TREMBLING BEFORE G-D
This is Sandi Simcha DuBowski's documentary about gay and lesbian Orthodox and
Chassidic Jews. It's not an easy fate, since the strict interpretation of the
Torah condemns homosexuality as an abomination punishable by death. DuBowski
weaves together charged interviews with rabbis, therapists, and those torn
between their faith and their nature, many shown in silhouette, their
identities erased and only their pain intact. With its testimony of anguish and
joy, Trembling is a tribute to the human spirit, if not to the institutions
that seek to define it. At the Avon.
Issue Date: June 21 - 27, 2002
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