Trembling Before G-D: Film Screening + Director Q&A

Trembling Before G-D
The Beijing American Center cordially invites you to attend a film screening “Trembling Before G-D” and Q&A with its director Sandi Simcha Dubowski.
Monday, May 20^th, 2013, 18:30 – 21:00
RSVP to gaoj@state.gov

Trembling Before G-D – Synopsis
Trembling Before G-d is an unprecedented feature documentary that shatters assumptions about faith, sexuality, and religious fundamentalism. Built around intimately-told personal stories of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian, the film portrays a group of people who face a profound dilemma – how to reconcile their passionate love of Judaism and the Divine with the drastic Biblical prohibitions that forbid homosexuality. As the film unfolds, we meet a range of complex individuals – some hidden, some out – from the world’s first openly gay Orthodox rabbi to closeted, married Hasidic gays and lesbians to those abandoned by religious families to Orthodox lesbian high-school sweethearts

LOCATION: Beijing American Center, JingGuang Center, Suite 2801, Hu Jia Lou, Chaoyang District.

METRO STOP: Line 10, Hu Jia Lou Exit D, walk south one block to the JingGuang Center

* Our programs are free and open to the public. Please feel free to share this invitation with your friends. If you are interested in attending this event please RSVP to gaoj@state.gov

*The event will be conducted in English with Chinese interpretation.

*Light refreshments will be provided.

*Remember to bring a valid photo ID in order to get into our center. No large bags or electronics will be allowed into the Beijing American Center.

* The BAC staff reserves the right to refuse entry to anyone.