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Sabbath Queen with Amichai Lau Lavie, Sandi DuBowski and Aimee Ginsburg Bikel

JL;DR SUMMARY "Sabbath Queen," a documentary by Sandi DuBowski, chronicles the life of Amichai Lau-Lavie, a figure navigating the intersection of traditional Jewish upbringing, queerness, and modern beliefs. 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 IdentityDocumentaryJewish SurvivalQueernessSabbath QueenAmichai Lau LavieLab/ShulStorahtellingSandi DubowskiAimee Ginsburg Bikel

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Israel
"Born into a distinguished orthodox Israeli family, Lau-Lavie became a drag queen, created innovative communities such as Storahtelling and New Yorks Lab/Shul, was ordained as a Conservative rabbi"
New York, United States
"Born into a distinguished orthodox Israeli family, Lau-Lavie became a drag queen, created innovative communities such as Storahtelling and New Yorks Lab/Shul, was ordained as a Conservative rabbi"

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