Shekinah Rising

2013 Canadian film

October 24, 2013 (2013-10-24)^[1]

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Shekinah Rising, the sequel to Shekinah: The Intimate Life of Hasidic Women, is a Canadian documentary produced in 2013, which explores the lives and attitudes of young Hasidic women at a Chabad-run seminary in Ste Agathe, Quebec.^[2]^[3] The documentary covers the perspectives of the female students, as well as religious views of former students in Hasidic communities in London, Belgium and France . The film' was directed by Abbey Neidik and produced by Abbey Neidik and Irene Angelico of DLI Productions,^[4]^[1]^[5] and Ina Fichman of Intuitive Pictures.

The filming of the documentary took four years to complete.^[6] The film is described as an attempt to demonstrate how Hasidic women are not treated as "second-class citizens" in their community, and features Hasidic women pointing to customs that they would not agree to adhere to.^[7] One scene in the first Shekinah film captures the persistence of anti-Semitism in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts and the Hasidic effort to respond with outreach efforts.^[6] One of the main characters in both films is Rebbetzin Chanie Carlebach, mother of twelve and the director of the Chabad seminary in Ste-Agathe.^[8]^: 43

References

^ ^a ^b "New film Shekinah provides unprecedented access to the world of young Hasidic women". TheSuburban.com. October 11, 2013. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
^ https://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/m_docs/shekinah-rising ^{[dead link]}
^ Cole, Susan G. (May 15, 2014). "Shekinah: The Intimate Life Of Hasidic Women". NOW Magazine.
^ Taylor, Kate (16 May 2014). "Secrets and lives of Hasidic women". The Globe and Mail.
^ Arnold, Janice (October 20, 2013). "Film presents chassidic women's attitudes to intimacy". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Ghert-Z, Renee. "New documentary opens a hermetically closed world". www.timesofisrael.com.
^ "Shekinah: The Intimate Life of Hasidic Women Review". May 16, 2014.
^ Skinazi, K. (2018). Women of Valor: Orthodox Jewish Troll Fighters, Crime Writers, and Rock Stars in Contemporary Literature and Culture, Rutgers University Press.