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      • AMC Easton Town Center 30 with Dine-in Theatres 5.67 mi 275 Easton Town Center, Columbus, OH, 43219
      • AMC CLASSIC Grove City 14 8.40 mi 4218 Buckeye Pkwy, Grove City, OH, 43123
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    • 'Ezra' brings autism representation to the big screen
    • When: 'Ezra' is in theaters May 31.
    • What to know: Bobby Cannavale stars as a divorced dad and comedian who takes his autistic son, Ezra, on a road trip.
    • Ezra is played by first-time actor William A. Fitzgerald, who is also autistic.
    • Editor-reporter Laura Clark noted that the script, written by Tony Spiridakis, is inspired by his own experience as the father of a neurodivergent son.
    • Robert De Niro stars as the boy's grandfather. Rose Byrne, Whoopi Goldberg and director Tony Goldwyn also round out the cast.
    • Why I’ll be watching: Summer is the perfect time to watch a road trip movie, of course. I’m also thrilled to see autism representation onscreen.
    • — Kelsey Weekman
    • May 29, 2024
  3. en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › EzraEzra - Wikipedia

    Ezra or Esdras (/ ˈ ɛ z r ə /; Hebrew: עֶזְרָא, ʿEzrāʾ; fl. 480–440 BCE), also called Ezra the Scribe (עֶזְרָא הַסּוֹפֵר ‎ ʿEzrāʾ hasSōfēr) in Chazalic literature and Ezra the Priest, was an important Jewish scribe and priest in the early Second Temple period.

  4. Oct 9, 2023 · The major themes of the book of Ezra include: God’s desire to reclaim His people ; The need for believers to commit to Godly living; God’s Word as the foundation of a righteous life ; Why We Should We Read Ezra. Reading the book of Ezra, as well as the corresponding books, provides us with a comprehensive historical account of that period.

  5. New International Version. Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return. 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing: 2 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: “‘The ...

  6. Mar 21, 2022 · Who Was Ezra? Ezra was the second of three key leaders to lead a remnant of Jewish exiles back to Jerusalem as prophesied by the prophet Jeremiah. This return happened in three stages.

  7. 10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel. Artaxerxes’ Letter for Ezra. 11 This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel: c. 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings.

  8. Jan 4, 2022 · Ezra was a scribe and priest sent with religious and political powers by the Persian King Artaxerxes to lead a group of Jewish exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem ( Ezra 7:8, 12 ). Ezra condemned mixed marriages and encouraged Jews to divorce and banish their foreign wives.

  9. The books of Ezra and Nehemiah relate how God's covenant people were restored from Babylonian exile to the covenant land as a theocratic (kingdom of God) community even while continuing under Gentile rule. The major theological themes of this account are: The restoration of Israel from exile was God's doing.

  10. May 22, 2024 · Ezra (flourished 5th–4th century bce, Babylon and Jerusalem) was a religious leader of the Jews who returned from exile in Babylon, a reformer who reconstituted the Jewish community on the basis of the Torah Law (the regulations outlined in the first five books of the Hebrew Bible ).

  11. Aug 3, 2022 · Who was Ezra? Old Testament texts mention him, and a biblical book bears his name, but Erza remains a mysterious figure to most. While the post-Exilic period (late sixth–fifth centuries B.C.E.) is an often overlooked time in ancient Israel’s history, it is one filled with many intriguing people and events, including the figure of Ezra.

  12. Apr 24, 2022 · Ezra, whose name means “help”, was a priest, a scribe, a teacher, and a member of the remnant of Israel who’d been taken into captivity by the Babylonian Empire, which later fell to the Persians.

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