FILM SCREENINGS - Symposium on Judaism and Film

Screening of Sabbath Queen (2024, dir. Sandi Simcha DuBowski, USA, 105 min) as part of the Frankel Institute's Symposium on Judaism and Film. This feature documentary follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie's epic journey as the dynastic heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis including the Chief Rabbis of Israel. He is torn between rejecting and embracing his destiny and becomes a drag-queen rebel, a queer bio-dad and the founder of Lab/Shul, a pop-up experimental congregation. Sabbath Queen joins Amichai as he reinvents religion and ritual, challenges patriarchy and supremacy, champions interfaith love, and stands up for peace and an end to the Occupation in Israel/Palestine.

A Screening is a session that follows a film that focuses on the issues discussed in the Handbook. Screenings will take place at night and will feature discussions with the contributors and other scholars in the relevant fields.

Screening of the film My One and Only (2025, dir. David Tauber, Israel, 104 min.) as part of the 2025-26 Frankel Institute's Symposium on Judaism and Film. 

Weeks after giving birth to her first child, a young ultra-Orthodox woman arrives at her rabbi's wife's home, claiming her husband has been replaced. He looks identical, but she insists he's a double. Does she need psychiatric care, or is her husband a demon? This mystery drama can be read as a nuanced exploration of how people change in relationships or as a new instance of Israeli horror productions.

A screening is a session that follows a film that focuses on the issues discussed in the Handbook. Screenings will take place at night and will feature discussions with the contributors and other scholars in the relevant fields.