The Rabbi Goes West

  • The Rabbi Goes West
  • The Rabbi Goes West
  • The Rabbi Goes West

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Speaker
Guest:Amy Geller and Gerald Peary, Directors (Monday, November 16 at 7:00 PM)
Film Info
Director:Amy Geller and Gerald Peary
Genre:Documentary
Runtime:78 minutes
Release Year:2019
Production Country:USA
Original Language:English
Topics:Judaism
Chabad

Description

THIS FILM MAY BE STREAMED FROM NOVEMBER 8 - 22.  
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Rabbi Bruk left the bustle of Brooklyn for a new life and to start a family in Bozeman, Montana. Founding the state’s first Chabad Center, he set out to affix a mezuzah on the doorpost of every Jewish home he can find. But his outsized personality and proselytizing tactics are openly challenged by Jewish neighbors and fellow rabbis. When the specter of neo-Nazism threatens the community, ideological differences come to the fore. Spectacular Montana landscapes provide a scenic backdrop to this engaging, funny, and balanced profile of religious pioneers in the American West.

 

“They open your eyes, showing you all the different sides, and then, in the spirit of Jews when they’ve had enough, wish you a Zei Gezunt so you can finish the discussion on your own.”

—Lois Alter Mark, Alliance of Jewish Women Film Journalists

 

Q&A with Amy Geller and Gerald Peary, Directors, from Monday, November 16 - Click here to watch

 

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