Eliyahu Rips, a child prodigy from the Soviet Union, is the subject of this documentary. After attempting to set himself on fire in protest of the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, Rips was institutionalized for two years before becoming one of the world's most renowned mathematicians. Despite controversy, he remains dedicated to his research on encoded messages in the Torah.
Burning
Eliyahu Rips, a child prodigy from the Soviet Union, recounts his extraordinary life, including a dramatic self-immolation attempt at 20 years old to protest the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia on April 13, 1969.
