"The Nudelmans..." Gets Jump-Started

Yikes! After a few tenuous weeks of negotiations with the Friends of B'Nai Abraham Synagogue (in Virginia, Minnesota, pictured, left) about whether we might be allowed to film a crucial scene there with our eponymous hero, 'Ari Nudelman,' I was suddenly informed today that not only can we film there, but we might want to do it before February 20th, since that's when contractors are coming in to put up scaffolding and start the renovation process. Argh!! The whole point of the scene is that the synagogue has fallen into (melancholy and heartbreaking) disrepair. Workers busily restoring it to its former grandeur would just not fit that dramatic mood. So I guess it's over-drive production planning. Not to mention writing, since the scene at B'Nai Abraham is not yet written. And is Ari even available? Not to mention the rest of the cast and crew? Stay tuned for the next exciting installment of "The Nudelmans of Beaver Bay - Can They Do It?" - the making-of documentary that's being made even before the film itself.

(B'Nai Abraham will look slightly different when we're there Sunday to film, given the foot of snow and below-zero temperatures up north.)