“The Women’s Balcony” Film Screening

February 11, 2024 Boston $5.00
“The Women’s Balcony” (Courtesy photo)
“The Women’s Balcony” (Courtesy photo)

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.

A film by Shlomit Nehama and Emil Ben-Shimon, Israel, 2016, Hebrew with subtitles, 96 minutes.

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Fact Sheet
When
Sunday, February 11, 2024, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where
Temple Israel
477 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02215
Price
$5.00 per person

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