Ido Port and Alfred Molina in The Little Traitor

This year’s community Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration will be held on Wednesday, April 29 from 5:30-9 p.m. at Temple Israel. In addition to food for purchase from Bernstein’s Fine Catering, carnival games, face painting, and craft activities for children, the DJCC’s Dayton Jewish International Film Festival will present a screening of The Little Traitor. Set in Palestine in 1947 a few months before Israeli statehood, the film is based on the novel Panther in the Basement by Israeli author Amos Oz. Its focus is an unlikely friendship between the 12-year-old “Proffy” Liebowitz (Ido Port), who wants the British out of Palestine, and British Sergeant Dunlop (Alfred Molina). Sponsors of the Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration are the DJCC; the Jewish Federation; the Dayton Jewish International Film Festival; the Synagogue Forum: Beth Abraham Synagogue, Beth Jacob Synagogue, Temple Beth Or, Temple Israel; and Hillel Academy.