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Film: Documentary
Trembling Before G-d

When

Thursday June 12, 2008 (7:30pm)

Where
JCC East Bay (1414 Walnut St, 510.848.0237)
Price
$8
Details
http://jcceastbay.org/jcc/arts_culture_film_Faith.htm
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After debuting on the festival circuit in 2001, Sandi Simcha DuBowski's compassionate documentary about the lives of gay and lesbian Hasidic and Orthodox Jews started a global conversation about how to reconcile faith and desire — if such a reconciliation is even possible. The film has been seen by an estimated eight million viewers around the world, meaning DuBowski has at least succeeded in opening up a dialogue on Judaism's complicated stance on homosexuality. That dialogue continues tonight at the JCC's East Bay center.

Matt Sussman