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'SABBATH QUEEN': What Does It Mean To Be a Jew?

JL;DR SUMMARY Sandi DuBowski's documentary, "SABBATH QUEEN," explores the complex journey of Amichai Lau-Lavie, a gay man from an Orthodox Israeli family with a history of 38 rabbis. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityOrthodox JudaismInterfaith MarriageFamily DynamicsProgressive JudaismLgbtq+Amichai Lau LavieLab/ShulStorahtellingSandi Dubowski

Places mentioned

Chicago, Illinois, United States
"The award-winning documentary SABBATH QUEEN will be screened on April 24th at the Doc 10 Film Festival in Chicago."
Israel
"My father was a Holocaust survivor who came to Israel in 1945."
New York, United States
"He moved to New York, met new friends who became like family, and became fully engaged in the LGBTQ+ community."
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