Join Boston Jewish Film for a virtual screening of “American Birthright” and enjoy a pre-recorded Q&A with director and film subject Becky Tahel included with the purchase of a ticket. (Available to Massachusetts residents only with a valid address.)
“American Birthright” is a feature-length documentary that follows an Israeli American’s grapple with religion, love and identity after her younger sister marries outside the faith. Becky journeys to carve out her identity as an Israeli immigrant in Los Angeles by consulting a handful of rabbis, religious experts, mentors and family around her initial question: “Should I marry Jewish?”
What she finds changes her initial question to, “Why be Jewish?” and shifts the very course of her life. “American Birthright” isn’t a solely Jewish story—Becky gives an authentic voice to those struggling to fit in, find their purpose and identity, and own their individuality in a world that begs assimilation.
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