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Women of the Wall
Feminism arrives in Jerusalem,when a women's prayer group tries to pray openly at the Western Wall for the first time in 1989. Despite verbal and physical attack, these women continue fighting for the right to pray in this holy space, thereby testing the limits of and expanding the interpretations of Judaism in Israel. In May 2000 the group once again made international headlines when the Israeli Supreme Court ruled in their favor after an eleven year court case. This decision, however, dismantled only the legal barrier to their struggle, and not the cultural or societal ones barring their freedom of spiritual expression.
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"One of the most remarkable and useful aspects of Women of the Wall is that while it tells a very specific story, it connects the audience to a much wider set of issues: feminism, pluralism, inter-religious strife. Women of the Wall, in addition to being an artistic documentary, is truly an inspiring and original educational tool. It has opened students' minds to new religious perspectives and has exposed the painful and courageous struggle of the women's prayer group."
Sarah Gershman, Program Director
Bronfman Center for Jewish Life, New York University
"The film's vivid portrayal of the Women of the Wall movement and of the women themselves, enabled the group to raise fundamental questions for future discussion: Jewish conceptions of gender and their implications for feminism in Judaism; strategies for effecting change in women's religious roles; the implications of Women of the Wall for American Jewish/Israeli relations."
Diane Steinman
American Jewish Committee
"This work explores with great sensitivity some of the most crucial issues in contemporary Jewish life. On every level, this is a film that merits the widest possible distribution. Screenings of this documentary will make an important contribution to the dialogue between Israel and the Diaspora, among Jewish feminist of all kinds, and across the denominations."
Rabbi Carol Levithan, Director of Programs
Jewish Community Center on the Upper West Side
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About Faye Lederman |
Faye Lederman holds MJ/MA degrees in documentary film and Judaic Studies from UC Berkeley and NYU. Her independent films include Women of the Wall, The New Old Country and A Good Uplift. Faye was a field producer on Election Day (POV 2008) and is currently a consulting producer on Judith Hefand's Cooked (in production).
She has traveled extensively to self-distribute Women of the Wall and facilitate workshops for young women and girls using A Good Uplift. Her work has screened on PBS and in festivals, universities, museums, conferences and community/political organizations in the U.S., Europe and Africa.
She served on the steering committee of New Day Films, a cooperative of independent social issue media makers and is a member of the Jews, Religion and Media working group at NYU. She has taught at the School of Visual Arts and the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning. Her work has received support from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, the NY State Council on the Arts, the NY Foundation for the Arts and the Funding Exchange. She and her partner Jeremy Nacht are completing a project about organic farmers using still photography and audio recordings. |
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