Publication
[New York] : New Yorker Video, c2003. Responsibility: a film by Sandi Simcha Dubowski ; [presented by] Simcha Leib Productions and Turbulent Arts in association with Keshet Broadcasting, Ltd. (Israel) in co-production with Pretty Pictures (Paris) and Cinephil, Ltd. (Tel Aviv) ; produced by Sandi Simcha Dubowski and Marc Smolowitz in creative collaboration with and edited by Susan Korda. Credits: Director of photography, David Leitner ; music, John Zorn. Cast: Steve Greenberg, Rabbi Aron Tendler, Rabbi Aharon Feldman, Rabbi Meir Fund, Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, editor/creative collaborator Susan Korda. Two discs, 84 min.
Call number
DVD / Front Desk
ISBN
1567303218 / 9781567303216
UPC
717119823344
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: TREMBLING BEFORE G-D is an unprecedented feature documentary that shatters assumptions about faith, sensuality, and religious fundamentalism. Built around intimately told personal stories of Hasidic and orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian, the film portrays a group of people who face of profound dilemma–how to reconcile their passionate love for Judaism and the divine with the drastic biblical prohibitions that for bed homosexuality.
As the film unfolds, we made a range of individuals– some hidden, some out–from the world's first openly gay Orthodox rabbi, too closeted married Hasidic gays and lesbians. Many have been tragically rejected and their pain is raw, yet with irony, humor, and resilience, they love, care, struggle, and debate with the tradition that is thousands of years old period
Vividly shot with the courageous few over five years in Brooklyn, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, london, miami, in San Francisco TREMBLING BEFORE G-D is an international project with global implications that strikes at the meeting of spirituality and tradition in the world. -- from box
FY2007 / jvsn
As the film unfolds, we made a range of individuals– some hidden, some out–from the world's first openly gay Orthodox rabbi, too closeted married Hasidic gays and lesbians. Many have been tragically rejected and their pain is raw, yet with irony, humor, and resilience, they love, care, struggle, and debate with the tradition that is thousands of years old period
Vividly shot with the courageous few over five years in Brooklyn, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, london, miami, in San Francisco TREMBLING BEFORE G-D is an international project with global implications that strikes at the meeting of spirituality and tradition in the world. -- from box
FY2007 / jvsn
Physical description
4.75 inches
Awards
GLAAD Media Award (Winner — 2003)
Description
A documentary built around personal stories of gay and lesbian Hasidic and Orthodox Jews. Portrays people who face a profound dilemma - how to reconcile their passion for Judaism with the biblical prohibitions against homosexuality. Includes interviews with closeted and out gay Orthodox and Hasidic Jews, including the first openly gay Orthodox rabbis, Steven Greenberg.
Original language
English