Sabbath Queen
2025, NR, 105 min.
Directed by Sandi Dubowski.
Documentary charts how Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, son of a long dynasty of Orthodox rabbis, forges his own path as a drag queen and founder of an experimental, nondenominational congregation called Lab/Shul.
This article appears in April 25 • 2025.
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