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Sabbath Queen
Dir.: Sandi Dubowski | 105 minutes
Date Time Hall Event Code Tickets
29.12.24
19:00
Sunday 29.12.24 19:00 Cinematheque 1
2024-12-29 19:00:00 2024-12-29 22:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Sabbath Queen <p>Following the screening, panel discussion (In Heb.) with Filmmaker Sandi Dubowski, Rabbi Amichai Lau Lavie, Rabbi Benny Lau</p> Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
30.12.24
15:00
Monday 30.12.24 15:00 Cinematheque 3
2024-12-30 15:00:00 2024-12-30 18:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Sabbath Queen <p>Following the screening, panel discussion (In Eng.) with Filmmaker Sandi Dubowski and Rabbi Amichai Lau Lavie.<br />Moderated by: Shira Ben Sasson-Furstenberg, Associate Director, New Israel Fund </p> Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque

Sabbath Queen

USA 2024 | 105 minutes | English, Hebrew, Yiddish | Hebrew, English subtitles

Filmed over 21 years, SABBATH QUEEN follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s epic journey as the dynastic heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis including the Chief Rabbis of Israel. He is torn between rejecting and embracing his destiny and becomes a drag-queen rebel, a queer bio-dad, and the founder of Lab/Shul—an everybody-friendly, God-optional, artist-driven, pop-up experimental congregation. SABBATH QUEEN joins Amichai on a lifelong quest to creatively and radically reinvent religion and ritual, challenge patriarchy and supremacy, champion interfaith love, and stand up for peace. The film interrogates what Jewish survival means in a difficult rapidly changing 21st century.