The life of a radical drag queen rabbi

From Nights, 10:18 pm on 5 July 2024

A new documentary, 21 years in the making, follows the first openly-gay Jewish rabbi in a 38-generation family dynasty of rabbis.

New York-based filmmaker Sandi DuBowski is the director of Sabbath Queen, which is screening in New Zealand for the DocEdge film festival.

He joins Emile Donovan.

A still from the documentary Sabbath Queen. A street march featuring performers dancing and singing.

Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie is the subject of the documentary 'Sabbath Queen', and the founder of Jewish community Lab/Shul in New York City. Photo: Supplied