FNJFF- Shekinah

SHEKINAH: Sunday, February 26, 4:30 pm at Alaska Coffee Roasters, Geist Rd. SHEKINAH takes us into the rarefied world of young Hasidic women living what some consider an 18th century life in 21st century Quebec. The women are Chabad Lubavitch, a sect of Orthodox Hasidim that is one of the more conservative branches of Judaism today. With unprecedented access, the film explores the perspective of these young women from school age through courtship and marriage. Their relationships with men are based on the Kabbalah, the mystical aspect of Judaism. They see God as both masculine and feminine and marriage as pre-ordained in heaven. They explain why “kosher” sex with all its commandments is as intense and blissful as Tantric practices and why they see themselves as liberated women. We also see how tolerance develops as the Jewish and French-Quebecois learn about each other and open their hearts and minds. Canada | 2013 | documentary | 70 minutes | information at: http://shekinahfilm.com