Siskel Film Center: SABBATH QUEEN
June 22 @ 5:00 pm
$10.50 – $14.50
Saturday, June 21, 5:00 p.m. & Sunday, June 22, 5:00 p.m. | Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, a dynastic heir of 38 generations of rabbis, arrives in New York City in the 1990s, a creative young gay man who uses performance art—including appearing in drag as Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross, widow to six rabbis—to challenge patriarchal orthodoxy. Founder of Lab/ Shul, the “god-optional, pop-up, experimental Jewish community,” Lau-Lavie shocks everyone when he decides to become a rabbi himself, studying in the conservative tradition of Judaism so he has the knowledge to challenge the canon from within. Provocative and engaging, SABBATH QUEEN is an exhilarating document of freedom, faith, independence, and individuality. Dialogue: Director Sandi Simcha Dubowski in attendance.
Saturday, June 21, 5:00 p.m.
Followed by Q&A with director Sandi Simcha Dubowski, Rabbi Amicahi Lau-Lavie, Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann, and Rabbi Steven Philip of Mishkan
Sunday, June 22, 5:00 p.m.
Followed by Q&A with director Sandi Simcha Dubowski, Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, and Rabbi Scott Aaron
