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Mekudeshet: Sentenced to Marriage
A film by Anat Zuria
One of the most painful challenges in the Jewish community is that of the agunah, a wife trapped in a dead marriage, chained to a husband who refuses to grant her a religious divorce (Get). Unable to remarry, unable to move forward, these women's lives are passing them by. Anat Zuria offers us a glimpse into the painful personal experiences of Tamara, Michelle and Rachel, three young Israeli women. The film chronicles their individual struggles to obtain a Get from the rabbinical courts with the help of a group of female Orthodox rabbinical court advocates.
The screening will be followed by a panel presentation and discussion with agunah activists.
Mekudeshet: Sentance to Marriage is distributed by Women Make Movies. To find out how to get a copy of the film, visit www.wmm.com.
Screenings:
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun
125 East 85th Street
Sunday November 12, 2006 - 8pm
Presenters:
Dr. Giti Bendheim, Ms. Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin,
Dr. Beth Kolevzon, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein,
and Rabbi Yona Reiss
No admission charge
Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
3700 Henry Hudson Parkway
Bronx, NY
Sunday May 7, 2006 - 7pm
Presenters:
Rabbi Yona Reiss, Naomi Klass Mauer, Rivka Haut
Admission $10 at the door
The Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place, Battery Park City
Wednesday March 22, 2006 - 7pm
Presenters:
Dr. Susan Aranoff, Rabbi Yona Reiss,
Bronya Shaffer, Anat Zuria
$10 adults, $7 seniors, $5 students,
free for museum members
For tickets: www.mjhnyc.org or 646-437-4202
New York JCC
334 Amsterdam Avenue @76th Street
Monday March 6, 2006 - 7pm
Presenters:
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin,
Dr. Beth Kolevzon, and Dr. Giti Bendheim
$10 JCC & JOFA members / $15 non-members
To purchase tickets please call 646-505-5708 Registration code # JJLGET00W6
Anshe Shalom B'nai Israel
540 West Melrose, Chicago IL
Saturday night January 14, 2006 - 8:30pm
Presenter: Dr. Susan Aranoff
No admission charge
Washington DC JCC
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater
1529 16th Street NW
Tuesday December 6, 2005 - 7:15pm
Presenters:
Dr. Susan Aranoff and Josh Ross
To purchase tickets please visit www.wjff.org
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