J. Robert Oppenheimer may always be linked to the Manhattan Project and the atomic bomb, but after World War II, this brilliant scientist fell from the innermost circles of American science, and at the height of the Red Scare, the veil of suspicion fell over him. Accused of being a Soviet spy, racked by his own inner guilt over a weapon that changed history, Oppenheimer faced a trial that changed his life. (PBS)
Rabbi Paul Citrin joins us after the screening to discuss what rabbinic and contemporary Judaism say about warfare of mass destruction with some surprising insights.
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