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Photo from the film The Womans Balcony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THE WOMEN’S BALCONY (Ismach Hatani)<\/strong>
\nMenemsha Films<\/strong>
\nReviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya<\/strong>
\nGrade: B<\/strong>
\nDirector:\u00a0 Emil Ben-Shimon<\/strong>
\nWritten by: Shlomit Nehama<\/strong>
\nCast: Orna Banai, Itzik Cohen, Einat Sarouf, Igal Naor, Evelin Hagoel, Aviv Alush<\/strong>
\nScreened at: Critics\u2019 link, NYC, 5\/3\/17<\/strong>
\nOpens: May 26 at New York\u2019s Quad Cinema and Lincoln Plaza<\/strong><\/p>\n

When a non-Jewish friend asked me about the differences between Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Judaism, I quoted shtick from David Minkoff\u2019s 2015 book “Oy!”<\/p>\n

In an Orthodox wedding, the bride\u2019s mother is pregnant.
\nIn a Conservative wedding, the bride is pregnant.
\nIn a Reform wedding, the rabbi is pregnant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, Jews, like those of other religions, have group differences in their beliefs.\u00a0 What\u2019s more, even Orthodox Jews are divided regarding the strictness of their ideas, and what\u2019s more Haredi Jews<\/a> are split according to sects, namely Lubavitchers who believe in spreading the word to Jews who are not Haredi, and Satmar Haredim who do not.\u00a0 Take the idea of a woman\u2019s place:\u00a0 should women have equal rights, sitting side by side in synagogues with men, or should they take the seats in the balconies of the shuls?\u00a0 But one thing is clear enough in Emil Ben-Shimon\u2019s comedy, \u201cThe Women\u2019s Balcony,\u201d and that is that while there are slight divisions within the womenfolk in a community in and about Jerusalem\u2019s mea shearim district<\/a>, none of the females even raised the issue that women should sit anywhere for services but in a balcony.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Women\u2019s Balcony\u201d is happily not like those endless sitcoms and afternoon TV shows that require a laugh a minute.\u00a0 The overall idea is humorous but the subject is religio-political, and with some seriousness.\u00a0 The plot kicks off when during a Bar Mitzvah celebration, the balcony on the modest synagogue collapses, seriously injuring the wife of Rabbi Menashe (Abraham Celektar).\u00a0 As a result the rabbi himself has a psychotic break from reality, at which point there emerges a young, handsome, charismatic fellow, Rabbi David (Aviv Alush), who takes over temporarily from the ailing Menashe.<\/p>\n

The women of the congregation collect money to pay a contractor to renovate the shul, especially the balcony as they are now forced to stand behind a gate which they call \u201can outhouse.\u201d The ultra-conservative temporary rabbi wants the money to go for Torah scrolls.\u00a0 He tells the men that women are the superior sex, that they each have the Bible inside of them and are exempt from even appearing at services.\u00a0 (This turns out to be yet another excuse to force women to the sidelines.)<\/p>\n

The most amusing scene occurs when the women seek a bid from the contractor, serving as a virtual primer on negotiating and bargaining.\u00a0 The women, like the heroines of Aristophanes\u2019 comedy \u201cLysistrata,\u201d desert their men, marching outside the synagogue.\u00a0 And who knows?\u00a0 Maybe the Greeks got the idea from the Hebrews, whose civilization is about a millennium older.\u00a0 In a form of deus ex machina, a young, courting couple who later end the movie at a joyous marriage celebration, try to save the day for the women and to wrest control of the synagogue from the power of the young fanatical leader.<\/p>\n

Getting back to the original premise of this review, except for one of two women who begin wrapping their heads in symbols of their more extreme religiosity, the rank and file of this community are certainly Orthodox, but they are more relaxed than the temporarily rabbi.\u00a0 They may even chat during services, but they are all good people, right down to the small boy who feels so much a part of the community that he regularly seeks the attentions of the older people.<\/p>\n

The women include a number of comedians, particularly Orna Banay as Tikva, whose own charisma effectively challenges that of the new rabbi.\u00a0 The community appear to be Sephardic, possibly Jews originally from Morocco<\/a>.\u00a0 While \u201cThe Women\u2019s Balcony\u201d is considered Israel\u2019s number one movie recently, I preferred the more focused ultra-Orthodox-centered Israeli film \u201cThe Wedding Plan,\u201d reviewed as well in this forum.\u00a0 In Hebrew: English subtitles.<\/p>\n

Unrated.\u00a0 96 minutes.\u00a0 \u00a9 Harvey Karten, Member, New York Film Critics Online<\/strong>
\nComments, readers?\u00a0 Agree? Disagree? Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Story \u2013 B-<\/strong>
\nActing \u2013 B<\/strong>
\nTechnical \u2013 B<\/strong>
\nOverall – B<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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