Join the IIJS for a screening of The Women's Balcony, a new Israeli comedy/drama.

An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power. When the women’s balcony in an Orthodox synagogue collapses, leaving the rabbi’s wife in a coma and the rabbi in shock, the congregation falls into crisis. Charismatic young Rabbi David appears to be a savior after the accident, but slowly starts pushing his fundamentalist ways and tries to take control. This tests the women’s friendships and creates an almost Lysistrata-type rift between the community’s women and men.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ae4MShFUgo&feature=youtu.be

Date: Monday, September 18, 2017

Time: 7:00pm

Location: 617 Kent Hall, Columbia University