The Women's Balcony
When:
Sunday, Feb 11, 2024 2:00p -
4:00p
Sunday, Feb 11, 2024 2:00p -
4:00p
Where:
Temple Israel Boston
477 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02215
Admission:
$5
Hosted by:
Categories:
Festivals & Fairs, Good for Groups, Movies, Rainy Day Ideas
Event website:
https://www.tfaforms.com/5101004?tfa_7=701VK000003G7gX
A Film by Shlomit Nehama and Emil Ben-Shimon
Israel, 2016
Language: Hebrew with subtitles
Genre: Comedy, Drama
96 minutes
New York Times & Los Angeles Times CRITICS PICK
Israel's #1 Film of the Year 2016
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
When the women’s balcony in an Orthodox synagogue collapses, leaving the rabbi’s wife in a coma and the rabbi in shock, the congregation falls into crisis. Charismatic young Rabbi David appears to be a savior after the accident, but slowly starts pushing his fundamentalist ways and tries to take control. This tests the women’s friendships and creates an almost Lysistrata-type rift between the community’s women and men.
