Events
Student-produced documentary ‘Vital Passage’ to be screened Sept. 23 in Elkhart
The feature-length documentary “Vital Passage,” filmed and edited by Goshen College students and faculty last year, will be shown at the Lerner Theatre in Elkhart on Thursday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 p.m. This screening is free, but seats must be reserved through The Lerner.
The film chronicles the amazing story of David Plaut and his son, Sidney, Jewish merchants in Goshen, who risked their business and livelihood to provide a passage for Jews escaping the Holocaust.
“Vital Passage” chronicles the efforts of a Goshen family to sponsor and relocate 28 Jewish refugees amid mounting German persecution during World War II. The discovery of a lockbox hidden in the basement of the former Plaut’s Dry Goods store on Main Street in Goshen unlocked a 75-year-old family secret: the Plaut family’s readiness to risk their business to provide safe passage for others.
Read more about “Vital Passage”
For the past four years, a team of faculty and students from FiveCore Media, the Goshen College Communication Department’s video production company, has been developing this extraordinary story that, up until now, was not public.
Thu Aug 28, 7:30pm
Special Premiere Screening: “Cora Dale: A Rediscovered Harmony”
Goshen College and FiveCore Media will present a new documentary, ‘Cora Dale: A Rediscovered Harmony,’ to open the River Bend Film Festival.Fri Sep 12, 7:30pm
Performing Arts Series: Mariachi Los Camperos
In its first performance of the 2025-26 season, the Goshen College Performing Arts Series will host Los Angeles-based Mariachi Los Camperos in Sauder Concert Hall on Friday, September 12 at 7:30 p.m.
