Elliot (Michael Buster), one of the students with a background in minor league baseball, is able to convince Charlie Jones (Brian Wimmer), a former major league player who had been imprisoned as a result of DUI convictions—and now has to perform almost 200 hours of community service—to coach the team. As he coaches the team, he gives the players "a new measure of skill and confidence," as they help him regain his self-respect.