Trembling Before G-d

Monday, Jun 15
7:00
Friday, Jun 19
4:30

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Trembling Before G-d

Q&A with director Sandi Dubowski on June 15

2001. 94 m. Sandi Simcha Dubowski. Independent. US/France/Israel. English/Hebrew/Yiddish with subtitles. Rated NR.

From director Sandi Dubowski, Trembling Before G-d is a groundbreaking, deeply empathetic portrait of gay and lesbian Jews in Hasidic and Orthodox communities around the world. Captured across five years in Brooklyn, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, London, Miami, and San Francisco, Trembling Before G-d centers on a brave group of people who endeavor to reconcile their devout faith with their sexual identity.

Presented alongside Out There: Pride.

In Celebration of the JBFC’s 25th Anniversary, the June 19 screening will feature our original 2001 pricing.

Ticket Pricing:
7:00pm June 15 Q&A with director Sandi Subowski: $15 (members), $20 (nonmembers)
4:30pm June 19 screening: $5 (members), $10 (nonmembers)

"Though angry and sorrowful, Trembling Before G-d, beginning with the title, is above all a work of reverence."
Jessica Winter, Village Voice

"Trembling Before G-d extends a warm embrace to those struggling to reconcile sexual orientation with the teachings of the religion in which they were raised and which they cherish."
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

SPECIAL EVENTS

Q&A with director Sandi Dubowski

Monday, Jun. 15 2026, 7:00

Sandi DuBowski is the Director/Producer of Sabbath Queen, Director/Producer of Trembling Before G-D, Producer of A Jihad for Love, and Co-Producer of Budrus, His award-winning work has screened at Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca and Toronto, theatrically released in 150 cities, and broadcast on ZDF/Arte, BBC Channel 4, PBS. In 2020 he was invited to become a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is Co-Founder of The Creative Resistance, a collective of media makers who create award-winning political ads and design. In the mid-1990's he began his media and activism work at Planned Parenthood Federation of America focused on the Christian right and the anti-abortion movement. Three generations of DuBowski's family made chocolate syrup in Deep Coastal Brooklyn.

Tickets: $15 (members), $20 (nonmembers)

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This film is part of the Time Capsule 2001 series.