Keshet Houston

An inspiring evening indeed!

There's so much going on in the Houston Jewish community for Pride this year! Check out events being held by Temple Sinai, Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism (HCRJ), and Congregation Emanu El. In addition, Moishe House Houston and QJews have activities coming up.

Pride Month celebrations in the Houston Jewish community The Jewish Herald-Voice - Houston's Jewish Newspaper

Our showing tomorrow of Sabbath Queen, followed by Q&A with the director, Sandi DuBowski, was highlighted in the Jewish Herald-Voice. Read about it and then get your tickets! (Link in the comments.)

A radical exploration of the boundaries of Judaism The Jewish Herald-Voice - Houston's Jewish Newspaper

Join us on Thursday, May 29, at 7:15pm, for the Houston premiere of Sandi DuBowski's film, "Sabbath Queen". After the movie, there will be a Q&A talkback session with Sandi, hosted by the Montrose Center's CEO, Avery Belyeu. Seats are pre-assigned, so buy your tickets now: https://www.theriveroakstheatre.com/movie/RiverOaks/SABBATH-QUEEN-with-Filmmaker-Talkback

SABBATH QUEEN, a feature documentary filmed over 21 years, follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie's epic journey as the dynastic heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis including the Chief Rabbis of Israel. He is torn between rejecting and embracing his destiny and becomes a drag-queen rebel, a q***r bio-dad and the founder of Lab/Shul—an everybody-friendly, God-optional, artist-driven, pop-up experimental congregation.

SABBATH QUEEN joins Amichai on a lifelong quest to creatively and radically reinvent religion and ritual, challenge patriarchy and supremacy, champion interfaith love, and stand up for peace, ceasefire, and an end to the Occupation in Israel/Palestine. The film interrogates what Jewish survival means in a difficult rapidly changing 21st century.