Trembling before G-d = Le-fanekha bi-reʻadah /
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Imprint: | [New York] : New Yorker Video, c2003. |
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Description: | 2 videodiscs (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Language: | English Hebrew Yiddish |
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Format: | DVD Video E-Resource |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5609945 |
Varying Form of Title: | Trembling before God Le-fanekha bi-reʻadah |
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Other title: | Tomboychik. |
Other authors / contributors: | Dubowski, Sandi Simcha. Greenberg, Steven, 1956 June 19- Simcha Leib Productions. Turbulent Arts (Firm) Keshet Broadcasting. Pretty Pictures (Firm) Cinephil, Ltd. New Yorker Video (Firm) |
ISBN: | 1567303218 |
Notes: | "16/9, compatible 4/3, letterboxed"--Container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. Disc 2 contains: a 36 min. documentary about the film: Trembling on the road / directed and produced by Sandi Simcha Dubowski; a short film by the director: Tomboychik; Mark: the musical. Disc 2 contains special features: interview with the director; more interview footage with Rabbi Steve Greenberg, Rabbi Aron Tendler, Rabbi Aharon Feldman, Rabbi Meir Fund, Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin; a discussion of the opening scenes; a discussion among the facilitators of Petach Lev: the Trembling Before G-d Israeli Education Project; conversation with editor/creative collaborator Susan Korda; deleted scene; a discussion of the atonement ceremony for sexual sins; theatrical trailer; international resources, links, and glossary. Director of photography, David Leitner ; music, John Zorn. Shot on location in Israel, New York City, London, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco. DVD. In English, Hebrew and Yiddish with optional Hebrew, Yiddish and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English. |
Summary: | A documentary built around personal stories of gay and lesbian Hasidic and Orthodox Jews. Portrays people who face a profound dilemma - how to reconcile their passion for Judaism with the biblical prohibitions against homosexuality. Includes interviews with closeted and out gay Orthodox and Hasidic Jews, including the first openly gay Orthodox rabbis, Steven Greenberg. |
Standard no.: | 717119823344 |
Publisher's no.: | 82303 New Yorker Video |
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