The Women's Balcony(2016)
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
Movie: The Women's Balcony
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Aaron
Nissan
Rabbi David
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