Rabbi on the Block
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Rabbi on the Block
November 16, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm
2023 1 hr 28 min
For Tamar Manasseh, a Black Jew, rabbinical student, and the founder of Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings (MASK) in the South Side of Chicago, Judaism is not about gender or the color of your skin. Throughout her life, her experiences with racism and misogyny have compelled her desire to bridge the gap between Black Jews and Ashkenazi Jews. In her journey to becoming an ordained rabbi, this outspoken leader enables the Jewish practice of tikkun olam (“repairing the world”) in an effort to create connection among individuals, open dialogues into what it is like to be a Jew in 21st century America, and lessen the marginalization of Black Jews in modern society. Whether she’s hosting Yom Kippur services on her street for non-Black Jews or addressing the topic of racism in intimate discussions with white Jews, Tamar is representative of a certain kind of Jewish activism that calls for a larger cognizance of race and gender in the Jewish world.
In his follow-up to his 2020 smash hit, They Ain’t Ready for Me, director Brad Rotschild has crafted a rousing documentary that stresses the fundamental value of inclusivity in the Jewish world. Tamar’s rousing personality, along with her effortless actions to bring communities together, makes RABBI ON THE BLOCK a prime example about the ways to confront lingering issues in society, Jewish or not, and subsequently work through them hand in hand.
This screening is in partnership with the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival and is Co-Presented by The Myer & Rosaline Feinstein Center for American Jewish History and Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. Tickets are only availble to purchase through the festival’s website.
Director Brad Rothschild
Country USA
Aspect Ratio 1.85