Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Sabbath Queen

2024 ∙ Documentary ∙ 105 minutes ∙ English, Hebrew, Yiddish ∙ Sandi Dubowski
Official Selection, 2024 Tribeca Festival

Filmed over 21 years, this documentary follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s epic
journey as the dynastic heir of thirty-eight generations of Orthodox rabbis.
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, G-d-optional, artists-driven, pop-up experimental congregation. The
film joins Rabbi Amichai on a lifelong and cinematic quest to creatively and
radically reinvent religion, ritual, and love for a challenging, rapidly
changing twenty-first century.

**CONTENT WARNING: harsh language, graphic archival footage**
**SPECIAL FEATURE**

**DISCUSSION**
Details to be announced.

**_Presenting Partner: Cincinnati Hillel and elech: Creating Queer Jewish
Belonging_**

** _The Mayerson JCC Jewish & Israeli Film Festival_** presents a diverse,
inspiring lineup of award-winning films and engaging, educational programming
that connects to Jewish and Israeli stories. **To see the whole 2025
lineup**(https://mayersonjccfilmfestival2025.eventive.org/schedule)

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