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Main Title Trembling before G-d /
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Dubowski, Sandi Simcha.
Smolowitz, Marc.
Ashkinazy, Shlomo.
Greenberg, Steven,
Lopes Cardozo, Nathan T.
Mark, Naomi.
Riskin, Shlomo,
Meir Weil, Yaakov.
Leitner, David W.
Zorn, John,
Korda, Susan.
Publisher New Yorker Video,
Year Published 2003
OCLC Number 52891996
ISBN 1567303218; 9781567303216
Subjects Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Judaism ; Jewish gays ; Orthodox Judaism--Doctrines ; Hasidim--Doctrines ; Homosexualidad--Aspectos religiosos--JudaĆ­smo ; Gay/lesbian ; Documentary
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://www.tremblingbeforeg-d.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278102/
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/trembling_before_g_d
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified
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Status
EJAM LGBTQ BM729.H65 T743 2003 Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA 04/07/2022
Edition Letterboxed.
Collation 2 videodiscs (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. Shot on location in Israel, New York City, London, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco. 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.
Contents Notes
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. Disc 1. Feature -- disc 2. Special features.